The government refuses to acknowledge that arsenic menace has a spread

The extent of arsenic contamination now includes several states in India

How, and where, does arsenic contaminate groundwater? The theories differ

Every problem has a solution

But they may take time to resolve the arsenic crisis

Exactly how widespread is the presence of poisonous arsenic in the groundwater that Indians drink? In Delhi, a doctor s phone call propels Down To Earth to visit Uttar Pradesh s Ballia district. 950 kilometres away from the country s capital, we fo

HEARD of Plachimada? Over the last two-and-a-half years, people in this Kerala village have been agitating to get a neighbouring Coke plant shut down. According to them, Coke's water mining has parched the lands of over 2,000 people.

The recent dispute over the Indus waters stems from its faulty allocation

sky's the limit: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is going to launch a European satellite into orbit from its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle by the end of 2005. ISRO chief Madhavan Nair

Groundwater level can help predict earthquakes in Thar desert

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