In an ancient Peruvian folktale, a hummingbird fetches water to put out a forest fire, one drop at a time. The other animals look on and laugh at her. Then, the little bird replies, “I’m doing what I can.” The tale inspired UN-Water, which coordinates the world body’s work on water and sanitation, to launch…
Water is at the core of sustainable development. It supports all aspects of life on Earth, and access to safe and clean water is a basic human right. However, decades of mismanagement and misuse have intensified water stress, threatening the many aspects of life that depend on this crucial resource. Clean water is essential to…
Water distribution process will be monitored 24 hours: Photo: File Mecca: 40 million liters of Zamzam water will be distributed in Masjid al-Haram during Ramadan. According to the official news agency of Saudi Arabia, the administration of the Haram Sharif has arranged 30 thousand coolers for the distribution of Zamzam water to the pilgrims. Water…
File photo Reusable water bottles can contain more germs than the average toilet seat. A team of American researchers thoroughly cleaned water bottles with different lids 3 times and then tested them, found 2 types of bacteria, one gram-negative rod (gram-negative rods) and the other bacillus ( bacillus). According to the researchers, studies have also…
Bringing together Governments, institutions, banks, businesses, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), youth, women, indigenous peoples and many other stakeholders from around the world, the UN 2023 Water Conference (22 to 24 March) will seek to find game-changing solutions to the multifaceted global crisis of ‘too much water’, such as storms and floods; ‘too little water’, such as…
A desert or a desert is a waterless area of the earth where there is no life, and if there is only a few thorny desert dry bushes (whose roots absorb water from deep in the earth) and These arid and barren regions cannot live without being affected by the amount of solar energy emitted…
The new and innovative bottles of Zamzam were inaugurated by Sheikh-ur-Rahman Al-Sadis, Photo: Saudi Media Riyadh: Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, President of Amor-e-Haramain Sharifeen, inaugurated the modern-style bottles designed to make Zam-Zam water safe. According to Al-Arabiya News, Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais inaugurated the new bottles of Zamzam in the Haram Makkah under the “Zamzam…
File photo Prince Harry, who is part of the British royal family, chose the old-fashioned way to contact Meghan Markle after dropping his phone in the water during a pre-wedding trip with friends. Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, has revealed in his book ‘Spear’ that he wrote a romantic letter to Meghan Markle after dropping…
A one-and-a-half-year-old child was on a ventilator for 7 days in a life-and-death struggle; Photo: File New Delhi: A one-and-a-half-year-old child who went into a coma after being submerged in a washing machine full of soapy water for 15 minutes in India was brought back to life on a ventilator 7 days later. According to…
A Boeing 737 crashed on the ground. A Boeing 737 carrying water to fight a wildfire in Western Australia has crashed, but both pilots miraculously survived. The plane was fighting a fire in Fitzgerald National Park when it went down. After the accident, the pictures taken from the air showed smoke rising while the front…
