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Forget ACs: This Delhi couple's home stays cool even in 45°C heat. Here's how they did it naturallyIn Delhi's sweltering heat, one couple's 40-year-old home stays cool without heavy AC reliance. Their residence utilizes traditional archit...- Southwest monsoon further advances in Arabian Sea, Lakshadweep, Bay of Bengal: IMDThe monsoon has delayed its arrival in Kerala, missing the expected May 26 date. However, it has advanced into more parts of the Arabian Se...
- Macro, the Mightiest: Why India’s biggest macro variable still falls from the skyThe 2026 monsoon comes with a clear warning: Rainfall is forecast at 92% of the long-period average, with higher-than-usual probability of ...
- Rakha Gupta govt plans to build a 'Great Wall of Delhi' to stop Yamuna flood problem. Here is the 4.7-km grand planDelhi plans a 4.7-km flood wall along the Yamuna's western bank before the next monsoon. The structure aims to protect areas like Civil Lin...
- Let not a drop go waste: Inside India's potentially game-changing new rainwater planThe govt is planning to build one million rainwater harvesting structures before next year's monsoon. This initiative, called Jal Sanchay, ...
- North India lost 450 cubic km of groundwater in 2 decades, climate change to worsen depletion: StudyAbout 450 cubic kilometres of groundwater was lost in northern India during 2002-2021 and climate change will further accelerate its deplet...
- Ghaziabad pulled out an alarming 123% of groundwater last year; Noida not far behindGhaziabad and Noida face severe water crises as groundwater extraction rates soar, with Ghaziabad extracting 123% of its total last year. E...
- As employees in Bengaluru skip office amid water crisis, employers face fresh challengesBengaluru is hit by a water crisis worsened by urbanization. 'Silicon Valley of India' needs mandatory water harvesting and other conservat...
- View: NGT order is clearly impacting thousands of units that require groundwaterEven NGT would be aware that groundwater levels are not just a function of how much is extracted or replenished by a unit, but also by thos...
- 22% of India’s groundwater dried up or in critical state: Gajendra Singh ShekhawatThe ‘Dynamic Ground Water Resources of India’ report of the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) showed that 1,499 out of 6,881 assessed units...
- Experts suggest water labels for food items so consumers can make more sustainable choicesSome now suggest that producers should consider adding water labels to help consumers make more sustainable choices about their food.
- Here's reason behind depleting groundwaterGrowing food consumption across the globe and efforts by governments to boost agricultural trade in order to improve incomes of farmers has...
- Warming of Indian Ocean behind groundwater decline in IndiaAgriculture in India relies heavily on groundwater for irrigation, particularly in the dry northern regions where precipitation is scarce.
- After blaze, Uttarakhand may face a water crisisThe scientists say that this time the fires have burnt vast swathes of green cover, like bushes and plants, which absorb and hold the water...
- Not only sugarcane states, others too abuse groundwaterThe onus of abusing groundwater resources also lies with wheat, rice, maize and oilseeds producing states like Punjab and Haryana.
- Haryana uses mapping tech to trace groundwaterHaryana will become the first state in the country to have aquifer mapping done for its groundwater resources by May
- Government notifies 162 areas with declining groundwater levelsThe Central Ground Water Authority has notified 162 areas across the country where groundwater withdrawal is more than annual replenishment.
- A third of world's biggest groundwater basins are overstressedIndus Basin of NW India & Pakistan is the second-most overstressed groundwater basin in the world and is suffering rapid depletion from hum...
- North India losing groundwater at rate of foot per yr: NasaUsing Nasa satellite data, scientists have found that groundwater levels in northern India have been declining by as much as 33 cm (one foo...
- Cash for power bills may check water misuse at farms: ParikhThe Planning Commission on Tuesday suggested providing one-time cash compensation to farmers for paying electricity bills instead of the cu...
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