Water
- Telangana
Telangana receives 49% excess rainfall during water year 2022-23
Hyderabad: Telangana Ground Water Department on Wednesday in its data reported that the state saw a 49 percent increase in rainfall during the water year 2022–2023 (up to October 31, 2022). During…
- Telangana
Telangana: Mission Bhagiratha wins national award for water supply
Hyderabad: The Telangana government’s flagship programme, Mission Bhagiratha on Sunday was given national honours for providing regular water to residents of the state. In a statement, the Union Jal Sakthi Ministry claimed…
- Telangana
Jal Shakti Ministry rejects ‘misleading’ claims by Telangana ministers on Mission Bhagiratha scheme
New Delhi: Days after the Union Government announced an award for Telangana’s Mission Bhagiratha scheme, which provides purified potable drinking water through taps to every household, the Union Jal Sakthi Ministry on…
- Andhra Pradesh
Stop water use for power generation: Andhra govt to Krishna River Board
Amaravati: The Water Resources Department of Andhra Pradesh government on Friday requested the Krishna River Management Board to direct both AP and Telangana to immediately stop drawal of water from the Srisailam…
- Telangana
Telangana: Two drown in separate incidents
Hyderabad: In Telangana’s Medak district, two lost their lives due to separate incidents of drowning. In one tragic incident, a 2-year-old boy named Manoj drowned in a pit dug by the forest…
- India
Rajasthan: Dalit man beaten up for drinking water from pot for upper castes
Jaisalmer: A Dalit man was allegedly beaten up with iron rods and sticks by a group of men for drinking water from a pot meant for people from upper castes in Rajasthan’s…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru floods: HC orders BBMP to set up residents’ grievance cell in each ward
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the city civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to immediately set up cells to address the grievances of citizens affected by the heavy…
- World
Pak floods: Officials struggle to stop largest freshwater lake from overflowing
Islamabad: Pakistani authorities on Tuesday struggled to stop the country’s largest freshwater lake from overflowing amid unprecedented floods as their efforts to lower its water levels failed, displacing around 100,000 people in…
- India
Reuse and recycle water to become ‘aatmanirbhar’: Shekhawat
Panaji: Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Friday stressed the need to reuse and recycle water in order to become ‘aatmanirbhar’ or self-sufficient in its supply. Speaking at the ‘Har…
- Food
Milk and water are most efficient vehicles for absorbing vitamin D, finds study
Brussels: According to a new study, milk and water are the most efficient vehicles for absorbing vitamin D. The findings were presented at the 24th European Congress of Endocrinology in Milan, Italy.…
- Kerala
Kerala: Heavy rains continue, water in some dams hits red alert level
Thiruvananthapuram: With heavy rains continuing to lash parts of Kerala, water levels in several dams, including the Mullaperiyar and Idukki, in the state are reaching their respective storage capacities and some even reached…
- Telangana
Telangana: KCR reviews flood position, instructs irrigation dept to utilize water
Hyderabad: With incessant rains in the upper basin of the Godavari river in Telangana, all reservoirs are filled to the brim. Water bodies are almost full in the Godavari basin. Telangana chief…
- Telangana
Telangana: Collector visits flood-affected areas in Nirmal
Hyderabad: Collector Musharraf Ali Faruqui on Sunday visited flood-affected areas in the Nirmal district. Faruqui went on a tour of Bhainsa, which had been flooded. He stated that excess water had been…
- Middle East
Jordan intends to buy water from Israel
Amman: Jordanian Minister of Water and Irrigation, Muhammad Al-Najjar, announced that his country’s government intends to purchase quantities of water from Israel, to compensate for the water shortage that Jordan is going…
- Telangana
Mystery of Doodhbowli: A well in Telangana gives milky water
Karimnagar: A well at Molangur Fort, 30 km from Karimnagar, gives water that looks and smells like milk. Locally it is known as Doodhbowli. Despite the availability of Mission Bhagirtha water, local…
