Uttar Pradesh
Challenges of being a ‘Prerak’
Posted on 27 Jul, 2018 01:35 PMMost of Etawah, a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in Uttar Pradesh, has plenty of stories to share about their favourite leader Daddaji or Mulayam Singh Yadav, one of the former chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh. The area bordering the ravines near Chambal, on the other hand, resounds with tales of dacoits like Phoolan Devi, Seema Parihar and Nirbhay Gujjar.
Climate hotspots to affect India's economy
Posted on 04 Jul, 2018 10:35 AMA study by the World Bank indicates that due to rising temperatures and changing monsoon rainfall patterns from climate change, India’s gross domestic product (GDP) may dip by 2.8 percent (amounting to $1177.8 billion) by 205
Call for Admissions for Graduate Program of Water Science and Policy 2018 at Shiv Nadar University
Posted on 08 May, 2018 03:59 PMEntering its second year, the Graduate Program of Water Science and Policy 2018 at Shiv Nadar University envisages a multi-disciplinary classroom, engagement and content delivered by some of the best minds globally – experts on water who have worked on ground realities, made policies and initiated change.
Intensive survey ordered for western UP rivers
Posted on 24 Jan, 2018 10:36 AMConduct intensive survey of western UP rivers: NGT
Protest in Chennai to save the Ennore Creek
Posted on 09 Jan, 2018 08:59 AMSaving the Ennore Creek: Chennai fisherfolk stage Jal Satyagraha
Stubble burning banned, farmers stumped
Posted on 07 Jan, 2018 06:20 PMAmar Singh sits in his huge courtyard at the centre of his home in the village of Atraula in Meerut. Lying in the far west part of Uttar Pradesh, this is a flourishing sugarcane belt. An important agricultural region, its demographic, economic and cultural patterns are similar to that of nearby Haryana and Rajasthan.
Where there are no sewers: The toilet cleaners of Lucknow
Posted on 20 Nov, 2017 03:41 PMNovember 19th is World Toilet Day. Enormous progress has been made in the global effort to provide safe and affordable toilets for the world's poorest citizens since World Toilet Day was first declared in 2001.
Maharashtra to pay Rs 100 crore for river restoration
Posted on 20 Nov, 2017 01:54 PMSC orders Maharashtra government to pay Rs 100 crore for restoration of Ulhas and Waldhuni rivers
Saving kunds of Vrindavan
Posted on 23 Sep, 2017 12:16 PMVrindavan, the small dusty twin town of Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, has a special place in the Hindu mythology. This is where Lord Krishna is believed to have spent most of his childhood and adolescence. The river Yamuna straddles through the town, a hot destination for thousands of devotees lining up for a dip in it every day.
Sardar Sarovar dam to submerge 40,000 families
Posted on 19 Sep, 2017 08:44 PMPM Modi inaugurates the controversial Sardar Sarovar Project