Drowning in Misery: How swimming pools of the rich are leading to a water crisis in the world
Vibhutisanchala • 2 years agoYour taps could run dry soon and you have the rich to blame. A recent study highlighted that while the poor use the majority of their water for basic needs like drinking and washing, the rich use excessive water for personal pleasure – filling up swimming pools, watering gardens
Humanity must chart new course on water use: UN chief
• 2 years agoWater is 'the most precious common good,' and 'needs to be at the center of the global political agenda,' Guterres said at the end of a three-day UN conference that experts said held a measure of promise
'Vampiric' water use leading to 'imminent' global crisis, UN warns
• 2 years agoThe world is 'blindly travelling a dangerous path" as "unsustainable water use, pollution and unchecked global warming are draining humanity's lifeblood,' said United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres
Manorama: The comedienne, vamp & the maharani of memes
Subhash • 2 years agoManorama's last celluloid work was for Deepa Mehta's Water, in which she played the leery and vulgar widow who heads a widows' ashram.
Turkey, Syria earthquake: Why first 72 hours are critical for search and rescue operations
• 2 years agoOver 15,000 people have been killed after a massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria. A huge rescue operation is underway — and every minute is crucial
How single women and widows in Afghanistan are struggling to find their next meal
• 2 years agoWhile the backlash against women’s rights needs to be urgently addressed, the crisis of food and nutrition security facing single women, widows and separated women, is not being recognised by many outside the country
Nature and forests through 2019: The year of uncontrollable rain forests fires all over the world
Mongabay India • 5 years ago2019 closed out a “lost decade” for the world’s tropical forests, with surging deforestation from Brazil to the Congo Basin.
Birthday Special: Why Seema Biswas is not happy with the way mainstream Hindi cinema treated her!
Subhash • 2 years agoSeema is not really happy with the way mainstream Hindi cinema treated her. She thinks of herself as part of Bollywood. But does Bollywood have a place for an actress as evolved as Seema?
Govt needs people’s participation to conserve water: PM Modi
Fp Staff • 2 years agoIn his virtual address at the first national conference of water ministers from states, PM Modi said water should be a subject of cooperation, collaboration and coordination among states and asked them to plan in advance in view of the fast pace of urbanisation
"How can you be part of Hindi cinema without knowing Hindi?": When a director shooed John Abraham out of an audition
Subhash • 2 years agoNaturally there was a steady torrent of auditions happening. One of the hopefuls who knocked at this director's doorstep was a boy from Kerala named John Abraham who seemed “almost desperate” to get a break.