Topic: water pollution
Untreated water with high ammonia from Haryana will hit supply in parts of Delhi, says DJB
A DJB official said Haryana had opened the gates of drains that had stagnant water with a high pollutant concentration, following heavy rainfall.
Lockdown hasn’t cleaned Ganga. Modi must not fall for photoshopped images on social media
Modi government must know the difference between Ganga river being clean and looking clean. The fall in discharge of industrial waste has achieved only the latter.
Polluted water is hurting global economic growth, World Bank says
GDP growth falls by 0.82% points in regions downstream of heavily polluted rivers, compared with an 2.33% average rate, according to World Bank.
New study shows hundreds of sharks and rays entangled in discarded fishing nets, ropes
Scientists say direct threat posed by over-fishing of sharks and rays has brought the menace of plastic entanglements under the radar.
West Bengal had India’s first arsenic poisoning case, 35 years on little has changed
Almost 70% of West Bengal’s districts report arsenic levels above the permissible limit of 10 µg/L but despite this, viable solutions remain elusive.
This Kanpur village drinks neon green water & lives near a toxic waste dump as big as CP
The groundwater in Khan Chandpur and surrounding villages is contaminated with a carcinogenic heavy metal, thanks to 45,000 tonnes of toxic waste dumped nearby.
These giant machines are removing all the plastic choking India’s water bodies
The firms that deploy them work with municipalities, and the irrigation and water resource departments, and often provide end-to-end service.
Two MoUs signed 2 years apart, but there’s still no Yamuna sewage treatment plant in sight
The agreement involves the construction of a plant that has the capacity to treat 20 million litres of sewage per day for further use at a refinery.
What ails Arab economies is older than Covid-19
Dependence on oil and natural-gas exports and an over-reliance on Europe and US as trade partners have made it difficult for the region's integration into the world economy.
Bengaluru-based startup FreshToHome raises $121 million from investors, including US govt
FreshToHome is one of the largest players in the $94 billion Indian fish and meat market, processing some 1.5 million orders a month and about $85 million in annual sales.
Defence
The 3 foundational agreements with US and what they mean for India’s military growth
Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement, the last of the key foundational agreements between India & US, was signed Tuesday. LEMOA was signed in 2016 and COMCASA in 2018.
Trump or Biden? Doesn’t matter to India-US ties as they’re in a full, strategic embrace
Pompeo & Esper’s visit to India for the 2+2 talks is proof that old hypocrisies are history, and supreme national interest has again driven a strategic choice.