HKS Snow Update 2025
<p>The HKH Snow Update 2025 highlights a significant decline in seasonal snow across the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, with snow persistence 23.6% below normal — the lowest in 23 years. This trend,
Drinking Water Scarcity
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Not enough to drink
fresh water supply is gradually becoming a matter of serious concern, says a report of the United Nations ( un ). With nearly 900 million people affected by diarrhoea each year and an
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Not any drop to drink
Supply of potable water has been affected by contamination of water sources in most developing countries. Rivers, lakes and groundwater have been polluted by industrial effluents, pesticides and
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Bad water
Delhi recently faced a water crisis as drinking water supply was cut due to high levels of ammonia in the Yamuna
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Oiled water?
the United Arab Emirates is facing drinking water crisis due to oil spills in the world busiest shipping lane. Authorities are now drafting a new law to tackle environmental pollution. Oil
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Hazardous votes
The true Bharat Ratnas will be those individuals who will get India s millions clean water, clean air and adequate food
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Water weary
<I>Women in Gujarat spend inordinate time procuring their daily requirement of water</I>
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Water wise in Uttarakhand
Scientific implementation of developmental programmes is needed for the optimal utilisation of water resources
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Damning the Danube
...is yet another example of monstrous short sightedness on the part of governments bent on addressing their needs without a thought for the environment
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A crisis breaks out
A pipeline burst in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, subjected the city s residents to a major water crisis and exposed the unpreparedness of the authorities
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Draining causes exodus
THE IRAQI government's campaign to drain the Howeiza Marsh in the south to flush out Shiite rebels has prompted an exodus: Every day for the past three months, about 25 refugees have fled across the