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No more dam approvals until e-flow report is out: Water Ministry
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Swati Bansal
Posted on 07 Sep, 2015 09:35 PM

No approval of dams until e-flow report is out: Water Ministry to CWC
Kelo dam near Raigarh (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)
Nepal earthquake affected women more than men
Disadvantaged groups suffered greater death, injury and livelihood asset losses. Dr Bimala Rai Paudyal, Hon’ble Member Planning Commission of Nepal says it is possible to reduce this vulnerability.
Amita Bhaduri
Sabita Kaushal
Posted on 05 Sep, 2015 12:32 PM

April 25, 2015 dawned as any other ordinary day in Nepal. Until 11.56. Then, a massive earthquake of magnitude 7.9 rattled the country and shook its very foundation. The tremors travelled outwards from the epicentre at Barpak Gorkha district moving the earth, distorting buildings, causing convulsions on the ground and creating panic and mayhem all around.
A family beside a damaged house near Naglebhare, Nepal (Source :Asian Development Bank)
Access to water data: Implications for transboundary relations in the Ganges river basin
Despite the enactments of RTI laws and insistence for openness in the government, access to information regimes on transboundary rivers has not changed at a fundamental level in South Asia.
Prasai
S. and Surie
M.D.
Posted on 05 Sep, 2015 12:21 PM

Citizens right to access information on water, climate and environmental issues
A view of the Sharada river at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Call for applications for the third India Biodiversity Awards 2016
This year the India Biodiversity Awards 2016 will recognize the contribution of a range of stakeholders towards the conservation of biodiversity.
Posted on 04 Sep, 2015 05:25 PM

This year, the categories have been modified to align them with the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, and the new categories are as follows:
Call for Water Advanced Research and Innovation (WARI) Fellowship Program-2015
The WARI Fellowship Program is a dynamic and transformative program that has been developed to foster long term Indo-American science and technology partnership.
Posted on 04 Sep, 2015 05:14 PM

For more details on the Fellowship Program, download the announcement from below. 
India Industry Water Conclave & 3rd edition of FICCI Water Awards
FICCI is organizing the India Industry Water Conclave at New Delhi, in association with HSBC and has also instituted the Annual Water Awards to recognize efforts in water management.
Posted on 04 Sep, 2015 05:07 PM

The Conclave focuses on the aspects of water conservation, management and sustainability:
Job opportunity for a WATSAN professional for the Government of Karnataka project
Avantika Foundation is looking for passionate and driven individuals to join as WATSAN professional for the Government of Karnataka project
Posted on 04 Sep, 2015 04:31 PM

Job Title: Senior Associate-WATSAN

Recruitment agency: Centre for Decentralised Local Governance, Avantika Foundation

Training support: Arghyam & WASSAN
Training Programme on ‘Enabling a Digital India: Using GIS'
TARA Livelihood Academy (TLA) has announced a two day training programme on ‘Enabling a Digital India: Using Geographical Information System (GIS)’ in New Delhi.
Posted on 04 Sep, 2015 04:18 PM

Register now or nominate your team members here http://goo.gl/forms/SZGAA73ut4        
Backs to the Wall: Photography Competition and Fellowship
A CSE fellowship and contest for photographers and photo-journalists- Backs to the Wall (Climate Change and Vulnerable Communities)
Posted on 04 Sep, 2015 04:09 PM

Sunderbans and Siachen glacier to become trans-boundary protected area
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 31 Aug, 2015 10:25 PM

Sunderbans and Siachen glacier proposed to be recognised as a trans-boundary protected area
Farm fields in the Sunderbans (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photo)
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