Pure stuff
Total water management envisaging supply, use and recycling of wastewater is what Akshyadhara is all about
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Kerala's backwaters carry modern day brunt
Their ecosystem is under threat but no one seems to care
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Ominous indicators
Wildlife studies provide extensive evidence of immunosuppressive effects of pesticides
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Rudderless
Ecotourism is the new buzzword in the Indian government
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Definitely fishy, this!
an unusual problem has arisen off the coasts of us . It has do with the clean-up of lakes in and around the country, to get rid of waste that has led to a depletion of a certain variety of
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When in Rome...
FOR SEVERAL centuries, Udaipur has been renowned for the exquisite use of marble in its magnificent palaces. But it was known only recently that the city rests atop the world's largest marble
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UGANDA
The fishing industry in Uganda is in disarray, with local authorities and the central government taking conflicting stances on the recent lifting of a ban on fish vending. Minister of state for
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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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Who's eating the fish?
PERUVIANS catch 11.6 million metric tonnes (MT) of fish annually but consume only 3 kg - 16 per cent of the amount recommended by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) - per head. Measures
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Global Mining Summit, 3-4 December 2014, Kolkata, India
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organizing the Global Mining Summit 2014: An international Conference on 3-4 December 2014 in Hotel Hyatt Regency Kolkata, India, concurrently with the 12th edition
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The wasted land
THE mythic origins of Jodhpur's water crisis go back to the time when the Rao Jodha clan laid claim to the rocky outcrop that was to be the-Mehrangarh fort about 500 years ago. But to do so, they
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The lost planet
AIRBORNE archaeology' is the theme that the artist-photographer Marilyn Bridges tried to convey in her recent exhibition of photographs. The exhibits were on view in the American Museum
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Freedom on the freeway
A people's movement in northern California has weeded out the use of pesticide on highways
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Shortsighted
Government and industry found wanting
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Who needs high tech water treatment plants?
TRADITIONAL communities developed ingenious ways of making use of wastewater. And, experts involved in the modern science of ecological engineering can learn a great deal from them. There is a
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Killer on the tral
Migrating to another country may lower or raise chances of contracting breast cancer, reveals a new study
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Stones unto stones
Will Uttarakhand, Chattisgarh and Jharkhand be anything more than a few new stones?
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Breaking the ice
Discovery of ice on the Moon might make colonising it and using it as a low cost outer space missions launching centre a less difficult target
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Ephemeral Eden
The city of Sigiriya in Sri Lanka with its magnificent gardens survived for just 18 years
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Moving nimbly beyond
People who understand water management will tell you that India is a traditional water economy and that it has to make the transition to a modern water economy. In other words, the water sector has to become part of the formalised economy. As with any feel-right challenge, this is normally accepted to be true. <br>