Vast groundwater reserves detected in Sahara
April 22nd, 2012 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 22 (IANS) Researchers have found vast groundwater reserves in the Sahara, one of the driest places on earth, that could help buffer climate change effects for years.Researchers from ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu house asserts rights over Mullaperiyar Dam
December 15th, 2011 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 15 (IANS) Tamil Nadu assembly Thursday unanimously passed a resolution that it would not relinquish its rights over the Mullaperiyar Dam based in Kerala under any circumstances.
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2008 Bihar floods caused by faulty construction: Nepali ex-minister
November 22nd, 2011 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The 2008 floods in Bihar were not due to an increase in the volume of water in the Kosi river but faulty construction by corrupt ... Read more...
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Largest water body discovered in universe
July 24th, 2011 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 24 (IANS) Astronomers have detected the largest water body in universe whose volume is enough to fill the earth's oceans by more than 100 trillion times.The water body ... Read more...
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Indian Health Ministry investigating superbug presence in Delhi water
April 13th, 2011 - 7:15 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 13 (ANI): With the controversy surrounding the presence of deadly superbug bacteria NDM-1 (New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1) in the water being supplied to the residents of the national capital ... Read more...
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Why our skin doesn’t dissolve in the bath
March 9th, 2011 - 12:02 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, March 09 (ANI): Scientists in Australia have found the answer to why our skin goes wrinkly but doesn't dissolve in the bath."When we are in the bath and we have been ... Read more...
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Yamuna river crosses 207 m mark in Delhi
September 23rd, 2010 - 12:26 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 23 (ANI): The Yamuna rose over two meters above the danger level and crossed the 207 m mark in Delhi for the first time since 1978 on Thursday.Authorities said ... Read more...
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Yamuna rises alarmingly; under control, says Dikshit (Roundup)
September 10th, 2010 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) The Yamuna continued to swell, crossing the danger mark by over a metre as flood-hit Haryana released more water Friday into the river from a barrage upstream. ... Read more...
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Yamuna flowing above danger mark, not to worry: Dikshit (Lead)
September 10th, 2010 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) The Yamuna continued to swell Friday, flowing a metre above the danger mark of 204.83 Friday evening. However, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit maintained that the situation ... Read more...
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Yamuna crosses danger mark, Dishit say Delhi is safe (Second lead)
September 9th, 2010 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) With Haryana releasing a huge volume of water into it, the Yamuna river Thursday crossed the danger mark in the capital posing a flood threat, but Delhi ... Read more...
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Delhi residents worried about River Yamuna flood threat
August 28th, 2010 - 5:44 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 28 (ANI): Residents of Delhi have expressed concern about River Yamuna rising further on Saturday.The water level is now touching 205.8 meters, way above the danger level mark of ... Read more...
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Yamuna crosses danger mark, leaves Delhi’s poor homeless
August 23rd, 2010 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 23 (ANI): Residents staying close to the River Yamuna were rendered homeless after its waters submerged their houses.People living in low-lying areas were evacuated to safer places, as ... Read more...
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Flood alert in New Delhi, Yamuna river crosses danger mark
August 21st, 2010 - 7:26 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 21 (ANI): Flood alert has been sounded in the low-lying areas here, after heavy downpours for three days caused the water level to cross the danger mark in the ... Read more...
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Undersea River Discovered Beneath The Black Sea
August 7th, 2010 - 8:08 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
August 7, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The researchers working in the area of the Black Sea have discovered an undersea river which flows along a channel below the surface of ... Read more...
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Undersea River Discovered By British Researchers
August 3rd, 2010 - 7:28 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
August 3, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): A river which flows underneath the Black Sea has been uncovered by the researchers. The gushing water flow has all the characteristics of ... Read more...
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Huge river discovered flowing on Black Sea bed
August 1st, 2010 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 1 (IANS) A massive underwater river flowing along the bottom of the Black Sea has been found by scientists - a discovery that could help explain how life manages to ... Read more...
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Three rescued from swollen Ghaggar (Lead)
July 17th, 2010 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Panchkula (Haryana), July 17 (IANS) At least three people who had entered the swollen Ghaggar river in this Haryana town Saturday were rescued by teams sent by the district administration.
Panchkula Deputy Commissioner ... Read more...
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Amarinder blames Haryana’s Congress government for floods
July 14th, 2010 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 14 (IANS) Former Punjab chief minister and senior Congress leader Amarinder Singh Wednesday blamed his party's government in Haryana for "illegally" constructing the Hansi-Butana canal, causing widespread flooding in ... Read more...
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Haryana pegs flood loss at Rs.650 crore
July 9th, 2010 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 9 (IANS) The four days of flood fury in three districts of Haryana this week have caused a loss of Rs.650 crore, officials said here Friday.
Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, ... Read more...
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Water content of moon interior underestimated: Study
June 15th, 2010 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 15 (ANI): The volume of water molecules locked inside minerals in the Moon's interior could exceed the amount of water in the Great Lakes here on Earth, NASA-funded scientists claim.The ... Read more...
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100 missing after motorboat sinks in Amazon river
May 26th, 2010 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Lima, May 26 (DPA) At least 100 people went missing Wednesday in Peru after the motorboat they were travelling in sank in the Amazon river, Peruvian radio station RPP reported.
According to RPP, ... Read more...
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Kevin Costner’s machine could help clean up Gulf oil spill
May 20th, 2010 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 20 (ANI): A device developed by Kevin Costner's company could help clean up the massive oil spill that has contaminated the Gulf of Mexico over the past few weeks.BP ... Read more...
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‘Rising or falling sea levels nothing new’
January 27th, 2010 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 27 (IANS) Rising and falling sea levels over relatively short periods do not indicate long-term trends, a new study says.
"An assessment of hundreds and thousands of years shows that what ... Read more...
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Climate change brings drought to Mediterranean
December 13th, 2009 - 9:25 am ICT by IANS
Nicosia (Cyprus), Dec 13 (DPA) At first glance, the water flowing into Cyprus' largest reservoir looks like a raging torrent. But in reality, the volume of water that runs from the Kouris ... Read more...
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Sea levels rose as much as 2 feet this summer along the US East Coast
September 12th, 2009 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 12 (ANI): Reports indicate that sea levels rose as much as 2 feet (60 centimeters) higher than predicted this summer along the US East Coast, surprising scientists who forecast ... Read more...
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Indian firm to be called to repaid Kosi barrage in Nepal
July 8th, 2009 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, July 8 (IANS) Indian wagon-maker Jessop and Company Ltd will be asked to undertake an unusual project in Nepal: repair the nearly five-decade old barrage on the Kosi river ... Read more...
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Waterboarding used 183 times against September 11 mastermind
April 20th, 2009 - 1:32 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Apr 20 (ANI): C.I.A. officers used the waterboarding, the near-drowning technique, against 9/11 planner Khalid Shaikh Mohammed 183 times, according to a 2005 Justice Department legal memorandum.A CIA memo quoting ... Read more...
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Hurricane speed may reveal where storm surges will strike
April 6th, 2009 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 6 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have determined that the speed at which a hurricane progresses across the ocean may help forecasters predict which areas are at risk from ... Read more...
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Chili loses colour, traders blame bad weather
March 17th, 2009 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
By Suresh Soni
Gondal (Gujarat), Mar 17 (ANI): Chili traders in Gujarat are ruing losses as this year''s bad crop has led to reduction in exports and also the prices of ... Read more...
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First indigenously built water jet machine launched in Bangalore
February 14th, 2009 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore, Feb 14, (ANI): The Anjani Technoplast Limited (ATL) on Friday introduced an indigenously built water-jet machine with application in aerospace and defence industry here.
ATL marketing manager Sunil Sharma claimed that ... Read more...
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Hot, wet and wild weather makes Australia what it is
February 8th, 2009 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, Feb 8 (DPA) In Australian poet Dorothea Mackellar's famous homage to her "wilful, lavish land", she extols a weather trifecta of "floods and fire and famine" that "pays us back threefold".
Cattle ... Read more...
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Koshi reverts to its original course
January 27th, 2009 - 2:11 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Jan 27 (ANI): After displacing thousands of lives in Sunsari district, the Koshi River is set to run through its original course.
The Koshi River changed its course on August ... Read more...
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Climate change alters ocean chemistry much more than previously believed
December 12th, 2008 - 3:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 12 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have discovered that the oceans chemical makeup is less stable and more greatly affected by climate change than previously believed.The research ... Read more...
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Flood situation continues to be grim in Orissa
September 24th, 2008 - 6:10 pm ICT by ANI
Pipli (Orissa)/Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), Sept 25 (ANI): Flood-situation in Orissa remained grim with hundreds of thousands of people still stranded in villages with no food and water.
Despite falling water level in ... Read more...
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Orissa reeling under floods, death toll rises to 12
September 19th, 2008 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneswar, Sept 19 (ANI): The death toll in the current rain and flood has gone up to twelve in Orissa.
Three children were washed away in Tel river in Subarnapur district. ... Read more...
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