Big Story

Worldwide restrictions due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic may have led to a dip in emssions in 2020, but the decline is almost imperceptible and for millions of people across countries, climate-related disasters have brought catastrophic results.

NMCG has given approval to several fresh projects ranging from construction of sewage infrastructure along the Ganga to rejuvenation of ponds & bioremediation of drains even as the Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has emphasised that the process of rejuvenation of the river was a continuous task.

In a significant development in the Centre’s ambitious Rs 3,50,000 crore Jal Jeevan Mission, the Union Jal Shakti Ministry has given its approval to five innovative technologies recommended by leading companies from the private sector for drinking water and sanitation projects to be taken up by various states and Union Territories (UTs).

The Centre has made wastage and misuse of potable water or groundwater into a punishable offence in India now. The

Improved data collection and information systems, green and gray water-storage systems and water-use limitations in high-stress areas are some of

Extremes is water availability have been found to be associated with an increase in suicide in India in a new

The Centre has issued revised guidelines for groundwater use across the country, prohibiting new industry and mining projects in over-exploited

A panel constituted by the NGT for monitoring of the Yamuna has recommended revisiting a water sharing agreement inked in

The Ganga is getting highly polluted after Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh and the stretch from Kannauj to Prayagraj has seen