Citizens' Rights and Duties
Water data at your fingertips !
Posted on 02 Nov, 2011 11:21 AMThe Data Finder aims to bring together all water data from all over the web and put them in one convenient searchable tool so you can use it for any projects you are working on.
Use of ICT for effective urban governance and service delivery in India - A selection of cases - ASCI and CISCO
Posted on 31 Oct, 2011 09:17 AMThis compendium published by Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) and CISCO presents selective cases on the use of ICT for effective urban governance and service delivery in India. The document includes the following chapters/sections:
Chemical fertilizers in our water - An analysis of nitrates in the groundwater in Punjab by Greenpeace
Posted on 31 Oct, 2011 09:00 AM
The level of nitrate in drinking water was tested from groundwater artesian wells located within farms and surrounded by crops (mostly rice and wheat rotations).
Nitrate pollution in groundwater is associated with nitrogen loads in the environment. In urban areas, it is associated with sewage and in agriculture areas, with livestock sources and nitrogen fertiliser inputs. Nitrate pollution in drinking water can have serious health impact on humans, especially for babies and children. The most significant potential health effects of drinking water contaminated with nitrate are the blue-baby syndrome (methemoglobinemia) and cancer.
Deciphering environmental flows - An article in Seminar magazine - Jayanta Bandyopadhyay
Posted on 30 Oct, 2011 10:45 AMAuthor: Jayanta Bandyopadhyay
This article published in the Seminar 626, October 2011 argues that our current state of knowledge of water systems and ecological modelling related to flows of water, which includes projecting a single quantitative figure of water requirements, is inadequate. Such a unilateral prescription of environmental flows or water requirements of aquatic systems as a method for the resolution of water conflicts may actually become the source of many new conflicts.
Where and how is the state - Accessing water and the state in Mumbai and Johannesburg - Journal of Asian and African Studies
Posted on 29 Oct, 2011 05:28 PMThis paper published in the Journal of Asian and African Studies examines the argument that the political and institutional contexts of service delivery shape people's access to the state and its resources and also the mediation between citizens and g
Dainik Bhaskar invites nominations for India Pride Awards, New Delhi – Apply by September 30, 2011
Posted on 30 Sep, 2011 09:32 PM
Dainik Bhaskar Group has become the dominant newspaper publishing house with eight newspaper titles all across the northern, western and central states of the country. It has successfully entered into various other business ventures viz. FM Radio, BTL activities, SMS short codes and digital support.
DEF and IGNOU (IIVET) announce a certificate course in citizen journalism & citizen media leaders, New Delhi – Apply by October 9, 2011
Posted on 30 Sep, 2011 09:15 PM
IGNOU's Institute of Vocational Education and Training (IIVET) and Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) have introduced a certificate course in 'Citizen Journalism and Citizen Media Leaders'. This course is specifically designed and prepared by professionals and experts of IGNOU Peoples' University as an online program for a duration of three months. The course provides training in new media, citizen journalism and empowerment to old & new generation of citizens.