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Innovative solution for Water testing: State-of-the-art Mobile Water Testing Laboratory Van

October 18, 2020October 18, 2020

This mobile water testing laboratory will be an effective mode of surveillance of drinking water quality in rural areas of the state of Haryana; quickly identifying the water quality problem …

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Agriculture / Environment

‘More Crop Per Drop’: How PM Krishi Yojana is Making Agricultural Land More Productive

April 27, 2019April 27, 2019

Under the aegis of NABARD and PMKSY, a Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF) worth Rs 5,000 crore was set up in May 2018. Chhindwara, MP: ‘The Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana …

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Agriculture / Environment / Social

The Secret Formula of Madhya Pradesh Farmers Who Now Own Credit Cards and Cars

April 17, 2019April 17, 2019

Farmers Shanti and her husband Buddhman Singh, who has successfully experimented with growing capsicum using drip irrigation in open in village Bisapur Kalan in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh. (Image …

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Environment

Earth Day 2017: Are we doing enough for our Mother Earth?

April 22, 2017April 22, 2017

This year’s theme is ‘Environmental and Climate Literacy’ which seeks to “empower everyone with the knowledge to inspire action in defense of environmental protection.” Decide your own contribution when you …

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Environment / Photos

Indus Waters Treaty must change for environment, not to choke Pakistan’s lifeline

October 1, 2016

The pact must bring riparian nations China and Afghanistan on board amid changing climatic conditions. Ten days after the dastardly terrorist attack at Uri in Jammu and Kashmir, much water …

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Environment / Social

More people should use this zero sewage discharge toilet

November 17, 2015December 1, 2015

The three-decade old ‘Gramkranti Eco-Bio Toilet’ doesn’t pollute or need a septic tank or a sewage network. In fact, its output is a nutrient-rich liquid that can be used as …

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Environment

The three wonders of the ancient world solving modern water problems

August 30, 2015August 30, 2015

In Peru, Kenya and India, NGOs are helping communities overcome water scarcity using wisdom from the past   Across large swaths of the Thar desert in western India, traditional techniques …

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Environment

The Himalayan waters: complex challenges and regional solutions

March 22, 2015

    Santosh Nepal and Arun Bhakta Shrestha, ICIMOD It is difficult to think of a resource more essential to the well being of people and their economies than water, …

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Environment

South Asia slow to act on water threats

October 15, 2014 - 1 Comment

Satellite image of the vast Ganges river delta in Bangladesh and India Image: NASA World Wind via Wikimedia Commons A study of the five countries sharing and relying on the …

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Environment

For more than 20 years, a slim book has helped Indian farmers become self-reliant in water

October 7, 2014

‘The Lakes Are Still Alive’ by Anupam Mishra is helping villagers rediscover ancient water-conservation methods. This year, in the parched district of Mahoba in Bundelkhand, in southern Uttar Pradesh, where …

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