As the desert advances in Morocco, women are scaling mountains to capture water from fogIn Morocco's Aït Baâmrane region, women once trekked for hours daily to fetch water. Now, giant mesh nets on Mt. Boutmezguida capture Atlan...
18 May, 2026, 03.18 PM IST
‘Iranians now blame US-Israel, not Tehran, for their economic woes’Iran's economy, known as the 'resistance economy', is facing severe impacts from the ongoing US-Israel war. Economic pressures are mounting...
23 Apr, 2026, 10.39 PM IST
Crude oil prices to stay high as Hormuz Strait crisis deepens; Probal Sen on what it means for Indian marketsIndia's oil producers and refiners face a volatile energy market. Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz are causing crude oil prices to rise ...
07 Apr, 2026, 09.36 AM IST
Welspun Enterprises Q2 Results: Net profit grows to Rs 98 crore; company to raise Rs 1,000 crWelspun Enterprises on Tuesday said it has posted a 59 per cent rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 98.08 crore in September quarter of F...
11 Nov, 2025, 08.29 PM IST
Mumbai, Thane and other areas to receive less water from tomorrow onwards; Here are detailsBeginning December 1, a 10% water cut will be imposed in Mumbai city and suburbs due to repair work on the malfunctioned pneumatic gate sys...
30 Nov, 2024, 09.38 PM IST
Mumbai water woes: Aaditya scrapped dam projects for costly desalination plants, says ShelarMumbai BJP chief Ashish Shelar held Aaditya Thackeray responsible for the city's water issues, alleging that Thackeray scrapped planned dam...
04 Oct, 2024, 05.58 PM IST
Is the world running out of water supplies? These cities have acute drinking water crises.The water crisis is being caused due to outdated supply infrastructure and mismanagement. Solutions are needed that leverage technology.
06 Jun, 2024, 10.46 PM IST
Parched UAE turns to science to squeeze more rainfall from cloudsThe UAE, located in one of the hottest and driest regions on earth, has been leading the effort to seed clouds and increase precipitation, ...
30 Aug, 2022, 12.04 PM IST
Inside the world's biggest water desalination plants in Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia produces the most amount of brine, at 22% of the world's total. At al-Jubail, the world's largest desalination plant which mak...
13 Oct, 2020, 04.59 PM IST
Zero Mass Water: This U.S. firm is turning Arabian Desert air into bottled waterThe company, Zero Mass Water, will use renewable energy instead of the fossil fuels that power the many desalination facilities in Dubai an...
14 Jul, 2020, 02.58 PM IST
How rain-rich Chennai depends on the sea for its water supplyDesalination plants in Nemmeli and Minjur -with a capacity to produce 100 mld each -are now the city's lifelines with traditional sources d...
06 Jun, 2017, 10.47 AM IST
New system uses Sun to make sea water potableA new "ground-breaking" prototype system that turns sea water into drinking water using just the power of the Sun has been successfully tes...
02 Dec, 2014, 06.28 PM IST
Scarcity of potable water in Indian villages to end?There is more salty groundwater than fresh, potable groundwater in India as 60 per cent of the country has vast reservoirs of salty water u...
09 Sep, 2014, 02.36 PM IST
Simple & cheap solution to India's grave water crisis: Waste water recyclingAvg cost of wastewater treatment is Rs 4.5-6 a kilo litre. If treated for drinking use, the cost jumps to Rs 12 but is far less than what I...
24 Sep, 2012, 10.50 AM IST
India's fortunes will be dictated by how well it can manage its water resourcesUrbanisation will be the defining feature of India's growth in the coming years; several studies have projected that it will take place on ...
26 Apr, 2012, 09.55 AM IST
- Sanghvi Forgings lists at Rs 88 on the NSE
Shares of Sanghvi Forging listed at Rs 88, a premium of 3.53 per cent, against issue price of Rs 85 on the National Stock Exchange.
23 May, 2011, 10.44 AM IST
- It's time to open the floodgates
Water may be the most abused natural resource but for the innovative mind it can be the proverbial spring of money.
26 Feb, 2010, 03.33 AM IST