First Person: Farmers running out of water in Punjab, India
Water is crucial to rice farmers and when it is lacking, they tend to rely on groundwater. Globally, water taken from underground reservoirs supports 40 per cent of agriculture, but…
Naegleria is dangerous, the only solution is to add chlorine to the water, caretaker health minister of Sindh
Iconic photo Caretaker Health Minister Sindh Dr. Saad Khalid Niaz has said that Naegleria is dangerous which spreads through water, the only solution to prevent it is to add chlorine…
WMO: Stocktake of water resources needed as global hydrological cycle is in distress
Destructive droughts and heavy rains are causing harm, while melting snow and glaciers heighten flood risks and endanger long-term water security. The UN weather agency’s State of Global Water Resources…
First Person: How youth and forests tackle Honduras’ water crisis
Montserrat Xilotl, a Regional Technical Advisor in Climate Change Adaptation for the UN Development Programme (UNDP), explains why. Montserrat Xilotl, Regional Technical Advisor in Climate Change Adaptation for the UN…
World News in Brief: Water ‘being taken for granted’, global teacher crisis, Nipah in India update
“We must stop taking water for granted,” FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu said at the opening of the Rome Water Dialogue, focused on its critical role relating to soils, land, climate…
Drinking too much water can even lead you to death
Drinking too much water in a short period of time can cause water poisoning which can eventually lead to death. Water, if consumed in excess, creates an imbalance in the…
Fenugreek seed water is beneficial for health
Diabetes is rapidly taking over the world And an estimated 1.3 billion people will be affected by it by 2050. If this disease is not controlled, it can make the…
If you want to lose weight, use raisin water
File photo Who says that if we have to diet, we have to eat only bad tasting or less palatable foods? It is not necessary if you want to lose…
Your guarantor of health, lemon water
Lemon water has extraordinary medicinal properties. Photo: File London: Lemon is a precious gift of nature and its water is not devoid of healing in any way. If it is…
One year after floods, 4 million Pakistani children without food and clean water, UNICEF
UNICEF Pakistan has said in a statement that still 4 million children of Pakistan are deprived of food and clean water due to floods, while 1.5 million children are suffering…