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A team led by Chandra Shekhar Sharma, assistant professor, Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT, Hyderabad has succeeded in reducing fluoride level in water using activated carbon obtained from Jamun seeds. (Photo: Pixabay)

Humble Jamun fruit can be used to remove excess fluoride from...

Excess fluoride in groundwater is a major problem in several states as it causes health problems.

26 Oct 2017 7:53 AM IST

Further permanent boundary stones were not laid to identify the area of lakes, due to which encroachments were being increased. (Representational image)

Avadi lake project: This Chennai lake can show a new way for water...

The brain behind project is Avadi legislator K Pandiarajan, popularly called Ma Foi Pandiarajan, who's also the Tamil...

27 Jun 2019 4:02 PM IST

Major urban agglomerates across the world have experienced water crisis in the recent past. Last year, Cape Town barely escaped Day Zero.

India must join global efforts to end water crisis

Water scarcity poses major challenges to the national as well as international security of an emerging economic power...

7 July 2019 7:01 AM IST

Even cities like Pune and Mumbai that depend upon reasonably reliable and established surface water supplies are no exception.

Groundwater: The lifeline of urban India

Securing urban groundwater in a rapidly urbanising India is key for water supplies.

7 July 2019 6:59 AM IST

Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh

Punjab CM to address depletion issue of groundwater

Punjab CM announced after the all-party meeting to soon evolve a broad consensus to address the problem of depletion of...

5 July 2019 1:03 AM IST

The groundwater contamination has triggered panic among the people not only of Supebeda, but also of the surrounding villages.

Water scarcity renders solar pumps ineffective

Among them, 90 per cent were using solar pumps.

10 Aug 2019 2:33 AM IST

As per the study, modifying diets by a few grams per day according to the composition of vegetables, fruit and meat could significantly reduce groundwater use in India.

57 per cent of Maharashtra wells show decline in groundwater

The water situation in Mumbai is not as grim with two of the three well showing water levels to have risen by 66.7 per...

22 March 2018 2:57 AM IST

Villagers dig out water almost blackened water on a daily basis. (Photo: ANI)

Severe uranium contamination in India's groundwater, says study

Compiled data on groundwater uranium from 16 Indian states show high concentrations above WHO provisional guideline.

9 Jun 2018 10:39 AM IST

About 84 per cent of the total 195 million population in Pakistan do not have access to safe drinking water. (Representational image/ PTI)

63 million in India do not have access to clean water: report

According to reports, more than one-sixth of the country's groundwater supply is currently overused.

21 March 2017 1:32 PM IST

As per the study, modifying diets by a few grams per day according to the composition of vegetables, fruit and meat could significantly reduce groundwater use in India.

Diet change may help save water: Lancet

The experts looked specifically at India, where approximately half of the usable water is currently required for...

5 April 2017 12:42 AM IST

Modifying diets by a few grams per day according to the composition of vegetables, fruit and meat could significantly reduce groundwater use in India. (Photo: Pixabay)

Modified diets can reduce groundwater use in India: study

The changes to diets include reducing the consumption of wheat and poultry and increasing the consumption of vegetables...

4 April 2017 8:21 PM IST

The balls provide shade, cool the water and cut down evaporation.

Dry days: Shade Balls and saving water

How A few lakhs of these tiny little balls can save a water body from bacteria and evaporation.

14 Dec 2016 3:28 AM IST