Water Watch
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A speculative river: Why communities along Brahmaputra need much more research-backed information
Any extreme event – floods, high tide, the river turning black from high turbidity – becomes fodder for speculation, misinformation.
Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman
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In Sikkim, a spring rejuvenation scheme is helping villages tide over summer water shortage
Dhara Vikas involves villagers in reviving springs and streams that provide drinking water to over 80% of the state’s rural households.
Nidhi Jamwal, IndiaSpend.com
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Low-cost, low-maintenance solutions helped an Odisha village get clean drinking water
Water from ponds and tube wells made safe for consumption, reducing reduced water-borne diseases in coastal Odisha.
Rakhi Ghosh
Trending
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How Calcutta High Court orders have helped BJP in the ongoing elections
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Cannes Film Festival: Payal Kapadia is first Indian to win Grand Prix for ‘All We Imagine As Light’
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Opinion: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and the democratic politics of pronunciation
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‘Bhaiyya Ji’ review: O brother, why art thou?
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Thriller: When a photographer witnesses a murder, he turns to a detective to confess his own crimes
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Why water-based transport has not taken off in India, despite its many benefits
Practical and policy difficulties have led to limited growth of inland waterways in India over the past decade.
Omair Ahmad
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Drought-prone villages in Maharashtra are competing to harvest water for irrigation
More than 1,300 villages are taking part in Satyamev Jayate Water Cup 2017, which aims to make the region drought-proof.
Nidhi Jamwal, IndiaSpend.com
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After crippling drought, Kerala is chasing the monsoon to catch rain where it falls
Citizens, voluntary groups and the state government are ready with a set of measures. It just needs to rain.
Ajith Lawrence & M M Paniyil
Video
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Watch: When the ‘All We Imagine As Light’ team danced on the red carpet before the Cannes screening
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Eco India: Is traditional building the path to eco-harmony in the Himalayas?
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Eco India, Episode 261: Can ancient know-how revive sustainable mountain ecosystems?
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Watch: Raccoon invades pitch and halts football match for a few minutes in the US
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‘Dhaniya, Cilantro’: Comedian hilariously sums up the struggles of being multilingual
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Farmers don't want the Ken-Betwa river linking project – so why is the government pushing it?
Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti is using the project to burnish her credentials within the BJP, say party workers.
Raksha Kumar
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Where is the data to support the government's rationale for linking the Ken and Betwa rivers?
The government is going ahead with the project, which it says will transfer surplus water from the Ken to the Betwa and help prevent drought in Bundelkhand.
Raksha Kumar
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Punjab is set for record rice production this year, but at a heavy price
With no checks on the use of groundwater to irrigate farms, the state's water table is falling at an alarming rate.
Nidhi Jamwal, IndiaSpend.com
The Reel
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Cannes Film Festival: Payal Kapadia is first Indian to win Grand Prix for ‘All We Imagine As Light’
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Watch: A young man is possessed by an obsessive spirit in ‘Munjya’
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‘Bhaiyya Ji’ review: O brother, why art thou?
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‘All We Imagine As Light’ review: A poetic exploration of love and dreams
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‘Barah X Barah’ review: A ponderous look at slow death in Varanasi
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The Indus Inland Waterways System: Is it the next big thing for Asia?
A new Indus waterways transport system could revolutionise the economies of South Asia.
Hassan Abbas
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Water crisis during Jat agitation exposes Delhi's vulnerability
The capital could have been spared had it not been so dependent on a single canal.
Juhi Chaudhary
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A new technology that uses bacteria to signal when water gets polluted
Scroll Staff
The Field
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Badminton, Malaysia Masters, live: PV Sindhu takes on Wang Zhi Yi in her first final of the season
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra pulls out of Ostrava Golden Spike event with an injury
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World Para Athletics C’ships 2024: India finish campaign with 17 medals, including six gold
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Hockey, FIH Pro League, India vs Belgium as it happened: Men’s team held; women’s team lose
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Weightlifting, Youth World C’ships: Bedabrat Bharali becomes first Indian man to win gold medal