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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicWater resources management

Topic: Water resources management

Modi govt begins survey of 6 cr tap connections in villages to assess water quality, quantity

Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation has roped in Nielsen India to conduct the survey in around 7,000 villages across all states. Results will be out by March 2021.

Kerala floods show how Modi’s got his spending priorities all wrong

Govt spend on water resources is five times lower than on farmers’ credit, crop insurance. Of this, only 3% is spent on flood management.

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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.