View: Water, a human right? WrongPeople are recalibrating their lives to live with less water. Households are strained as a larger proportion of monthly budgets is used for...
21 Mar, 2024, 11.03 PM IST
World Water Day: Why water scarcity is linked with health issues and women empowermentAccording to the UN, approximately 2 billion people worldwide do not have access to safe drinking water.
22 Mar, 2023, 12.33 PM IST
Let's reaffirm our pledge to save every drop of water: PM Modi on World Water Day"On World Water Day, let's reaffirm our pledge to save every drop of water. Our nation is undertaking numerous measures like Jal Jeevan Mis...
22 Mar, 2022, 10.24 AM IST
On World Water Day, ten facts about 'blue gold' amid threat of climate change"Many of our problems arise because we do not value water highly enough; all too often water is not valued at all," said Gilbert F. Houngbo...
22 Mar, 2021, 11.53 AM IST
India welcomes UN launch of decade of action on water"We welcome (the) initiative to launch the International Decade for Action on Water for Sustainable Development on the World Water Day," In...
24 Mar, 2018, 11.42 AM IST
World Water Day: Flavoured drinks are better, and other myths bustedDebunk the common myths on the 25th World Water Day.
22 Mar, 2018, 06.24 PM IST
Have prioritised prj to resolve water woes of AP, TN, Ktk and Telangana: GadkariGadkari said that backwater of Polavaram dam will be channelled to Krishna river, from there to Pennar river and again from there to Cauver...
22 Mar, 2018, 05.42 PM IST
Sadhguru calls for concerted action to save world's water bodiesSadhguru stressed that through his work, his focus is to bring back as much vegetation as possible, particularly around water bodies.
22 Mar, 2018, 05.07 PM IST
You've been drinking water wrong all this while - know the right wayOn the 25th World Water Day, here are some brilliant tips to keep in mind when drinking water.
22 Mar, 2018, 03.55 PM IST
Over 1 lakh villages in Kerala recieve clean drinking waterThe initiative was part of a project launched by the Mata Amritanandamayi Math that has been working towards installing water filtration sy...
22 Mar, 2018, 01.55 PM IST
Water crisis: Bengaluru might head Cape Town wayAccording to a statement issued by CSE ahead of World Water Day, the water table in Bengaluru has shrunk from 10-12 m to 76-91 m in just tw...
21 Mar, 2018, 07.31 PM IST
76 million people in India have no access to safe water: ReportIndia has the highest number of --7.6 million--people in the world without access to safe water supply, followed by China and Nigeria, a Wa...
22 Mar, 2016, 06.26 PM IST
World Water Day: Jamshedpur to become 'zero sewerage discharge city'Jamshedpur, which ranked fourth on account of per capita water consumption, will be the first city of the country to become "zero sewerage ...
21 Mar, 2016, 06.07 PM IST
Section 144 of CrPC for peaceful water distribution in Latur, MaharashtraLatur in Maharashtra's drought-prone region has seen imposition of section 144 of the CrPC to ensure peaceful distribution of water to the ...
21 Mar, 2016, 02.10 PM IST
World Water Day: 37,000 million litres of sewage flows into rivers daily, says reportAs many as 302 river stretches on 275 rivers across the country have got polluted due to discharge of both municipal and industrial waste w...
23 Mar, 2015, 12.02 PM IST
37,000 million litres of sewage flows into rivers daily: ReportEvents around World Water Day, which is marked every year on March 22, may remind everyone about the implications of dwindling water reserv...
23 Mar, 2015, 11.47 AM IST
- Mark the World Water Day by conserving every drop: Experts
While the globe of Earth is primarily covered with water with more than 70 per cent coverd with oceans, the potable freshwater is no more t...
23 Mar, 2014, 10.27 PM IST