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Tata's iPhone parts factory contaminated farmland water, India pollution body allegesAn Indian pollution regulator has warned Tata Electronics, a key supplier for Apple's iPhones, about a potential factory shutdown. The regu...
Court of Arbitration ruling on Indus Waters Treaty deepens Indo-Pak riftA Hague court ruling has intensified the Indus Waters Treaty dispute between India and Pakistan. The decision restricts India's water stora...
Cocaine pollution in rivers may be affecting salmon behaviour more than scientists expectedResearch reveals cocaine and its metabolite, benzoylecgonine, significantly alter salmon behavior, causing increased travel distances and p...
Microplastics in India’s agriculture: A growing problem demanding urgent actionA new roadmap by NAAS emphasises national monitoring, improved waste management, and biodegradable alternatives to combat the growing crisi...
Punjab tells Centre to release relief fundsPunjab government has requested the central government for immediate financial assistance due to severe floods. The state faces its worst f...
The Fukushima water release planTanks on the site now hold about 1.3 million tonnes of radioactive water - enough to fill 500 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Here is how Tok...
Climate refugee crisis beckons in India if water scarcity continues: 'Waterman' Rajendra Singh
Japan seeks support for Fukushima nuclear water releaseThe government decided in April to start discharging the water into the Pacific Ocean in the spring of 2023 after building a facility and c...
West Bengal flood situation remains critical; 3 lakh affectedMore than 4 lakh hectares of agricultural land in these seven districts is under water now. Heavy rain and subsequent discharge of water fr...
Pakistan claims water flow in Chenab reduced significantly; India terms it baselessIn a letter to Indian Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Saxena sent on Wednesday, his Pakistani counterpart Syed Mohammed Meher Ali Shah stated th...
Peenya effluent getting into veggies, says studyScientists from the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) collected hourly water samples once a month between Ma...
- Jhunka river dam dying a slow death near Baikunthpur
A dam on river Jhunka, which had been a lifeline for Baikunthpur and nearby colliery township Churcha, is dying a slow death due to continu...
Water sector needs purposeful action to match India's long term needsA recent UN report on water has rightly underlined the pressing need for proactive policy to avert a likely crisis in the offing in India.
- Madhya Pradesh's lifeline- Narmada, battles for survival
Legend has it that one needs to take a dip in the river Ganges to wash all sins. In case of Narmada, a mere glimpse serves the purpose.
- Water pollution: Parliamentary committee to summon officials of 6 ministries
Terming water pollution as a "national crisis", a Parliamentary committee has decided to summon officials of at least six central ministrie...
- In Uttar Pradesh, river water fit for fishing only
The quality of river water is an area of concern in Uttar Pradesh, if the State of Environment report, 2010 is to be believed.
- Aluminum plant accused of discharging toxic waste
Vedanta Alumina Limited which started commercial production at its Lanjigarh plant in Kalahandi district three months ago has been accused ...