World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
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Rs 700-cr World Bank loan for Watershed projects
The World Bank has sanctioned Rs 700 crore loan to Karnataka for taking up watershed management projects in the State, according to Agriculture Minister B T Jayachandra. The Minister who inspected
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'Government will protect river'
Bangalore city Development Minister T John on Tuesday said the Karnataka State Government was committed to protecting the Kumudvathy river and the catchment area of the T G Hally reservoir. John said
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People power to protect water : CM
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N chandrababu Naidu has said that the people will be entrusted with the task of safeguarding the water resources and exercising supervision on
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Rajendra Singh criticises water policy
The Magsaysay Award winner, Rajendra Singh, has termed the new National Water Policy, announced on the first of this month at the National Water Resource Council meeting in New Delhi, a "big let
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Mullaiperiyar case : Supreme Court allows transfer of petition
The Supreme Court today allowed transfer to itself of a bunch of petitions relating to the issue of raising the water level in the Mullaiperiyar dam in Kerala from 136 ft to 142 ft in the first stage
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Poor planning hit water schemes
As a result of the diversion of funds from one sector to another, under utilisation of funds and in several cases misutilisation of the amount earmarked for various development activities and delay
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SC notice to State, Centre on non-availability of water
A two-member bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Justice G B Pattnaik and Justice Brijesh Kumar, issued notices to Karnataka and the Central Waters Commission, Government of India, on their
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Who brought water scarcity to Hassan?
There was a time when people in Hassan, Karnataka could get groundwater even at a depth of 10 feet. Hassan was once rich in this scarce resource - water - and its scarcity was almost unheard of in
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Ponds to be desilted in Hubli-Dharwad
Labour and Work Minister A M Hidasgeri, who is also the district in-charge Minister, said all measures would be taken to desilt the major ponds in Hubli-Dharwad in Karnataka. The minister said the
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Officials step on it, Powai clean up to start next week
Alarmed with the ' zero progress' on the issue of cleaning Powai lake, despite a massive central grant of Rs 6.62 crore allotted to the Bombay Municipal Corporation(BMC) for the lake, top officials