water resources
World Water Day 2021: Drinking water shortage in India
March 22, 2021
In a cramped slum of Bawana village, located in the northwest of the national capital, stays Mrinali. A 17-year-old school-goer, who stays awake almost every day till 3 am in the morning to make sure that the buckets and all the vessels at her home are filled with water. Mrinali ...
Read MoreWater, Water Everywhere. But where exactly? Treasure hunt for water begins
March 22, 2021
Yes, there is water everywhere. We all know that 70 pc of the Earth’s surface is covered with water. But for a glass of water, every second a woman in rural India walks an average of 173 kilometres – the distance between New Delhi and Kurukshetra– to fetch potable water in ...
Read MoreIndia aims collaboration in Higher Education at BRICS summit
July 6, 2017
The BRICS Ministers of Education Meet in Beijing ended on a note that pledged to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life-long learning opportunities for all.
Read MoreBRICS 2016 Summit sees modest results
October 18, 2016
The 8th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) summit, organised this weekend in Goa, India, has not recorded any significant results in order to develop the political and economic cohesion of this group of countries that is still very disparate and often having diver...
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