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Chinese Trawlers in South China Sea
Why in News The Chinese fishing fleets have been seen raiding the rich waters of the South China Sea that are internationally recognised as...
01 Apr 2020 Water Resources
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Lockdown Made Kaveri and Tributaries Cleaner
Why in News According to the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), the strict enforcement of 21-day lockdown due to the COVID-19...
31 Mar 2020 Water Resources
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Why in News The water level in the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Mandya district (Karnataka) is coming down rapidly owing to the increase in the...
16 Mar 2020 Water Resources
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Water Crisis in Himalayan Region
Why in News Recently, several towns were surveyed in the Himalayan region of Bangladesh, Nepal, India and Pakistan to understand the challenges of...
02 Mar 2020 Water Resources
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Initiatives for Tribal Communities
Why in News The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has launched the “Programme for Capacity Building of Scheduled Tribe Representatives in Local Self...
28 Feb 2020 Water Resources
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During the first meeting of the National Ganga Council in Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) in 2019, the Prime Minister urged for a holistic thinking process...
14 Feb 2020 Water Resources
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Godavari and Cauvery River Interlinking Project
Why in News The National Water Development Agency (NWDA) has circulated a draft Detailed Project Report (DPR) on Godavari-Cauvery link project to...
11 Feb 2020 Water Resources
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Why in News World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on the 2nd of February. This day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on...
03 Feb 2020 Water Resources
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Why in News According to the Central Water Commission (CWC), 4 of the 11 hydro power projects on the upper reaches of the river Ganga’s...
31 Jan 2020 Water Resources
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Why in News India has added 10 more wetlands to the sites protected by the Ramsar Convention. These are: Maharashtra: Nandur (state’s...
29 Jan 2020 Water Resources
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Why in News Recently, scientists at the National Centre for Microbial Resource under National Centre for Cell Science (NCMR-NCCS) in Pune have...
25 Jan 2020 Water Resources
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Why in News The annual bird census has been commenced in the Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary and surrounding wetlands in the Godavari mangroves on the...
11 Jan 2020 Water Resources
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SC Bats Against the Transfer of Community Resources
Why in News Recently, the Supreme Court of India held that the Government has no right to transfer “invaluable” community resources like...
01 Jan 2020 Water Resources
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Electro-Kinetic Streaming to Tap Energy from Water
Why in News The Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G) researchers have developed materials that can produce energy from flowing or...
31 Dec 2019 Water Resources
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Dal is a lake in Srinagar, the capital of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Dal Lake is a misnomer as Dal in Kashmiri means lake. It is...
27 Dec 2019 Water Resources
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Assessment of Plastics Along the West Coast of India
Why in News Recently, National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) conducted a study which states that beaches in Maharashtra are more polluted with...
23 Dec 2019 Water Resources
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National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management
The National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM) is established under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to...
14 Dec 2019 Water Resources
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Why in News The Ministry of Jal Shakti has constituted a three-member Supervisory Committee to settle the issue of Mullaperiyar dam between Kerala...
13 Dec 2019 Water Resources
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The Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABHY) is a central sector scheme worth Rs.6,000 crore for sustainable management of groundwater with community...
13 Dec 2019 Water Resources
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Heavy Metals Contaminating India’s Rivers
Why in News Recently, the Central Water Commission (CWC) has reported that the samples from two-thirds of the water quality stations spanning...
12 Dec 2019 Water Resources
