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HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER
India's fizzling monsoon could prolong heatwave in north, sources sayIndia's monsoon rains have lost momentum after covering western regions ahead of schedule, delaying their arrival in northern and central s...
12 Jun, 2024, 12.42 PM IST
Punjab, Haryana witness alarming dip in groundwater level: StudyThe research paper published by IIT Kanpur has used more than 4,000 groundwater well data from northwest India to demonstrate that groundwa...
06 Jul, 2021, 01.39 PM IST
India’s water crisis is man-madeWhile climate change certainly played a role, however, Chennai’s is largely a man-made disaster.
26 Jun, 2019, 09.50 PM IST
50 million people at risk of arsenic poisoning in Pakistan: Study'Extensive arsenic contamination in high-pH unconfined aquifers in the Indus Valley' was published yesterday in the journal of Science Adva...
24 Aug, 2017, 03.13 PM IST
India uses up more groundwater than US & ChinaMost residents of Managarhi use bottled water for drinking and cooking, as if they were living in a desert and not in one of the world's mo...
23 May, 2017, 11.12 AM IST
New water mapping, oil extraction techniques by NGRICSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) Hyderabad is working on the new technology called Transient Heliborne electro-magnetic ...
15 Nov, 2016, 11.42 AM IST
India's great drying outWater is a critical resource which will determine India's ability to achieve rapid economic growth, improve the quality of life of its peop...
21 Sep, 2016, 12.04 PM IST
Sustaining water: Be sensible while using itWater is the oil of the 21st century and as with oil, supplies of accessible clean water are coming under strain.
08 Apr, 2011, 05.47 AM IST
- Time for action
The committees can not stem power losses.
07 Aug, 2010, 05.00 AM IST
- Depleting water levels
Nasa satellite shows depleting groundwater levels in north India.
17 Aug, 2009, 04.37 AM IST
- Solution to arsenic poisoning in India found
British scientists claim to have found a solution to the world's worst case of poisoning through exposure to arsenic in rice and water in e...
08 Sep, 2008, 07.19 AM IST
- Industrious revolution and Indian agriculture
Indian agricultural policy over the last few decades has shifted focus away from productivity, trade and markets to subsidising low product...
02 Jun, 2008, 01.14 AM IST
- Arsenic assumesing alarming proportion in Bihar
The presence of arsenic in groundwater has assumed alarming proportion in Bihar with 12 out of 38 districts affected by groundwater contami...
07 May, 2008, 11.04 AM IST
- Larger outlay for water is alright, but project efficiency is key
The taps are beginning to run dry in the Capital, although summer’s scarcely begun. It’s symbolic of a deep-seated problem in the water sec...
28 Mar, 2008, 03.13 AM IST