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Eco-Friendly Solution for Safe Groundwater

Source: TH Recently, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have created an innovative remediation technique that not only eliminates...

15 Jun 2024 Water Resources

Water Management: From Scarcity to Sustainability

This editorial is based on “Drying up: What Urban India needs to fix its water problem” which was published in The Indian Express on...

11 Jun 2024 Water Resources

Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS)

For Prelims:  Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), Smart Cities, AMRUT Mission, Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban, HRIDAY, Pradhan Mantri Awas...

08 Jun 2024 Water Resources

Influence of Wind Shear on Hurricanes

For Prelims: Wind Shear, Hurricane, Jet streams, Temperature Inversion, Doppler Radar, LIDAR, El Nino and La Lina. For Mains: Important...

25 May 2024 Water Resources

World Bank Report on Global Water Crisis

For Prelims: World Water Forum, Swachh Bharat Mission, Jal Jeevan Mission, Jal Kranti Abhiyan, World Bank, Atal Bhujal Yojana For Mains: Issues of...

24 May 2024 Water Resources

Land Subsidence in Chenab Valley

For Prelims: Land subsidence, Himalayas, Earthquakes, Landslides, Joshimath, Land Subsidence For Mains: Reasons for Land subsidence, and Measures...

10 May 2024 Water Resources

Expanding Glacial Lakes in the Himalayas

For Prelims: Glacial Lake Outburst Flood, Indus, Ganga, Brahmaputra River, Indian Himalayan Region, Climate change, National Disaster Management...

04 May 2024 Water Resources

Regenerative Blue Economy

For Prelims: International Union for Conservation of Nature, Regenerative Blue Economy, Blue Economy, Circular economy, Blue Carbon, Great Blue...

02 May 2024 Water Resources

Massive Floods in Dubai

For Prelims: Rainfall, Drainage System, Climate Change, Cyclones, Tornados. For Mains: Impacts of Climate Change in India and World, Disaster...

25 Apr 2024 Water Resources

Water Crisis in South India

For Prelims: Water Crisis in South India, El Niño, Monsoon, NITI Aayog, MGNREGA for water conservation, Jal Kranti Abhiyan. For Mains:...

06 Apr 2024 Water Resources

Integrated River Basin Management

For Prelims: Indus Waters Treaty, Ganga, Brahmaputra, Yamuna For Mains: Effective river planning, Necessity of multilateral treaties for effective...

27 Mar 2024 Water Resources

Purification Processes of Water

For Prelims: Purification Processes of Water, Reverse Osmosis (RO), TDS (Total Dissolved Solids), Dead water, WHO (World Health Organization),...

26 Mar 2024 Water Resources

World Water Day, 2024

This editorial is based on “Water, an instrument to build world peace” which was published in The Hindu on 22/03/2024. The article...

22 Mar 2024 Water Resources

Bengaluru's Water Crisis: A Wake-Up Call for India

This editorial is based on the article “Bengaluru's worst water crisis leaves country's IT capital high and dry” which was published in...

08 Mar 2024 Water Resources

La Nina Links with Air Quality

For Prelims: La Nina Links with Air Quality, El Nino and La Nina events, PM2.5, Gangetic plains. For Mains: La Nina Links with Air Quality,...

22 Feb 2024 Water Resources

Blue Economy 2.0

Source: DTE Why in News? The recent presentation of the Interim Budget included a significant emphasis on advancing Blue Economy 2.0 through the...

08 Feb 2024 Water Resources

Humboldt's Enigma

Source: TH Why in News? In recent years, Humboldt's enigma has garnered increased attention in the field of ecology as researchers seek to...

06 Feb 2024 Water Resources

National Conference on Promotion of Seaweed Cultivation

For Prelims: Seaweed, Medical Food of the 21st Century, Kelp forests, Red algae, Blue algae, Major Seaweed Beds in India, Commercialised Seaweed...

03 Feb 2024 Water Resources

Radioactive Discharges from Indian Nuclear Plants

For Prelims: Minimal Radioactive Discharges from Indian Nuclear Plants, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Nuclear Fission, Implications of...

01 Feb 2024 Water Resources

Amrit Dharohar Capacity Building Scheme

Source: TH Why in News? The Central government is spearheading a significant transformation in the realm of wetland tourism with the 'Amrit...

25 Jan 2024 Water Resources