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Video | “Share your groundwater story!”: World Water Day held annually on 22 March – United Nations

Posted on 27/03/2022 by website administrator

GROUNDWATER – MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE Groundwater is invisible, but its impact is visible everywhere. Out of sight, under our feet, groundwater is a hidden treasure that enriches our lives. Almost all of the liquid freshwater in the world is … Continue reading →

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“The North East Indian region has never been an isolated backwater” – Food production and animal domestication since the Neolithic Revolution

Posted on 03/02/2022 by website administrator

“Who lived here?”, “when did they live here?”, “what culture did they have?” and “how did their culture change?” are just some of the questions posed by Prehistory and Archaeology of Northeast India, a book that probes the origins of … Continue reading →

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Wastewater snow would ruin a mountain considered sacred – Flagstaff (USA)

Posted on 27/11/2020 by website administrator

[R]ivers run through Navajo lands but the water is diverted to golf courses in Phoenix […] while natives lack legal rights to the water and can’t even get plumbing to wash their hands. Source: Janene Yazzie, a Navajo community organizer, … Continue reading →

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Important lessons for dealing with water deficit due to climate change: Indus Valley Civilization Dholavira & Kalibangan – Western region

Posted on 04/08/2020 by website administrator

Anindya Sarkar, professor of geology and isotope geochemistry at IIT, Kharagpur, was lead researcher of a recent paper published in the Journal of Quaternary Science, on how Dholavira, an Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC) site, holds important lessons for dealing with … Continue reading →

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“Air, water and grains are essential to human nourishment” – Mahatma Gandhi

Posted on 27/09/2019 by website administrator

Gandhi spoke of Swaraj’s three basic khorak. But he also gave, in the same 1918 speech, a fourth khorak for Swaraj. And that lay in his words, “we have a right to question.” | Read the full article by Gopalkrishna Gandhi, titled “On … Continue reading →

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