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The dispute between India and Pakistan over the use of the waters of the Indus and its tributaries and its resolution through a treaty in 1960 constitute a useful precedent to solve the present row.

The controversy over the Satluj-Yamuna Link Canal only serves to stoke regional chauvinism and deflect attention from the real agrarian crisis faced by Haryana and Punjab.

Hydrological characteristics and sedimentation loading in Hokersar wetland of Kashmir Himalaya was monitored from November 2000 to october 2001. The compound water budget showed a substantial (91 percent) input from various surface inflows and just 9 per cent through precipitation.

The Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project under the consideration of the Ministry of Shipping, Government of India, envisages creation of a ship navigation channel to suit different draughts (9.15 m, 10.7 m and 12.8m) through dredging/excavation in Adam’s Bridge, parts of Palk Bay and Palk Strait.

A curious court action in the UK gave environmentalist group Friends of the Earth (FoE) the right to tell people where to look for information on some pesticides, but not to offer the data on its

bi-advantages: As per researchers from Canada's York University, bilingualism is useful not only because it makes it possible to talk to more number of people. They have found that bilinguals perform

WHO introduces guidelines to promote traditional medicines

Some uncommon proposals in UPA s maiden budget

10,000 families from Delhi s Yamuna Pushta slums were resettled in Bawana this March. NIDHI JAMWAL went to meet them

Tourism is damaging freshwater in the Mediterranean basin and growing demand from water-guzzling golf courses, hotels, and aquaparks will further strain resources, environmental group WWF warned. A

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