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Arsenic Risks: Access to Safe Drinking Water
Groundwater has increasingly been reported to include largely geogenic and anthropogenic contaminants such as iron, bacteria, arsenic, fluoride, nitrates etc. Over the decades, there has been a growin...
Diversifying Water Networks in Indian Cities
Management of drinking water has become a debatable issue and India is no exception. The centralised piped network introduced in British India has continued post-independence as the only model of wate...
Divergent Streams: Feminists’ Engagements in Gendering Water
Water is a gendered subject with social and cultural constructs. The contemporary plea to place women at the centre of water management undermines feminist demands for women’s role.
Peri Urban Water Woes and Development Contradictions
The peri-urban areas are witnessing continually declining work participation amongst the poor, particularly women as extra-mural work such as fetching water restrains women from joining formal labour...
Space Debris- What Lies Ahead?
<p>Along with the satellites, there are over 380,000 objects in orbit, most of which is space debris (Phys, 2017). Space debris is the term used to denote all artificial satellites and other parts tha...
Marginalization Focus of Conference on Urban Spaces and Gender
<p>With the goal of exploring gender, marginalization and equity in urban spaces in the Asia-Pacific, an international conference on Urban Spaces and Gender was convened on November 1st, 2017.</p>
Everything You Need To Know About National Science Day
<p>National Science Day is celebrated every year on February 28. The theme for National Science Day 2017 is 'Science and Technology for Specially-Abled Persons' to improve the lives of the differentl...
Debating the GM Crops Efficacy
<p>There has been a debate around GM crops for over a decade. While some want their use, there are differential views asking for clarity on issues of safety.</p>
Polarstern to study the Arctic Sea in a one year mission
In one of the most ambitious Arctic research expedition in history, Germany is going to sail its 120m-long research vessel, the Polarstern and allow it to drift into sea ice for a year-long expedition...
Barren Island volcano in the Andaman basin is active
Barren Island volcano, located 140 km Northeast of Port Blair, is active and spewing smoke and lava again as reported by a team of scientists from CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO), G...