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Swiss Re Foundation launches the International ReSource Award 2019
The award is for resilience in water management, acknowledging social entrepreneurial thinking and leadership in implementing the principles of sustainable water management.
Posted on 22 Jan, 2018 07:00 PM

The International ReSource Award for resilience in water management recognises new approaches for resolving existing issues related to sustainable water management. The prize builds on more than ten years of experience in bestowing the recognised ReSource Award for sustainable watershed management.
Assam's river atlas to tackle floods, deforestation
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Swati Bansal
Posted on 15 Jan, 2018 09:07 PM

Assam prepares river atlas to tackle floods, erosion, deforestation
People take a boat to cross Brahmaputra. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Water Integrity Network Photography Competition 2018
WIN invites photographers to examine the relationship between money and water; how it manifests in both cities and rural areas
Posted on 08 Jan, 2018 08:32 PM

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World Culture Festival ruined Yamuna floodplains: NGT
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 12 Dec, 2017 11:54 AM

Art of Living responsible for destroying the Yamuna floodplains: NGT
The front view of the giant stage under construction for the World Culture Festival. (Source: Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan)
Palk Bay: Trawled and damaged
In the last of a two-part series on the importance of conserving the Palk Bay, a video shows how trawling is spelling doom to the ecology of the bay.
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 28 Nov, 2017 04:05 PM

The Palk Bay is an ecological paradise located between the island nation of Sri Lanka and the South East Peninsula India. The region separates the coastal areas of Tamil Nadu from the northern parts of Sri Lanka.
The Palk Bay (Source: GIZ)
Conserving Palk Bay
In the first of a two-part series on the ecological degradation of the Palk Bay, a video explains the importance of conserving this biodiversity hotspot.
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 28 Nov, 2017 04:04 PM

The Palk Bay is a 15,000 sq km biodiversity conglomeration nestled between the island nation of Sri Lanka and South East Peninsula India with a coastal length of 250 km on the Indian side. 
The Palk Bay (Source: GIZ)
Study claims railways biodigesters ineffective
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Swati Bansal
Posted on 28 Nov, 2017 01:50 PM

Railways biodigesters are not better than septic tanks: IIT study
A rail coach fitted with bio toilet. (Source: India Railway Info)
India ranks low on sanitation index: Report
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Swati Bansal
Posted on 20 Nov, 2017 02:20 PM

India has the highest number of people without access to toilets: Report
Toilets in India (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Call for abstracts for the seventh South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN)
SACOSAN VII Secretariat invites professionals to submit abstract(s) for technical papers for seventh South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN) to be held in February 2018 in Pakistan.
Posted on 16 Nov, 2017 11:00 PM

SACOSAN is a sanitation-centered biennial convention led by the governments of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. There will be eight thematic sessions on selected topics to be conducted by each SACOSAN member country.
Alien fish enters Telangana waters
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Swati Bansal
Posted on 17 Oct, 2017 01:45 PM

Alien fish spotted in Telangana waters after Krishna-Godavari interlinking
Prakasam Barrage across Krishna river (Source: Subhash Chandra via Wikipedia)
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