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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
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Antibiotics- Contaminating the Rivers
This article is based on “Antibiotics are contaminating rivers and posing health risks” which was published in Livemint on 28/11/2019....
30 Nov 2019 Water Resources
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Why in News Recently, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution has released Water Quality Report for State capitals & Delhi...
18 Nov 2019 Water Resources
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Why in News The Ministry of Jal Shakti recently constituted a committee to draft a new National Water Policy (NWP). Key Highlights Composition:...
12 Nov 2019 Water Resources
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This article is based on “Call of the River” which was published in The Indian Express on 02/11/2019. It talks about Inter-State River...
02 Nov 2019 Water Resources
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Policy Watch: National Water Policy
Government is planning to come out with an updated version of the National Water Policy (NWP) with key changes in water governance structure and...
30 Oct 2019 Water Resources
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The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), is considering the proposal of creating the East Antarctic marine...
24 Oct 2019 Water Resources
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15 Point Directive to Clean Ganga
The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) recently has issued a 15-point directive to the 11-Ganga basin states to prevent idol immersion into...
04 Oct 2019 Water Resources
