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Shrinking source

More than half of the world's major aquifers, which store groundwater, are depleting faster than they can be replenished
 
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Harappa to Harsud: water management in India

We have turned water, the free gift of nature, into one of its dearest commodities, says Sorit Gupto
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Access Denied

Narmada crusader Medha Patkar says the space for mass movements on water is shrinking
 

Storm in a water pot

Social activist Nafisa Barot recalls how water unleashed the powerful energies of women in Gujarat
 

Toilet-rich, water-poor

Santosh Devi, a former sarpanch, says attaining total sanitation for her village was easier than ensuring clean and sweet water
 

Wiped out

Modernisation is pushing many traditional occupations dependent on water to the brink of extinction
 

Rivers of stories: a yarn of tales about India's rivers

Each river in the subcontinent has a story and most have several stories, says the writer
 

Rajya Sabha passes HIV Bill amid protests over crucial clause

As per the Bill, treatment will be provided "as far as possible" removing legal obligation to do tend to patients

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Director General of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and the Editor of Down To Earth magazine. She is an environmentalist who pushes for changes in policies, practices and mindsets

Wolf at our door

The US has made the world rewrite the climate agreement so that the targets are …

Pet coke conundrum

We are buying the world’s dirtiest fuel as if we have no worries of air …

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‘नमामि गंगे’ पर 'स्‍वच्‍छ भारत' का बोझ

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी के दो प्रमुख कार्यक्रम परस्पर विरोधी प्रयोजन में काम कर रहे हैं। जब तक स्वच्छ भारत मिशन पूरा होगा, गंगा किनारे लगभग तीन करोड़ सेप्टिक टैंक और गड्ढे खोदे जा चुके होंगे। इनसे नि‍कला मल-मूत्र नमाम‍ि गंगे पर पानी फेर सकता है 

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For a good night's sleep

Most urban Indians dread bedtime. Sleep disorders ensure that 93 per cent of the people living in cities don't sleep well or worse, are not able to sleep at all. What is causing us to lose sleep?

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  • Storm front
  • Storm front

    From myth to reality, how storms have shaped human history

  • Withington details numerous examples of how weather has played a critical role in shaping history. For instance, one might remember the attempt by US  "

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