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water harvesting news

Solids full of holes: Crux of a Nobel find

A screen displays the 2025 Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry, Susumu Kitagawa (Kyoto University, Japan), Richard Robson (University of Melbourne, Australia), and Omar M. Yaghi (University of California, Berkeley, U.S.), as they are announced during a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. (REUTERS)
Published on Oct 09, 2025 05:16 am IST

Human chain to raise awareness on water conservation

Students form human chain to raise awareness on water conservation at 1090 intersection in Lucknow. (Deepak Gupta/HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 16, 2023 07:35 pm IST

Fighting climate change starts with water conservation, explain activists

Dignitaries at the National Climate Conclave in Lucknow on Tuesday (HT)
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 12:39 am IST

Jal Prahari Samman Samaroh: Vaishno Devi Shrine Board felicitated for water conservation and management

CEO of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, Anshul Garg receives award from Union Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in Delhi.The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board was felicitated at the Jal Prahari Samman Samaroh – 2023. (HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 01, 2023 12:34 am IST

World Water Day 2023: History, significance, theme

World Water Day: The day is celebrated around the world since 1993.
Published on Mar 22, 2023 06:36 am IST

HP cabinet nod for constituting Sixth Finance Commission

Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur presiding over a cabinet meeting at the Himachal Pradesh secretariat in Shimla on Thursday.
Updated on Jun 04, 2020 04:53 pm IST

An artist’s journey to try and make the world a better place

It makes me wonder: How many of us can look away from a child begging on the street? How can we not care knowing that they haven’t eaten for days? How does it not bother us that they work in restaurants and homes, when they should be studying (and even playing) instead?
Updated on Nov 27, 2019 01:27 pm IST

Ken Betwa project could hit wildlife: Report

A report by the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has observed that the first phase of the Ken Betwa River linking project could threaten Panna Tiger Reserve’s status as a source area for tigers, or an area with high density of the big cats.(HT file photo)
Updated on Sept 08, 2019 10:51 am IST

‘Water harvesting must be taken up seriously’

Speakers at a panel discussion on rainwater management organised in Lucknow on Sunday.
Updated on Aug 12, 2019 12:23 am IST

Schools highlight need for water harvesting

Updated on Jul 16, 2019 12:16 pm IST

Drought-proofing key to tackling climate change

We’d need a total moratorium on tree cutting. We’d need to ration water to big users. And our agriculture policy will have to find incentives to shift water guzzling crops like paddy to more drought resistant crops and varieties.
Published on Jun 16, 2019 11:45 pm IST