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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicWater crisis in India

Topic: water crisis in India

India’s worsening water crisis can weigh on its sovereign credit health, says Moody’s Ratings

According to Ministry of Water Resources, average annual water availability per capita is likely to drop to 1,367 cubic meters by 2031 from already-low 1,486 cubic meters in 2021.

Mumbai will impose 10% water cut from 1 July as lake levels dip to to 7%

BMC commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal appealed to citizens to save water and use it judiciously. BMC report said 7 lakes had 7.26% stock on Wednesday.

Modi govt’s promise of water for all faces monsoon challenge, infrastructural woes

Govt’s Jal Jeevan Mission is commendable but overcoming India’s challenges in terms of water availability and its demand is a daunting task.

‘Reality’ of Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget and ‘cloud cover’ for Economic Survey

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Water-stressed India could ask its farmers to irrigate less

India is one of the world’s biggest users of ground water and its depleting levels are the main reason for the country’s severe shortages.

Curtain call to Rahul’s resignation saga while India digs ‘wells and graves’ side by side

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Congress’ half-filled hour-glass and ‘saffron’ remedy to every crisis

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Kerala’s war with water is slipping out of control

Kerala is staring at a crisis of safe drinking water and everyone from the governments to the citizens will need to step up to address this.

Nagpur to become the first Indian city to treat and reuse 90% of its sewage

Nagpur Municipal Corporation's sewage treatment plants are on the cusp of being able to recycle 480 million litres of the total 525 million litres per day of sewage the city generates.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.