This week, 60 Minutes, a renowned news program from CBS News, showed the recent findings through satellite and newly developed devices which track the amount of groundwater. Punjab and rest of the India...
Facing a crisis due to over-exploitation of water resources, the Punjab Government will soon arm itself with a new policy for direct sowing of paddy.
While Guru Nanak talked about the vast universe 500 years ago, scientists have recently discovered a water source that could supply 140 trillion planets with water.
At least 14 deaths of marathon runners, football players and other athletes have been attributed to a condition called exercise-associated hyponatremia, which results from drinking too much water or sports drinks.
Recent research seems to confirm worries that a warming world is melting one of Earth's most iconic, not to mention tallest, summits: Mount Everest.
Stresses on water supplies aggravated by climate change are likely to cause more conflicts and water should be considered as vital to national security as defence, a United Nations report said on Friday.
The SAD-BJP government's claims about attracting over a lakh crore rupees of investment in Punjab have been proven hollow, evidently by their own admission.
"Starting to manage water resources more effectively and efficiently now will enable humanity to better respond to today's problems and to the surprises and troubles we can expect in a warming world."
Achieving food security, the report argues, is a complex challenge involving a host of factors. Two of the most critical have been identified as water and energy, both essential components to produce food.
New study shows that daily ishnaan chases away depression.
India's economic growth and political stability are at stake in coming years if it does not change its approach to water management, a member of its natural resources planning commission told Reuters on Monday.
More than 2 billion people have gained access to better drinking water sources, such as piped supplies and protected wells, between 1990 and 2010, U.N. officials said on Tuesday.
During a recent trip to a rural part of western India to report on rising food prices, I met two kinds of farmers — those with access to irrigation and those without. The differences between the two were stark. Those with drip irrigation or sprinklers invariably were reaping rich harvests and profits.
The researchers hope the study will help governments evaluate the various factors contributing to national water footprints and adjust unsustainable consumption practices and inefficiencies in production.
McCartney argues that there is no high quality published evidence to support these claims. She points to several studies showing no clear evidence of benefit from drinking increased amounts of water and suggesting there may be unintended harms attached to an enforcement to drink more water.
The proportion of the world’s population with access to improved drinking water sources grew by 10 percent over a period roughly covering the past two decades, according to a United Nations study. The study was released by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and UN World Health Organization (WHO).
884 million people lack access to safe drinking water and that more 2.6 billion do not have access to basic sanitation.
Potable water has become the primary concern in villages throughout this district. According to a survey carried out by the Water Supply and Sanitation Department, water in over 100 villages of the district is unfit for drinking.
According to Sri Guru Granth Sahib, water is considered to be the most important element (tattva) for the origin of life.
Rising sea levels are salinating India's biggest river, threatening its ecosystem and turning vast farmlands barren
Enough of a single, powerful antibiotic was being spewed into one stream each day to treat every person in a city of 90,000
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