Water Report
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Why several studies incorrectly suggest that groundwater levels are rising in South India
Most studies fail as they use traditional groundwater assessment methods which are unsuitable for hard rock aquifer systems in South India.
Gana Kedlaya
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Why much of India lacks access to safe drinking water, despite an ambitious government project
In August, the CAG found that the National Rural Drinking Water Programme had failed to meet its targets.
Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com
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Biosphere of war: Repeated conflicts have left Gaza’s water undrinkable
Blockades and war have permeated an entire ecosystem, a biosphere that no one can escape from.
Mark Zeitoun, The Conversation & Ghassan Abu Sitta, The Conversation
Trending
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India at Asian Games, September 22 schedule: Indian paddlers in action; Volleyball team to play R12
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Fiction: Rumours say an ex-army chief is staging a military coup. How will the government respond?
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‘Jaane Jaan’ review: A dream cast and solid craft steer ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ adaptation
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Arundhati Roy: The dismantling of democracy in India will affect the whole world
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A celebrity fitness instructor offers five rules of fitness for everyone
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India faces a deepening water crisis, warn UN and advocacy group
The country is home to the highest number of people in the world without access to clean water, WaterAid said.
Scroll Staff
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The great Indian river trick: How dying water bodies are brought back to life
Transporting water at enormous cost from other river basins is contentious at best, raising serious questions on transparent allocation of this scarce resource.
Soumya Sarkar
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India’s Kumbh Melas are running short of water
Climate change threatens to disrupt the largest human gatherings on earth.
Soumya Sarkar
Video
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Watch: Rahul Gandhi puts on railway porters’ uniform and badge and carries luggage as he meets them
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Watch: The moment when Pope Francis joined a priest’s video call to his family back in Kerala
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Watch: Scenes of chaos at Mumbai Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations as crowd breaks through barricade
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Watch: Man brews coffee and records it in cinematic style inspired by the film ‘Oppenheimer’
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Watch: Deep-sea footage of World War II shipwrecks from the Battle of Midway in the Pacific Ocean
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Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna is the world’s most vulnerable delta
A global assesment report of transboundary rivers shows that the river deltas in Asia are the most vulnerable to climate change and other pressures.
Beth Walker
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Why linking rivers will not save Bundelkhand
Retaining rainwater through ponds, check dams and farm embankments is what's needed in the drought-hit region.
Soumya Sarkar
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The Kashmir problem no one talks about: Its water bodies are disappearing
Half of the water bodies in and around Srinagar have disappeared over the last century under the pressure of rapid and badly managed urbanisation
Athar Parvaiz
The Reel
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‘Jaane Jaan’ review: A dream cast and solid craft steer ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ adaptation
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What’s behind the Kareena Kapoor Khan swerve: ‘It’s important to keep changing yourself’
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Sriram Raghavan: Remembering the dark side to Dev Anand
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‘Khufiya’ trailer: Tabu, Ali Fazal in Vishal Bhardwaj’s spy thriller
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Start the week with a film: ‘The Host’ is a Korean creature feature with head and heart