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Mars is losing water faster than we thought

Mars losing water even faster than scientists thought

Science | Jan 10, 2020, 07:04 PM IST

Mars today is cold and dry – a desert world -- but dry river valleys and lakebeds suggest that water covered much of the Red Planet billions of years ago. Previous research has also found that Martian water mostly escaped into space.

NGT says situation of water pollution grim, directs 100 per cent treatment of sewage entering rivers

India | Dec 06, 2019, 10:40 PM IST

Water pollution situation is grim in the country, the National Green Tribunal said 100 per cent treatment of sewage entering the rivers across the country by March 31 next year. The NGT warned that if this is not done, the local bodies and concerned departments of the states and Union Territories (UTs) will be liable to pay compensation of Rs 5 lakh a month per drain in the case of river Ganga and Rs 5 lakh for default in commencement of setting up of sewage treatment plant.

Mid-day meal: Children served 1 litre milk diluted in 1 bucket of water in UP

India | Nov 29, 2019, 11:03 AM IST

In August, a government school in Mirzapur was found to be serving flatbread with salt to schoolchildren as part of the midday meal. As a video of this got viral, a few education officials were transferred while the journalist who had broken the news was sent to jail.

All schools to provide two compulsory 'water-drinking breaks' for students in Goa

India | Nov 27, 2019, 04:01 PM IST

All schools in Goa will now have to provide two compulsory "water drinking breaks" of a two-minute duration each for students during school hours every day on Wednesday.

Plane crashes into water off Welsh coast, pilot missing

World | Nov 26, 2019, 07:19 AM IST

The British Air Accidents Investigation Branch said it had sent a team "to investigate an accident involving a light aircraft."

NASA confirms water vapour on Jupiter's moon Europa

Science | Nov 20, 2019, 03:51 PM IST

The study, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, measured the vapour by peering at Europa through W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii, US.

Delhi water pollution: 32 teams formed to collect 1400 water samples; test results in month

India | Nov 19, 2019, 06:37 PM IST

This comes days after a Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) report stated that drinking water in the city failed quality test.

Mumbai tops ranking for tap water quality; Delhi at bottom

India | Nov 16, 2019, 03:41 PM IST

Releasing a study on quality of piped drinking water being supplied in 21 cities across the country, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan said on Saturday that in Delhi and 13 state capitals, tap water is "undrinkable".

Artist’s representation of Venus with water

Venus may have been habitable for billions of years: NASA Study

Science | Sep 23, 2019, 05:16 PM IST

Forty years ago, NASA's Pioneer Venus mission found tantalising hints that Earth's 'twisted sister' planet may once have had a shallow ocean's worth of water.

Vastu Tips: Repair leaking taps without any delay

Sep 22, 2019, 09:32 AM IST

Uncontrolled wastage of water can not only anger God of Water (Varun Dev) but also cause several other problems.

Water discovered for the first time on super-Earth exoplanet

Sep 12, 2019, 04:24 PM IST

K2-18b, which is eight times the mass of Earth, is now the only exoplanet known to have both water and temperatures that could be potentially habitable, according to the study published in the journal Nature Astronomy.

Water released by India creates flood scare in Pakistan

World | Aug 20, 2019, 12:01 AM IST

A note by Pakistan's Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that has been accessed by IANS shows the extent of the scare in the Pakistani establishment after India opened outlets of the Alchi Dam. Alchi which is touted to be the world's highest dam, is a village in the Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Chennai Metro Water reserves first moon water supply with ISRO

India | Jul 23, 2019, 04:47 PM IST

Even as the city's thirst is being quenched by transporting potable water by train from Jolarpettai, the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (Chennai Metro Water) is seeking water from the moon.

Woman set on fire by in-laws after argument over filling water

India | Jul 18, 2019, 08:19 PM IST

A 40-year-old woman was Thursday set on fire allegedly by her in-laws following an argument overfilling water from a tap located in their property, police said.

'Nal se Jal' plan: Water, sanitation may attract Rs 6.3 Lakh crore investment in next 5 years, says report

Business | Jul 14, 2019, 02:22 PM IST

According to JM Financial Institutional report, the government's new 'Nal se Jal' scheme, which aims to provide piped water connection to every household by 2024, will likely lead to a massive jump in the investment in water and sanitation.

NCP workers throw crabs outside residence of Maharashtra water conservation minister | Video

India | Jul 09, 2019, 03:57 PM IST

NCP workers on Tuesday staged protest and threw crabs outside the residence of Maharashtra Water Conservation Minister Tanaji Sawant in Pune. The Minister had said that crabs were responsible for Ratnagiri's Tiware dam breach. Tiware dam located in Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district, breached late night on July 2, killing 18 people.

VIDEO: Water gushes out from AC vent of Bengaluru-Patna Sanghmitra Express; Passengers left perplexed

India | Jul 02, 2019, 11:26 AM IST

Puzzled, passengers of Bengaluru-Patna Sanghmitra Express informed the ticket checker who immediately passed the information to the attendant present in the coach. What led to this technical glitch is not yet know. After a few seconds, the water flow stopped.

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