25% of world's population will lack access to clean water by 2050, says United Nations
• 8 years agoAntonio Guterres has warned that by 2050 global demand for fresh water is projected to grow by 40 per cent and at least a quarter of the world's population will live in countries with a "chronic or recurrent" lack of clean water.
Cauvery row: Maintain peace, Supreme Court tells Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Ians • 9 years agoThe Supreme Court on Thursday slammed the Tamil Nadu and Karnataka governments for their failure to stop people from taking to the agitation path after its order on Cauvery river water sharing.
BJP MLA seeks President's Rule in Punjab, seeks Parkash Singh Badal's resignation
Fp Archives • 9 years agoA BJP MLA in Haryana demanded that President's Rule be imposed in Punjab, saying its Assembly passed a bill providing for returning the land acquired for the construction of SYL canal to the original landowners.
Telangana, Maharashtra show the way, amicably resolve decade-old water dispute
Fp Archives • 9 years agoIt was a historic day for the state of Telangana as the decade-long discord with its neighboring state Maharashtra on river water sharing was put to an end in an amicable way