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- 'Will fight POSCO till last breath'
- Mirage of a river 1
- Auroville’s alternative galaxy
- 18 tribal villages in Maharashtra get tendu rights, finally
- Environment ministry wants to restore night traffic through Bandipur tiger reserve 52
- A green facade 44
- Diesel: when bad policy makes for toxic hell 38
- Gujarat pollution board gets a makeover in efficiency 33
- What’s good insulation? 30
- How vulnerable are India's nuclear power plants to disaster 28
- Grand distraction called river interlinking 28
- Eat at your own risk 27
- Green energy takes toll on green cover 26
- Temporary solution, permanent jam 25
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Issue Date: Jun 30, 2009
Nations and borders are artificial constructs. From space the Earth looks like a circle of blue. That is the message that runs through
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It has three tools for the purpose: reportage; research papers and innovative communications tools. The website aggregates water-related news
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distribution and water conservation.
Every story has a human face. The website also provides forum for people to respond fresh water crises in their areas.
One can also subscribe to RSS feeds to get the latest water news and there is a one-click Google translation into 10 languages .
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