World Water Day is aimed at raising awareness for the sake of conserving water, which is essential for the survival of all living species. Since 1993, World Water Day is observed every year on March 22.
According to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, the new initiative aims at empowering start-ups in the water sector to grow through innovation and design that will drive sustainable economic growth and generate employment opportunities.
57-year-old Lisala Folau narrated his amazing story to a radio channel after he survived 27 hours at sea to reach the shore. Tsunami waves hit Tonga on January 15 leading to destruction of property and breakdown of communication infrastructure.
Water Minister Satyendar Jain agreed on updating new slabs under financial assistance scheme for Rainwater harvesting system.
There are several parameters that help determine the safety of drinking water. This includes the clarity (turbidity), amount of dissolved solids (TDS), chlorine, and other elements. The amount of mineral content in the drinking water is also an indicator of quality. It is important that your drinking water contains all these elements within safe and permissible limits.
Astronomers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Space and Plasma Physics, Sweden found that Europa harbours a vast ocean underneath its icy surface, but, mysteriously, only in one hemisphere.
Based on the detailed images sent by the six-wheeler rover on Mars, the team has now published first scientific results about the Jezero Crater delta in the journal Science.
The all-natural alkaline black water, which has a pH value of 8+ and contains more than 70 naturally occurring minerals. It neutralizes the acidic content in the body, thereby, preventing a number of ailments and chronic diseases from attacking it.
NASA's Viking orbiter spacecraft -- and, more recently, the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers on the ground -- returned dramatic images of Martian landscapes marked by river valleys and flood channels.
The research comes a month after the NIO, one of the top marine research institutes in the country, indicated the presence of microplastics in government tap water supplied in Goa.
"Shower Shower Hour! Astronauts can’t take showers in space or the water would go everywhere, so I thought I would demonstrate how we keep hair clean on the @Space_Station. The simple things we take for granted on Earth are not so simple in micro-gravity!" NASA astronaut Megan McArthur wrote.
According to Vastu shastra, the northeast direction should be chosen to keep a pitcher or jug of water in the house. By doing this, the members of the house get success in everything.
KPRC-TV reports that some of those who became sick were children, including a 3-year-old who was hospitalized in stable condition.
One lakh villages in the country are getting tap water while the work has been completed in 50,000 Gram Panchayats who are getting tap water now, Jal Jeevan Mission Director Bharat Lal said.
Tunga Dam in Gajanur area of Shivamogga released excess water on June 14 due to increase in water level following heavy rainfall in the region.
Water production at the plant has been reduced due to "high growth of algae" in the Yamuna river, it said in a statement.
Residents of Adarsh Nagar Colony in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur had put up posters of sale outside the houses allegedly because of bad roads, pot holes, and people dumping garbage and waste water into their backyard.
The US space agency has announced its first mobile robot to the Moon in late 2023 in search of ice and other resources on and below the lunar surface.
"Possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places" as a result of interaction between the remnant of cyclonic storm Tauktae and a Western Disturbance, the IMD said.
Experts on Wednesday said transmission of coronavirus through water is not a concern, after bodies of suspected COVID-19 patients were fished out of the Ganga and Yamuna.
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