Climate crisis is a gender issue, women face higher risks, less representationClimate change disproportionately impacts women, who are often excluded from decision-making despite their crucial roles in crisis response...
17 Apr, 2026, 11.03 PM IST
Over 15 crore rural households now have tap water under Jal Jeevan Mission: Minister PatilMore than 15 crore rural homes in India now receive tap water. The Jal Jeevan Mission, launched in 2019, has freed women and children from ...
11 Mar, 2026, 02.44 PM IST
How one social activist’s social media movement brought water revolution in tribal MaharashtraPramod Gopalrao Gaikwad, a social worker from Nashik, initiated the Social Networking Forum (SNF) in 2010 after witnessing the struggles of...
24 Sep, 2025, 07.30 PM IST
Women climb down dried up well, walk miles as water crisis hits Nashik villageBorichi Bari village in Maharashtra faces a severe water crisis, forcing women to risk their lives climbing into wells for water. Wells are...
21 Apr, 2025, 08.04 PM IST
Congress targets Maharashtra govt over water woes in rural areasThe Congress party criticizes the Mahayuti government over a severe water crisis in Nashik, where women risk their lives to obtain water fr...
21 Apr, 2025, 06.52 PM IST
River linking projects helping water reach more households, talks on with more states: C R PatilJal Shakti Minister C R Patil highlights the significant impact of water initiatives at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The Centre is ac...
25 Jan, 2025, 06.53 PM IST
178 'water warriors' to grace Republic Day parade, celebrate achievements of Jal Jeevan Mission178 'water warriors' from across India are invited to the 76th Republic Day Parade to meet Jal Shakti Minister C R Paatil. These individual...
23 Jan, 2025, 05.41 PM IST
Yet another Bengal woman claims she was stripped & hitThe woman, who has been hospitalised with head injury, told mediapersons that she was attacked by Trinamool workers when she had gone to fe...
04 Jul, 2024, 01.02 AM IST
Once struggling for potable water, Shahjahanpur now tops country in tap connections under Jal Jeevan MissionMoreover, about 150 people were dependent on a single pump. Despite being surrounded by five rivers -- Ganga, Ram Ganga, Bahubal, Khannaut ...
27 Nov, 2022, 11.36 AM IST
Rakhis from water hyacinths: Why a Bengal civic body is sending them to global leadersWater hyacinths, locally known as 'Kochuripana', grow in abundance in the lakes, ponds and rivers of West Bengal. The local body of Bongaon...
11 Aug, 2022, 02.00 PM IST
- To expedite piped water scheme, centre asks states to submit detailed plans in a month
The Jal Shakti ministry has, in a bid to expedite the government's ambitious effort to ensure access to clean, drinking water to every hous...
31 Jul, 2022, 12.11 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi to lay foundation stones for water supply projects in parched Vindhya regionOn completion within two years, the two projects will provide piped-water supply to over 42 lakh people in 2,995 villages of the two distri...
21 Nov, 2020, 07.21 PM IST
The neglect of girl child keeps Delhi's backyard, Mewat, most backwardWhy is Mewat in Haryana the worst performing district in India? It is just 80 km from Delhi, but ranks below some of the known backward dis...
28 May, 2018, 10.42 AM IST
Under fire for 'selfie' act, Pankaja Munde hits back at oppositionCongress spokesperson Al-Nasser Zakaria the act of clicking selfies was a shameful one and that the present ministers need to become less m...
18 Apr, 2016, 06.29 PM IST
How water scarcity is taking a toll on some Maharashtra pocketsThe water crisis is set to trigger regional feuds with residents demanding their water share from the state's rivers.
25 Mar, 2015, 11.33 AM IST
Escape velocity to beat the gravitational pull of povertyPeople have started brushing up on physics. If you are poor, 11.2-km-a-second (Earth) may be required to break out of the poverty trap.
01 Nov, 2013, 08.38 AM IST
- Women economists urge policy makers to end global sanitation crisis
An international group of 34 woman economists has written an open letter to the prime ministers and presidents of various nations, includin...
08 Dec, 2011, 08.06 PM IST