Concern in LS over child labour, water scarcity

Last Updated: Thursday, May 3, 2012, 15:48

Members in the Lok Sabha today drew the government`s attention towards several issues, particularly the plight of deserted women, child labourers, water scarcity and safety of Indian fishermen on high seas.

Wind turbine produces water out of thin air

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 08:30

Imagine wind turbines that conjure drinking water out of thin air and how they could help developing countries overcome their water scarcity.

Water scarcity claims one life in Thane

Last Updated: Monday, April 23, 2012, 11:49

Acute shortage of drinking water claimed the life of a woman, who died of exhaustion, allegedly while running from pillar to post for fetching water.

Power Min plans separate bidding format for gas-based plants

Last Updated: Saturday, March 24, 2012, 21:02

Accounting for about 37 percent of overall consumption, power sector is the single largest consumer of gas in the country.

Now, waste orange peel to meet rising fuel demands

Last Updated: Sunday, September 18, 2011, 18:33

Scientists all over the word are toiling day and night to find a way to meet the scarcity of fuel and its rising demands.

Scarcity of water at Hazare`s protest venue

Last Updated: Saturday, August 20, 2011, 12:32

Basic problem is regardig the scarcity and the quality of water that the protesters are drinking.

Cheap procedure to reuse seawater

Last Updated: Friday, August 5, 2011, 15:46

Scarcity of water can soon be a thing of past if salty seawater is filtered by a cheap process called reverse osmosis, by making the water pass through a membrane, suggests a new research.

Goa remand home children complain of food, clothing scarcity

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 15:00

Child Right groups in Goa are irked over the living conditions of juveniles in the state-run remand home, where they are allegedly deprived of enough food and clothing.

J&K: Women break earthen pots to highlight water scarcity

Last Updated: Monday, May 30, 2011, 22:22

Breaking earthen pots on roads, a large number of people, mostly women, staged a demonstration in Jammu on Monday protesting inadequate supply of water in areas on the outskirts of the city.

Maha govt releases Rs 41 cr to deal with water scarcity

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 22:26

Maharashtra Government has released Rs 41 crore to tide over water shortage in the state.

Arab region to be hit hard by water scarcity, climate change: UN

Last Updated: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 20:18

In the coming years, Arab region is faced with the danger of water scarcity and could be hit hardest by the potential of direct and indirect impacts linked with climate change, a UN Environment Programme report has found.