Drinking Water

Wednesday, Apr 24, 2024 | Last Update : 08:24 AM IST

Speaking to ANI, Jose MJ, Principal of Indraprastha Vidyalaya, said: "It has been observed that as the temperature of the environment rises, so do several health complications like stomach pain and drowsiness." (Photo: ANI)

Karnataka school introduces 'water bell' to create awareness about drinking water

The objective is to make students drink enough water every day.

20 Nov 2019 3:02 PM

BJP, Congress protest over ‘poisonous’ drinking water

Delhi BJP leaders and workers also held protests at 400 places across the city slamming the AAP government.

19 Nov 2019 4:12 AM

The vision of Jal Jeevan Mission is to ensure Har Ghar Jal (potable water to every household) to every rural household by 2024. I have confidence in the leadership of Gajendra Singh Shekhawat to achieve this goal, said Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

Steel can play crucial role in Jal Jeevan Mission, says Pradhan

Announced in the Union Budget, the Jal Jeevan Mission envisages to provide potable water to every rural household by 2024.

17 Jul 2019 5:58 PM

To have a good and healthy lifestyle, it is important you drink at least three litres of water daily.

The colours of water

If natural mineral water has high amount of sodium, it helps in making of a good fresh lime soda, explains Ganesh.

26 May 2019 12:12 AM

A young girl in Leh struggles to fill her water can (Photo: Padma Ladol)

With depleting reserves, Leh on brink of drinking water scarcity

The department is supplying drinking water for two hours in the morning and two hours in the evenings.

22 May 2019 6:30 AM

Findings are important because more than half of all women report having bladder infections, which are one of the most common infections in women. (Photo: Pixabay)

Drinking more water may cut bladder infections in women

The participants self-reported their usual volume as less than 1.5 litres of fluid daily, which is about six 8-ounce glasses.

02 Oct 2018 5:22 PM

Mumbai’s A ward has the most polluted drinking water

The B ward, which includes Dongri, Bhendi Bazaar and Mohammed Ali road had four per cent of its samples declared unfit for drinking.

01 Sep 2018 1:38 AM

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has raided city-based company Hi-Tech Aqua for manufacturing packaged drinking water of 20 litres without licence, the government said on Thursday.

BIS raids Delhi firm for manufacturing packed water without licence

Huge quantity of 20-litre water jars manufactured under brands 'Freshier', 'Parie' and 'Bisleri' have been seized by BIS.

16 Aug 2018 5:53 PM

According to petitioners, the drinking water supplied in Mahul is contaminated and there are several other issues like ceiling leakage and unhygienic living conditions.

Bombay HC tells civic body to test Mahul water

The court expressed its displeasure over the civic body’s apathy over the living condition of people at Mahul.

30 Jul 2018 1:37 AM

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present the Union Budget 2018-19 on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Budget 2018: Maha wants Rs 3.5k cr aid for suicide-prone districts

The state has abolished the local body tax and the Centre had assured that it would compensate the financial burden.

01 Feb 2018 5:06 AM

A woman collects water from an ATM in Chilipadar village.

Water ATMs quench tribals’ thirst in Odisha

An innovative intervention, water ATMs (similar to the bank ATMs), in their village has solved their drinking water needs.

25 Dec 2017 1:15 AM

Potable water a pipe dream for tribals

Odisha govt adopting solar technology options to run drinking water projects.

20 Nov 2017 3:11 AM

Four months after the pilot phase was launched in Navjeevan Vihar in Malviya Nagar, residents say they haven’t used tap water for drinking purposes even once and still rely on water filters. (Representational image)

Delhi: 24x7 drinking water in taps still a dream

Residents claim water supplied not 100 per cent clean.

06 Aug 2017 1:57 AM

According to sources, the project will be implemented by the ministry of home affairs (MHA) with the help of the ministry of the drinking water and sanitation (MDWS). (Representational image)

Remote border posts to get piped water

According to sources, the project will be implemented by the MHA with the help of the ministry of drinking water and sanitation.

24 Jul 2017 5:13 AM

The raw sewage flows directly into the river, adding to the pollution load, from which the city gets 70 per cent of its drinking water.

Delhi’s poor sewage infra killing Yamuna

Nearly 50 per cent of Delhi, comprising mostly villages, does not have any sewerage network.

16 Jul 2017 2:38 AM

2.1 billion people do not have access to clean water. (Photo: Pexels)

2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home: report

New research also reveals more than twice as many lack safe sanitation.

13 Jul 2017 6:13 PM

According to a recent study one can determine the amount of water they should drink by a simple formula

Read how much water you should drink daily

Study suggests that there is a simple formula to determine how much water one should drink daily.

19 Jun 2017 4:04 PM

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. (Photo: PTI)

UP CM Yogi Adityanath to take road less travelled

Veer Bahadur Singh was the last UP CM who travelled by road. But after the “shilanyas” in Ayodhya in 1986.

03 Jun 2017 3:10 AM

Lok Janshakti Party president Ram Vilas Paswan. (PTI)

Centre asks states to ensure clean drinking water for all

The Indian Standard for safe drinking water provides the requirements and the methods of sampling, testing for drinking water.

20 May 2017 1:18 AM

Meanwhile, a total of 780 nominations were filed for 84 seats in the MMC on the last day of filing on Saturday.

BJP to fight all 84 seats in Malegaon municipal polls

National Congress party had emerged as the single-largest party in the MMC polls in 2012.

08 May 2017 1:19 AM

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