Over 400 people were killed and thousands injured when a devastating 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Iran in a region bordering Iraq, damaging hundreds of buildings and causing massive destruction. The death toll could rise, officials warned on Monday. Iran’s state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) news agency raised the death[Read More…]
Tag: Water
Beer, soft drinks, water to get costlier in Maharashtra
Maharashtra has proposed to raise water cess for water bottling plants and breweries multifold. This may lead to hike in prices of beer, soft drinks and bottled water. The government has also considering a hike of 16%-20% cess on domestic water supplied to urban areas. The state has exempted rural[Read More…]
Telengana Congress urges Karnataka gov to release water
The main opposition Congress in Telangana on Monday asked the Karnataka government to release water from its reservoirs to meet the drinking water needs. Telangana A letter was written by Congress president N Uttam Kumar Reddy, in this regard, to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who also belongs to the Congress.[Read More…]
Railways to provide water at ₹1
Indian Railways to now provide clean and safe drinking water to passengers at one rupee. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) plans to install 1,100 water vending machines at 450 stations in 2017-2018 as part of its efforts to ensure clean drinking water at low cost in rail[Read More…]
Petrol pump in Odisha dispenses water instead of fuel
In Odisha, a fuel station dispensed water instead of petrol which sparked tension near Secretariat on Saturday. Some customers said after filling up at the pump their vehicles developed technical snag when they showed it at nearby garages it was water they found oozing from inside the fuel tank and[Read More…]
Chennai to face acute water crisis
The local authorities say that the city of Chennai is facing an acute crisis of drinking water as the four major lakes of the city have dried up. Tamil Nadu is witnessing the worst drought in 140 years. The city requires 830 million litres of water a day, but the[Read More…]
Mumbai: BMC hikes water charge; pay more for water from Friday
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) increased water prices by 5.36 per cent or Rs 0.25 per 1,000 litres for domestic users from June 16. As per an official, domestic users who were paying Rs 4.66 for 1,000 litres will now have to pay Rs 4.91 per 1,000 litres. Besides, users[Read More…]
Scary: Sea lion grabs little girl and pulls her into water
In a deadly incident, a sea lion grabbed a little girl and dragged her into the water leaving her family and people present there in shock. A video capturing the incident has gone viral now. The girl was sitting on a dock at the Steveston Fisherman’s Wharf in Richmond, British[Read More…]
Poor quality of river water in UP says CAG
A CAG report suggests that the water quality of crucial rivers in Uttar Pradesh don’t comply with the norms. The main reason of this could be inadequate sewage and industrial effluent treatment facilities in the state. This review report on the economic sector for 2015-16 laid out in the Uttar[Read More…]
How to keep yourself cool in summer
Again the summer is here. The scorching heat can take away all your interest towards life. Excessive heat can cause dehydration, sun burn, heat cramps etc. Precautions are essential to combat the summer. Follow these steps to keep yourself cool in the summer: Wear loose lightweight clothing Loose Cotton Kurtas[Read More…]
Graphene seive turns sea water to drinking water
A team of researchers based in UK created has created a graphene-based sieve capable of transforming sea water into drinking water. The discovery by a team at the University of Manchester has the potential to revolutionise water filtration across the world. Professor Rahul Nair, who led the team of researchers[Read More…]
Clean drinking water can provoke asthma
Cauvery Water Dispute: What’s the history behind the conflict?
The Cauvery water dispute is one that has been the two south-Indian bigwig states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka’s bone of contention. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court had ruled in favour of Tamil Nadu, which meant Karnataka had to release 15000 cusecs of water every day, led to widespread[Read More…]
Cauvery water dispute: Section 144 imposed in Bengaluru
The Cauvery water dispute that has escalated tensions in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka seems to have reached its peak as Section 144 was imposed across Bengaluru. Sporadic incidents of attacks on a hotel, stone pelting, ruckus at a bank and attacks on vehicles were reported in both the States. The[Read More…]
The water you drink on railway platforms has the same bacteria found in human waste
A study has found that only half of the railways’ 541 water chlorination plants in the northern zone – comprising New Delhi, Punjab, parts of Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh are working. The railways has admitted that drinking water supplied by it on platforms is contaminated with[Read More…]