2024 water funding gap report
Action Against Hunger released the 2024 Water Funding Gap report, finding that globally, only 36% of appeals for water- and sanitation-related funding were met in 2023, leaving a 64% gap. Despite dwindling
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India below B'desh, Rwanda in global hunger rankings
29% Drop In Hunger Worldwide But India Slips From 83 To 97 In 16 Yrs India continues to have serious levels of widespread hunger forcing it to be ranked a lowly 97 among 118 develop ing countries for
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Idol immersion makes Ganga polluted
PATNA: Even as hundreds of idols were immersed in the Ganga in Patna and neighbouring areas on Tuesday and Wednesday to mark the end of the Durga Puja festival, the district administration did not show
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Berhampur water supply plan gets Cabinet approval
The Cabinet on Thursday approved a proposal of Rs 432 crore water supply project for Berhampur to address the problem of acute drinking water shortage in the Silk City. The Cabinet meeting presided
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Guidelines to provide safe drinking water in remaining arsenic and fluoride affected habitations in rural India on mission mode
About 76 percent of rural habitations in India have achieved a fully covered (FC) status, under the National Rural Drinking Water Program, with 40 liters per capita daily (lpcd), but this coverage is primarily
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Sheopur district tribals forced to consume contaminated water
Children from Sheopur collecting water.Children from Sheopur collecting water. Bhopal: In the eye of storm for malnourishment deaths, Sheopur district's large number of malnourished children and their
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Adani UPCL earmarks Rs 536 cr for CSR
Adani UPCL has declared a record Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) grant of Rs 536 crore towards the development in six villages near to the thermal power plant in Udupi district. Of this, a sum
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Drought leaves 237,000 people thirsty in central China
WUHAN - Severe drought in central China's Hubei province over the past three weeks has caused drinking water shortages for 237,000 people, local authorities said Saturday. The province received average
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ALERT: Cancerous ‘Erin Brockovich’ Chemical Found in US Drinking Water
The carcinogenic "Erin Brockovich" chemical has contaminated the drinking water supply of nearly 200 million Americans across all 50 states, a new report found. According to a new analysis from the
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‘Cauvery Board will be in place within stipulated time’
It will have adequate representation from all States but will not have a voting system: Jha The Water Resources Ministry has begun the process of setting up a Cauvery Water Management Board (CWMB),
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IIT-M’s cheap solution to make brackish water potable
At a cost of just 12 paisa per litre, the process is cheaper than reverse osmosis; it offers an affordable and sustainable solution to water scarcity It may soon become possible to convert brackish