Indus waters: For both India and Pakistan, the choice is between provision vs management
Mridula Ramesh • 6 years agoWill securing the Indus secure India’s water future? To answer that question, we need to understand what use the water is put to.
Indus Waters Treaty: Partition to Cold War and drought, how India lost hydro disciplining tool against Pak
Mridula Ramesh • 6 years agoWould India have agreed so readily to the Indus Waters Treaty if she had not needed to be in the World Bank’s good books? That’s a question only history can answer.
DLF to raise Rs 3,200 crore via QIP in a bid to become debt-free; issue subscribed two times
• 6 years agoDLF launched its qualified institutional placement (QIP) offering up to 17.3 crore shares to investors
No, India is not planning to cut-off water supply to Pakistan; Nitin Gadkari is only claiming 'our share of water' as per IWT
Fp Staff • 6 years agoAgainst an already vibrant backdrop of the outrage against the Pulwama attack, Union minister of water resources Nitin Gadkari on Thursday added the declaration that water of three eastern rivers flowing into Pakistan will be diverted to the Yamuna river, causing concern as to whether the historic Indus Waters Treaty would be broken.
Indus Waters Treaty: Pakistan must fear Narendra Modi’s water war much more than Indian military
Dinesh Unnikrishnan123 • 9 years agoPakistan’s fragile economy and its 195 million people should fear a water war with India more than the one fought with weapons.
Jammu and Kashmir in spotlight as India, Pakistan fight over Himalaya's freshwater resources
• 7 years agoSeveral hundred metres underground, thousands of labourers grind away day and night on a mammoth hydroelectric project in contested Kashmir, where India and Pakistan are racing to tap the subcontinent's diminishing freshwater supplies.
Indus OS keyboard speech-to-text feature will now support 23 Indian languages
Ians • 8 years agoIndus OS on Wednesday unveiled a new 'speech-to-text' feature in their keyboard that would allow users to enter text in their preferred language.
Indus Waters Treaty allows India to construct Kishanganga, Ratle power plants, says World Bank
• 8 years agoUnder the Indus Waters Treaty, India is permitted to construct hydroelectric facilities on tributaries of the Jhelum and Chenab with certain restrictions.
Indus Waters Treaty talks: World Bank promises 'neutrality' as it helps India-Pakistan find way forward
• 8 years agoWorld Bank has promised its continued neutrality and impartiality in helping India and Pakistan find an "amicable way forward" during talks over Indus Waters Treaty.
Chinese-sponsored North Indus River Cascade a Himalayan blunder for Pakistan
Ians • 8 years agoPakistan's entire water supply for agriculture, factories and homes is dependent on rivers in the Indus basin.