2024 water funding gap report
Action Against Hunger released the 2024 Water Funding Gap report, finding that globally, only 36% of appeals for water- and sanitation-related funding were met in 2023, leaving a 64% gap. Despite dwindling
Drinking Water
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Sewer river
The countdown to the cleaning up of the Yamuna has begun. The Supreme Court sets a deadline
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Mines to quench thirst
Plans are afoot to convert the Bhatti stone mines south of Delhi into a major drinking water source for the water-starved Capital. The gigantic stone mine pits, which were closed last year after
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INDIA
• India's DNA scientists have initiated a project to clone the Indian cheetah by using the genes of its Iranian cousin. Scientists from the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in
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London mayor's fight against desalination plant
The mayor of London has launched a legal campaign to stop a water-treatment plant after the government overturned his refusal to grant planning permission.<br>
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Arsenic traps
Supercomputers have been used to design new chemicals with flypaper-like arsenic-trapping pro perties. The developers of the chemical hope to test the new material, called Specific Anion
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Industry fouls groundwater in Goa
groundwater contamination in Goa's Pilerne industrial estate has led to a drinking water crisis in its surrounding villages. By now, more than 300 residents from Orda and Saipem villages have been
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Purified, yet sullied?
with water-borne diseases on the rise, more and more people have been buying commercial domestic water purifier ( cdwp ) systems. However, a recent study indicates that these filters, instead
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Heartache tonight
nearly 50 per cent of Calcutta's population may risk developing cardio-vascular diseases due to high carbonate content in drinking water, says a study. A B Dasgupta, member of the West Bengal
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The selenium scourge in Punjab
Two districts of Punjab Hoshiarpur and Nawanshahar have been hit by a rash of ailments. The inhabitants are experiencing hair loss, joint swelling, certain types of deformities and other health problems. Their crop and cattle, too, are affected. At th
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Another opportunity lost
This year’s UN Commission on Sustainable Development meet provided no roadmap to attain Millennium Development Goals on water, sanitation and human settlements