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Saturday, November 8, 2025
TopicDrinking water

Topic: Drinking water

Economic Survey notes ‘improvement in equity’ — better access to bare necessities across India

Economic Survey released Friday also says the poorest households had ‘disproportionately more’ access to basic amenities in 2018 as compared to 2012.

Why water won’t become a major global commodity

The reasons are abundance, price and weight. The commodities that are most important to financial markets are used globally but relatively scarce, and thus command a steep price.

An American city had unsafe drinking water and too many plastic bottles. Here’s what it did

Drinking bottled water is an everyday occurrence all over the developed world. But in Flint, US, it has a deeper significance.

PM Modi urges use of earthen pitchers over single-use plastic bottles for drinking water

The prime minister was virtually interacting with the beneficiaries of PM Street Vendors' Aatmanirbhar Nidhi scheme from MP when he pitched for the eco-friendly measure.

A ‘lone wolf’ tycoon creates 68 millionaires with water empire in China

Zhong Shanshan has worked in construction, journalism, drug making and bottled water, and the last two endeavors have made him one of the world’s richest people.

J&K’s Srinagar, Ganderbal among 9 Indian districts now with potable water supply in all houses

In year one of Nal Se Jal mission, Modi govt has covered 27% of households across India. It wants every rural house in India to have drinking water connections by 2024.

US firm is turning Arabian Desert air into bottled water

Arizona-based technology firm — Zero Mass Water, will use renewable energy instead of the fossil fuels that power the many desalination facilities in Dubai and the rest of UAE. 

World Water Day: How ‘yuck’ factor stands in the way of India’s wastewater treatment

The social stigma attached to drinking recycled water is why sewage treatment in India has been reduced largely to agricultural purposes.

Coming soon — govt lab in every district where you can test your water supply for toxins

Under the Har Ghar Nal Se Jal scheme, all states will have to establish water testing laboratories at all levels — state, districts and blocks.

After Kerala, Karnataka & Telangana schools start ringing bell to push kids to drink water

Karnataka’s Primary Education Minister Suresh Kumar has said the water bell will ring at 10.35 am, at noon and then at 2 pm — each break lasting 10 minutes.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.