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What's in your drinking water?
Posted on 19 Jul, 2013 03:11 PMBoth rural and urban India are faced with water problems. People do not have access to good quality, safe drinking water. The source for most drinking water is either rivers or underground aquifers (wells). Since water can dissolve just about anything that it comes into contact with long enough, often the groundwater we get isn’t pure.
Shanty City: Mumbai
Posted on 17 Jul, 2013 10:16 AMCities and slums coexist in India. Some view these slums as shanties that destroy the image of a world class city while others view them as informal groups that support the city for its needs.
Sacchidanand Bharti - in his own words
Posted on 15 Jul, 2013 07:12 PMReams have been written about Sacchidanand Bharti, of Ufrenkhal fame and his work on afforestation and water conservation. However, very rarely does he speak about his own efforts and experiences.
Nalanda farmers get organic certificate; export veggies to Europe
Posted on 14 Jul, 2013 09:20 PMNalanda farmers set to go global with their veggies
Umananda island uncovered
Posted on 14 Jul, 2013 07:42 PMNot very far from Guwahati city but not too close either, perched on the gigantic Brahmaputra river, is the island of Umananda. It is the smallest inhabited river island in the world and is one with unusual stories beginning with even how it got its name.
Simple but unique idea revives a pond in Kerala
Posted on 12 Jul, 2013 03:12 PMPallichal panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram is one of its best performing panchayats. It has received a number of awards for achieving high literacy levels, keeping up good sanitation practices and for implementing a number of agricultural and irrigation initiatives.
Extreme weather warning!
Posted on 11 Jul, 2013 04:04 PMWe sat in a plush climate-controlled room and deliberated climate change as the outside world collapsed around us..
Breaking a centuries-old curse in Uttarakhand
Posted on 09 Jul, 2013 11:23 AMSudha Gunavante is a contented woman. She has reason to be. After all, she and her husband have managed to prosper on their farm, her children are well-educated and well-settled, and her rhododendron syrup is the pride of the village. If that is not enough, she has also managed to escape a centuries-old curse.
Floods in Assam affect one lakh people - Dhemaji worst hit
Posted on 08 Jul, 2013 11:31 AMFlood fury hits Assam
The Bhilai Steel Plant, a symbol of modern India, is running out of iron ore
Posted on 06 Jul, 2013 09:31 AMFor the last 50 years, the Bhilai Steel Plant, which is India's largest integrated steel plant has got its supply of iron ore from Dalli Rajhara's mines. Dalli Rajhara, a municipality which is also an industrial city is located 90km south of Durg in Chhattisgarh. It is a part of the Rajhara group of mines. Iron ore mined in this area are of two types - hematite and magnetite.