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Social media divided as experts warn Thames water is unsafe for bathing, citing high E. coli levels.

India eyes 208 hydel projects on Brahmaputra basin against China’s 60 GW mega dam

India has drawn a plan to build hydro projects totaling 65,000 MW across its Brahmaputra basin against China’s 60,000 MW plant, construction of which began in July this year.

Why some salmon grow fast while others stay slow? Here is what study reveals

A study reveals how masu salmon adapt to upstream and downstream river habitats. Fast- and slow-growing salmon highlight survival strategies and climate change resilience.

6 people jumped into rivers in UP's Shahjahanpur in 6 days; 3 bodies recovered

Additional Superintendent of Police (City) Devendra Kumar said that on Wednesday, Manvinder, 30, a resident of Nai Basti under Kotwali Police Station jumped into the Khannaut River.

Punjab’s flood crisis may hurt PDS procurement and impact paddy prices, fear experts

Punjab received 253.7 mm of rain in August, which was not only 74% in excess of normal but also the highest the state has seen in the last 25 years. Experts warned the disaster could impact the country's public distribution system, apart from short-term paddy price inflation.

The Danube River: Europe’s second-largest river that crosses the most countries

Explore the Danube River, the most international river in the world that crosses the most countries in the world. Travel through 10 countries, historic cities, and the stunning Danube Delta.

Yamuna water level crosses warning mark in Delhi

“The reason for the increase in level is mostly due to the high volumes of water released from the Wazirabad and Hathnikund barrage every hour,” an official from the central flood room said.

EAM Jaishankar sought cooperation on trans-border rivers during Beijing visit amid China’s planned Brahmaputra hydel plant

The Ministry of External Affairs said as a lower riparian state with considerable established user rights to the waters of trans-border rivers, India has consistently conveyed its concerns to China. including on the need for transparency.

Suspending the Indus Water Treaty stops flow of information, gives India a window to accelerate hydropower projects  

Due to the treaty, India's plan to build dams to regulate waters from the western rivers to Pakistan have remained constrained but the latest developments offer a window of opportunity to fast-track projects.

Mission Clean Yamuna: Can Delhi CM Rekha Gupta fulfil her party's promise?

Hours after taking oath as Delhi’s chief minister and before her first cabinet meeting, Rekha Gupta headed to a Yamuna ghat to perform an 'aarti' with her cabinet colleagues, sending a clear signal that rejuvenating the toxic river will be a top priority for the BJP. The party has come to power in the national capital after 27 years.

Exclusive | India-Bhutan renew talks for hydropower project

Raj Kumar Chaudhary, CMD, NHPC Ltd told Moneycontrol that other than its operational hydropower capacity of 6,571 MW, the company has an additional 9,314 MW of hydro capacities under construction.

Libya Floods: Over 10,000 feared missing in Derna | Dams burst in a huge storm

Libya Floods: About a quarter of Libya's eastern city of Derna was wiped out after dams burst in a storm, the administration in the area said on Tuesday, and the Red Cross said 10,000 people were feared to be missing across the country in the devastating floods. Turkey and other countries rushed to send support to Libya, including search and rescue vehicles, rescue boats, generators and food. The internationally recognised government in Tripoli does not control eastern areas.

Three killed, 24 injured as bus falls into river in Jharkhand's Giridih

At least three persons were killed and 24 others injured when a bus fell into a river from a bridge in Jharkhand.

Why a river in Japan turned blood red, alarming locals

A river in Japan's Okinawa has turned blood red in colour due to a leak from a brewery. The brewery has apologised for the leak.

Iran-Afghanistan ties: A deep dive into Helmand river water sharing dispute

On May 28, deadly clashes broke out along the Iran-Afghanistan border over the sharing of Helmand river water. Helmand is the longest river in Afghanistan, whcih is more than more than 1,000 km long. The conflict over the river water has been going on since the 1870s. But what is this dispute all about? In this video, we take you through the timeline of Iran-Afghanistan relations. Watch.

EV startup River raises $15 million led by Al Futtaim Group

The fresh funding will be utilised for River's growth and working capital needs, priming its manufacturing and distribution networks for the August 2023 delivery that it had earlier announced

Yamuna river regains sparkle as virus lockdown banishes waste

In a feat that eluded years of government cleanliness efforts, a nationwide lockdown against the coronavirus has brought about the transformation of a river many Hindus consider holy, with a halt in industrial activity since late in March.

Work to start on 150 projects on Ganga by March, says Nitin Gadkari

The projects, he said, aim at containing discharge of polluted water in the river and recycling the waste water to produce bio CNG to power transport fleet.

PM Narendra Modi's Rs 5.5 lakh crore river-linking project set to take off

The mammoth plan entails linking nearly 60 rivers, including the mighty Ganges, which the government hopes will cut farmers' dependence on fickle monsoon rains by bringing millions of hectares of cultivatable land under irrigation.

Ganga's clean-up crucial before focussing on other initiatives: ITD Cementation

"Any development can be done only once you address the problems of getting the river clean from all the sewage and the unwanted material that is going into the river", S Ramnath, CFO of ITD Cementation told CNBC-TV18.

China downplays reports of sharing river waters with India

"China and India have appropriate cooperation mechanism on trans border rivers," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told PTI here.

Haryana preparing water projects: Manohar Lal Khattar

Manohar Lal Khattar said this while addressing the people after hoisting the National Flag during the 70th Independence Day celebrations at Shaheed Bhagat Singh Stadium in Sirsa today.

Govt to spend Rs 50,000 cr on river front development: Gadkari

National Waterway-1 (NW-1) is being developed under the Jal Marg Vikas Project with assistance from the World Bank at an estimated cost of Rs 4,200 crore and would ensure commercial navigation of higher tonnage vessels on 1,620 km stretch on Ganga from Varanasi to Haldia.

Overflowing reservoirs likely to end Mumbai's water woes

According to the daily lake level report released by the civic body yesterday, Vehar started overflowing at 4.20 AM on August 1, Modak Sagar started overflowing at 10.28 PM on Monday night and Tansa started overflowing at 2.14 AM yesterday.

Bridge collapses in Washington state, sends cars into river

The collapse on Interstate 5 over the Skagit River happened at about 7 p.m. local time between the towns of Mount Vernon and Burlington, 55 miles (90 km) north of Seattle, Washington State Patrol spokesman Trooper Mark Francis said.