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Centre betting big on Brahmaputra as economic lifeline: Minister Sarbananda SonowalThe Indian government is developing the Brahmaputra river into a major economic corridor. This initiative focuses on transport, trade, and ...- India accounts for 25% of global groundwater use, says committee, flags over-extractionIndia faces a critical challenge with excessive groundwater extraction, contributing 25 percent to global withdrawals. A parliamentary comm...
- Nature’s Rare Trick: How a River Can Flow in Two Directions at OnceA rare natural phenomenon sees rivers flowing in two directions. This occurs where strong ocean tides push water upstream against the river...
- Visible From Space: The Massive Beaver Dam That’s Quietly Reshaping an Entire LandscapeA colossal beaver dam, the largest ever recorded at 850 meters, has been discovered in Alberta, Canada. This massive structure, visible fro...
- Assam's Kaziranga grasslands home to one-horned rhinos shrink by area nearly the size of Kolkata in 110 yearsKaziranga National Park has lost over 300 sq km of grasslands in a century, with forests expanding significantly. This ecological shift, dr...
- NISAR satellite: This India-US mission can see through everything with bus-sized radar and detects even small changes on EarthNisar Launch Date: India and the United States are collaborating on the NISAR mission, set to launch on July 30, 2025. This joint Earth obs...
- Fortnight-long study begins at 6 high-risk glacial lakes in SikkimA fortnight-long study has been launched to evaluate six high-risk glacial lakes in Sikkim. Conducted by the National Disaster Management A...
- ISRO working on mission to advance high-resolution thermal imaging for climate, resource managementThe TRISHNA mission, a collaboration between ISRO and the French space agency CNES, aims to monitor Earth's surface temperature, water stre...
- Humans have driven Earth's freshwater cycle out of stable state: StudyHuman activity has significantly altered the Earth's freshwater resources, surpassing the stable conditions that existed before industriali...
- River linking projects may adversely impact monsoon: ExpertsThe Ken-Betwa scheme, the first being implemented under the National River Linking Project (NRLP), seeks to bring nearly 11 lakh hectares o...
- Countdown for launch of India's 'eye in the sky' satellite beginsThe 44.4 metre tall and weighing 321 ton PSLV rocket is scheduled to blast off from the first launch pad at India's rocket port in Sriharik...
- IMD reviews preparedness, says will release impact-based cyclone warnings this seasonThe pre and post- monsoon months form the cyclone season. Storms during October to December, especially in the Bay of Bengal, ravage the ea...
- Advance landslide warning system for SikkimKolkata, Aug 1 (IANS) Sikkim will soon have an advance warning system against landslides that would enable authorities to safely evacuate p...
- Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana going the Latur way as groundwater extraction risesIt could get much worse in the future if one looks at the way Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan have been drawing water from the ground.
- Earth's internal heat driving Greenland's ice to meltGreenland's lithosphere has hot depths which originate in its distant geological past and cause the island's ice to rapidly flow and melt f...
- Government gives nod to National Hydrology ProjectThe decision to approve the project -- which also intends to facilitate water resource management and ensure equitable use of water -- was ...
- Increasing power import of Hydropower rich Bhutan is a concern for IndiaDespite its existing generation of around 6500 MU(Million Units), much higher than average domestic demand of near 1500 MU.
- Winter time power import of Bhutan is going up increasing concern of IndiaIt is not clear how far this project will be able to fulfill the expectation,” senior West Bengal state Power department official.
- Bhutan's mega hydroproject Punatsangchu I: A concern for IndiaBhutan is at present on a mission to establish 10,000 MW additional installed capacity by 2020 in co-operation with the Government of India.
- Bhutan's present power production profile may become a concern for IndiaIncreasing hydropower need of Bhutan during dry winter season and overall diminishing annual power production of this hydropower giant may ...
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