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The World Culture Festival (WCF) organised by the Art of Living Foundation (AoL) has been in the news ever since Manoj Misra, an environmental activist and convenor of Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan, filed a petition with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in December 2015.

Reservoir levels dip, Maharashtra urges people to celebrate dry holi

South India's rivers are rain-fed unlike those in the North, which are glacier-fed due to the contrasting topography and climate. Unlike the Himalayan system, many of India’s peninsular rivers dry up during the hotter half of the year, leaving lips and fields equally parched.

The theme for the 2016 UN World Water Day is 'Water and Jobs'. What is your opinion of the chosen theme?

The present government has set a target of 100 gigawatts (GW) of solar power capacity for the country by 2022.

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Rajya Sabha gives a go ahead to the National Waterways Bill

Punjab-Haryana at crossroads over the controversial Sutlej-Yamuna canal

Groundwater is the major source of drinking water in both urban and rural India, and an important source of water for agricultural and industrial sectors.

Water logging has been a persistent problem for farmers in the coastal areas of Puri, Odisha. Construction of national highways has affected the natural water drainage system and has changed the lands of thousands of farmers since 1980.