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This is a work of encyclopaedic scope. The subjects it deals with range from an in depth study of the treatment of water in the Indian Constitution to an examination of the degree of success of different treaties on the sharing of waters between countries

Andhra Pradesh's response to the Paragodu project has been multi-pronged - when the government takes the issue to the Centre and the Supreme Court, the political parties adopt the agitational appro

In the Kannada language, the word kere means a man made or natural water tank, and the word for the numeral nine is ombhatthu , pronounced colloquially as vombatthu . The author s surname, which means nine water tanks, is derived from the fact that in the

The news is out: water levels in Mumbai are over 15 per cent less than last year. It might seem routine but it has the city up in arms. Mumbaikars have hit the roads demonstrating on the painful summer that came in early this year. The Brihanmumbai Munici

Extreme climate events such as aridity, drought, flood, cyclone and stormy rainfall are expected to leave an impact on human society. They are also expected to generate widespread response to adapt and mitigate the sufferings associated with these extremes.

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But not a drop to drink. The heat wave has already killed more than a thousand people all over India. Taps in major metros are running dry. Water bodies are evaporating. Groundwater supplies are

Karnataka still awaits rain

toddlers in trouble: A research institute has found high levels of mercury in 60 per cent of newborns at hospitals in Itaituba city, in the Brazilian Amazon. Out of the 1,666 babies born during 2002

A new coral reef has been found off the coast of Australia. Its 120 square km sit 30 m below the surface. Researchers while crushing into Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria found themselves charting a

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