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Irrigation
Agriculture
In Nepal, Farmers Are Cutting Paddy to Feed Their Cattle
Nepal’s Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) on Wednesday announced that most parts of the country have thus far received below-average rains during this...
Agriculture
Soaring Temperatures Devastate Kashmir Farmers
The region, known for lush green hills, has turned into a dry wasteland. Water canals are dry as never before, because there was no...
Climate change
Emergency Declared in Italy to Manage Drought
Smarting under the effects of an unusually early heatwave and deficient rainfall, both ascribed to climate change, the government of Italy has declared a...
Bangladesh
South Asia ‘Sorely Needs Transboundary River Accord’
Countries around the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin are losing over US$14.2 billion yearly because of a lack cooperation. One major hurdle is China’s apathy to multilateral...
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: War, Economic Crisis, Drought, Winter, Hunger
While humanitarian assistance averted a food security catastrophe in the harsh winter months, hunger persists at unprecedented levels in Afghanistan. People require humanitarian assistance,...
Forests
Ken, Betwa linking ready for implementation, says jal shakti minister. Environmentalists call it a poll gimmick
The river linking projects are based on the idea of transferring water from water-surplus basins to water-deficit basins. But it is riddled with environmental...
India
Half a million and counting: Minor irrigation water bodies in India
The minister for jal shakti provided a list of tanks, reservoirs or ponds counted as part of an ongoing census from various states.
India has...
Civil society
No infrastructure planning can match civil society led collective action
Policy makers and planners must acknowledge people's action and take these into account in their planning efforts. People’s action can do wonders. The case...
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Non-communicable Diseases Emerge as ‘Top Killers Globally’ – WHO
Authors of the report say that every two seconds, one person under the age of 70 dies of a...
How to Make COP27 a Success
From melting glaciers to a ‘monster’ monsoon, record-breaking floods have left a third of Pakistan currently under water and...
Have MGNREGA Workers Become Bonded Labourers?
Millions of workers remain unpaid for their work for several months. Despite over Rs. 21,000 crores of pending wages,...
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Non-communicable Diseases Emerge as ‘Top Killers Globally’ – WHO
Authors of the report say that every two seconds,...
How to Make COP27 a Success
From melting glaciers to a ‘monster’ monsoon, record-breaking floods...
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