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Karnataka records 42% rainfall deficit, 826 villages face water shortageKarnataka faces a severe 42% rainfall deficit this year, leading to a significant drop in groundwater levels. As a result, 826 villages are...- Karnataka announces new groundwater charges: Check revised rates, fines and rules for borewell diggingKarnataka introduces charges for groundwater extraction, ranging from Re 1 to ₹35 per cubic metre based on usage and location. The new rule...
- India looks for new Bengalurus as its Silicon Valley goes downhillBengaluru's severe water crisis and traffic congestion are prompting tech giants to consider relocating from the $245 billion IT hub. The c...
- Will not release single drop of water to Tamil Nadu, says Karnataka CM Siddaramiah as water shortage hits stateKarnataka faces severe water shortage with dried up sources in villages and borewells in Bengaluru. Drinking water crisis predicted for 7,0...
- Naitonal Green Tribunal directs Centre to finalise EPR regime within three months, says plastic waste a serious hazardEPR (Under Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016) puts the onus on the manufacturers for the treatment, recycling, reuse or disposal of produ...
- Bengaluru dumping its garbage in nearby villagesOver seven years, open dumping has created mounds the size of hillocks in the Avalahalli forest area and gomala land near Mavallipura.
- Fight there not here: Speaker tells Karnataka MP on water disputeUnion Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said most of the river water disputes among states were either in courts or in tribunals.
- Tamil Nadu moves SC to restrain Karnataka on Mekedatu reservoirAmid reports that Tamil Nadu was contemplating moving the Supreme Court, the state filed a Miscellaneous Application in the top court on Fr...
- BBMP faces NGT’s ire for polluting quarriesThe tribunal had, in the same case, issued an order in January 2018, asking the BBMP to take up bio-mining in quarry pits.
- SC takes note of non-framing of Cauvery scheme by Centre"Mr Venugopal (Attorney General), the scheme has to be finalised by the Centre and it should have been finalised by now.
- Water scarcity a reality, but never a poll issue in KolarIn the assembly, Subramani too was talking about the water crisis. Unlike his peers who took up jobs in Bengaluru, 36-year-old Subramani ch...
- Cauvery Water verdict: Applause in Karnataka, disapproval in Tamil NaduTamil Nadu opposition parties voiced concern over the Supreme Court verdict reducing the amount of water to the state from Cauvery river.
- Cauvery, Indus Treaty and Brahmaputra: River water proving to be source of potential conflictWhen threats to water security loom large and control over rivers is used to score political points, conflicts are a natural outcome.
- Ritesh Jain’s what I read this week: Loans for people with no credit history & a world without workA new app has been created which builds credit scores for borrowers using data. It helps one understand the creditworthiness of people with...
- Telangana government's main projects revolve around waterThe govt's focus is on water, a key issue on which the Telangana movement was predicated. Two years on, it is also a source of conflict wit...
- Bengaluru Vision Group bestowed with responsibility of setting the agenda for city.Members of the group were handpicked by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and are some of the most influential voices in the country’s technology...
- India in grip of severe water crisis; government mulls making demand management a priorityGovt is planning to make demand management a priority by funding drip irrigation, penalising overexploitation of groundwater, enacting a mo...
- GM crops: Government should set up an independent regulator at the earliestVarious studies published between 2002 and 2012 did not find any significant hazard to human health, biodiversity or the environment caused...
- Bengaluru may have to be evacuated in a decade if water crisis continuesMost of the apartment complexes that have come up recently in Bengaluru, especially on Sarjapur Road, Bannerghatta Road, Whitefield, and Ma...
- Hubli Sandbox, an innovation hub to find solutions to real world problemsFor the ‘Kakatiya Sandbox,’ Sama and his team have picked Srikanth Bolla as the first entrepreneur who will receive their help.
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