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Malthus revisited

Book>> The End of Food • by Paul Roberts • Bloomsbury, Rs 450

Improvising power trade in South Asia can ease renewable energy access in the region

India envisions to have an interconnected power grid in the South Asian region with many participating countries

Live storage in India’s reservoirs increases by 1%

India’s 143 major reservoirs had live storage of 147.631 BCM or 83% of these reservoirs’ total capacity

Jodhpur blues: How the Indira Gandhi Canal has robbed the desert citadel of its character

There is ample water in what was once a water scarce place; traditional water bodies, architecture, social habits have consequently gone for a toss

New web-based platform to help with micro irrigation

Researchers have come up with a web-based application that helps design customised micro-irrigation systems for individual agricultural fields

Truckers’ strike: 90% of food produce at stake

The country-wide truck operators’ strike continued for the fourth day and it was the farmers who lost the most

Jharkhand: West Singhbhum DMF must invest in improving health care services, says CSE

With more than Rs 370 crore in its kitty, West Singhbhum DMF Trust should prioritise reducing child mortality and improving nutrition for local people

Menstrual cycle is normal; our attitude towards it is not

Girls and women have to fight social norms as well as lack of access to safe adsorbents, bathing space and water to manage their menstrual cycles

Debate: Should water be brought under Centre's control to settle inter-state disputes?

Sushmita Sengupta curates a debate among India's top water policy experts

Red alert in the east

Real estate developers and government agencies are devouring the wetlands in communist-ruled Calcutta

Ruminating rural Raj

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The daily bread

Bangladesh's flood victims have little or no work, and little or no money to buy food. And even the foodstuffs that are provided to them under …

Many a slip

Can India meet the 2012 deadline to provide safe drinking water to all rural homes?

Bangalore to get treated wastewater

Growth thirsty

Groundwater level is plunging in Dhaka. Experts call for making rainwater harvesting mandatory

When 'calamity' strikes

Water harvesting is the new catchword for the government struggling against drought. And the media is going out of its way to spread the word. In …

Contamination

Is it the end?

For two historical water bodies in Hyderabad

In short

Ahmedabad's Narmada water supply scheme not working out

Parched Garden City

How Bengaluru’s water crisis is of its own making 

What are the challenges of wastewater treatment in urban India?

Urban water and sanitation, stormwater management are now closely linked with rights and justice concerns; how do Indian cities fare on these fronts?

Going hungry

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