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Brazil Is Losing Surface Water To Climate Change, Land Conversion
Brazil is home to 12 per cent of Earth's freshwater reserves, much of it in the Amazon, but is losing natural surface water as climate change and land conversion from forest to farming take their toll, a report said Friday.
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NASA Satellites Reveal Freshwater Decline as Global Droughts and Warming Persist
NASA’s GRACE satellites have recorded a significant decline in Earth’s freshwater reserves since 2014, revealing a loss of 1,200 cubic kilometres—two and a half times the volume of Lake Erie. This trend, highlighted in the journal Surveys in Geophysics, is attributed to persistent droughts and rising global temperatures, particularly in regio...
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Viral Video: 20 Lions Squeeze Onto River Bank To Drink
Twenty lions are nicely huddled together as they drink from a little stream of water in the Sand River.
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Paytm Payments Bank Wins Final RBI Nod, Can Operate as Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit
Paytm Payments Bank said on Monday that the company had received final approval from the Reserve Bank of India to offer bill payment services in the country. The service can now function as a Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit (BBPOU) in India, with support for bill payment services of electricity, phone, DTH, water, gas insurance, loan repayments,...
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Water Shortage Triggered By Climate Change Threatens Tibetan Plateau: Study
The Tibetan Plateau will experience significant water loss this century due to global warming, according to research published Monday that warns of severe supply stress in a climate change "hotspot".
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Video: Huge Fire In Sariska Tiger Reserve, Air Force Choppers Fight Blaze
A massive fire in Rajasthan's Sariska Tiger Reserve that started yesterday has spread to over 10 sqkm, the size of some 1,800 football fields, officials have said. Two Indian Air Force, or IAF, helicopters are dropping water over the affected area.
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Water on Mars: ESA's ExoMars Discovers Hidden Reservoir on the Planet’s Grand Canyon
Mars' huge canyon system, Valles Marineris, may hold hidden water beneath the surface, according to a new study. The European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos' collbaorative ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) discovered large volumes of water in the canyon's heart.
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Gunderipallam Dam In Tamil Nadu Full After Heavy Rain
Heavy rain in the catchment area around the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, on Thursday and Friday, led to the rise of the water level at the Gunderipallam Dam in Tamil Nadu.
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Punjab: Recruitment Process For Junior Engineer Post Begins, Over 200 Posts Reserved For Women
The Punjab Public Service Commission has begun the recruitment process for filling 697 vacancies in Junior Engineer posts in Department of Water Supply and Sanitation.
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Watch: CRPF Personnel Carry Soldier's Dead Body On Foot Amid Rising Water
In a display of humanity, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel carried the dead body of a District Reserve Guard (DRG) jawan on foot across a river, after their vehicle had gotten stuck due to rise in water level.
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Why Kaziranga National Park Cannot Survive Without Annual Floods Even As Animals Die
Inside the Kaziranga National Park and tiger reserve, spread over a mammoth 1,055 square kilometre area, forest guards in country boats are braving the dangerously high flood waters to keep a watch on wild animals that inhabit this sanctuary and to keep the poachers away.
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In Assam's Kaziranga, A Tiger Takes Shelter From Monsoon In A Goat Shed
A tiger took shelter in a goat shed in a village on the fringes of Assam's Kaziranga National Park on Monday, as flood waters inundated large sections of the reserve
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A Family Of Tigers Filmed At A Watering Hole In Delightful Old Video
Indian Forest Services officer Susanta Nanda made Friday morning a little brighter for many netizens as he shared a delightful video of a family of tigers at a watering hole.
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Mumbai Hotel With Karnataka Rebels Cancels DK Shivakumar's Reservation
Karnataka Water Resources Minister DK Shivakumar had booked a room in the Mumbai hotel where rebel Congress and JD(S) legislators from the state are staying, but the reservation was cancelled "due to some emergency", the hotel said today.
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No Rains Yet, Mumbai Civic Body Rushes To Supply Water From Reserve Stock
With the rains playing truant and water level in the lakes dipping further, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started supplying water to citizens from the reserve stock, officials said on Thursday.
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Brazil Is Losing Surface Water To Climate Change, Land Conversion
Brazil is home to 12 per cent of Earth's freshwater reserves, much of it in the Amazon, but is losing natural surface water as climate change and land conversion from forest to farming take their toll, a report said Friday.
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NASA Satellites Reveal Freshwater Decline as Global Droughts and Warming Persist
NASA’s GRACE satellites have recorded a significant decline in Earth’s freshwater reserves since 2014, revealing a loss of 1,200 cubic kilometres—two and a half times the volume of Lake Erie. This trend, highlighted in the journal Surveys in Geophysics, is attributed to persistent droughts and rising global temperatures, particularly in regio...
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Viral Video: 20 Lions Squeeze Onto River Bank To Drink
Twenty lions are nicely huddled together as they drink from a little stream of water in the Sand River.
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Paytm Payments Bank Wins Final RBI Nod, Can Operate as Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit
Paytm Payments Bank said on Monday that the company had received final approval from the Reserve Bank of India to offer bill payment services in the country. The service can now function as a Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit (BBPOU) in India, with support for bill payment services of electricity, phone, DTH, water, gas insurance, loan repayments,...
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Water Shortage Triggered By Climate Change Threatens Tibetan Plateau: Study
The Tibetan Plateau will experience significant water loss this century due to global warming, according to research published Monday that warns of severe supply stress in a climate change "hotspot".
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Video: Huge Fire In Sariska Tiger Reserve, Air Force Choppers Fight Blaze
A massive fire in Rajasthan's Sariska Tiger Reserve that started yesterday has spread to over 10 sqkm, the size of some 1,800 football fields, officials have said. Two Indian Air Force, or IAF, helicopters are dropping water over the affected area.
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Water on Mars: ESA's ExoMars Discovers Hidden Reservoir on the Planet’s Grand Canyon
Mars' huge canyon system, Valles Marineris, may hold hidden water beneath the surface, according to a new study. The European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos' collbaorative ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) discovered large volumes of water in the canyon's heart.
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Gunderipallam Dam In Tamil Nadu Full After Heavy Rain
Heavy rain in the catchment area around the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, on Thursday and Friday, led to the rise of the water level at the Gunderipallam Dam in Tamil Nadu.
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Punjab: Recruitment Process For Junior Engineer Post Begins, Over 200 Posts Reserved For Women
The Punjab Public Service Commission has begun the recruitment process for filling 697 vacancies in Junior Engineer posts in Department of Water Supply and Sanitation.
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Watch: CRPF Personnel Carry Soldier's Dead Body On Foot Amid Rising Water
In a display of humanity, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel carried the dead body of a District Reserve Guard (DRG) jawan on foot across a river, after their vehicle had gotten stuck due to rise in water level.
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Why Kaziranga National Park Cannot Survive Without Annual Floods Even As Animals Die
Inside the Kaziranga National Park and tiger reserve, spread over a mammoth 1,055 square kilometre area, forest guards in country boats are braving the dangerously high flood waters to keep a watch on wild animals that inhabit this sanctuary and to keep the poachers away.
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In Assam's Kaziranga, A Tiger Takes Shelter From Monsoon In A Goat Shed
A tiger took shelter in a goat shed in a village on the fringes of Assam's Kaziranga National Park on Monday, as flood waters inundated large sections of the reserve
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A Family Of Tigers Filmed At A Watering Hole In Delightful Old Video
Indian Forest Services officer Susanta Nanda made Friday morning a little brighter for many netizens as he shared a delightful video of a family of tigers at a watering hole.
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Mumbai Hotel With Karnataka Rebels Cancels DK Shivakumar's Reservation
Karnataka Water Resources Minister DK Shivakumar had booked a room in the Mumbai hotel where rebel Congress and JD(S) legislators from the state are staying, but the reservation was cancelled "due to some emergency", the hotel said today.
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No Rains Yet, Mumbai Civic Body Rushes To Supply Water From Reserve Stock
With the rains playing truant and water level in the lakes dipping further, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started supplying water to citizens from the reserve stock, officials said on Thursday.
