Severe Water Crisis Hits Nanus and Surrounding Villages, Prompting Emergency Measures | Goa News

Valpoi: Residents of Nanus in Sattari and nearby villages have been grappling with an acute drinking water crisis for the past three days, forcing authorities to deploy tanker services. The shortage severely impacted Nanus, Ansulem and Sadik Wada.“Families in elevated localities have been affected due to erratic water supply. Many households are unable to store…

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Guv, CM offer prayers at KVT, watch Modi perform puja at Somnath | Varanasi News

Varanasi: Governor Anandiben Patel and chief minister Yogi Adityanath watched the live broadcast of Prime Minister Narendra Modi performing the ‘mahapuja’ at the Somnath Temple in Gujarat. Soon after arriving at the Police Line helipad in the morning, both leaders proceeded to the Kashi Vishwanath Dham, where they offered prayers and performed rituals amid Vedic…

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‘Police inaction’ triggers new sacrilege row | Chandigarh News

Amritsar: A former senior civil servant now in BJP has accused the Punjab govt of political hypocrisy, claiming police refused to file a first-information report (FIR) under the state’s brand-new anti-sacrilege laws.Jagmohan Singh Raju alleged “complete administrative inaction” regarding a complaint he submitted three days ago. The complaint seeks prosecution under the Jaagat Jot Sri…

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Study warns of mining threat to rocky plateaus of W Ghats | Pune News

Pune: Rocky plateaus and hill outcrops in the Western Ghats, which appear barren for most of the year but support rare plants, insects and amphibians found nowhere else, are facing growing destruction from mining, quarrying and climate change, a new international study involving Pune-based scientists has said.Published in the Society for Conservation Biology’s Conservation Biology,…

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Scientists flag rapid melting of Khangri glacier & flood threat | Guwahati News

Guwahati: Rapid glacier melting in Arunachal Pradesh’s high-altitude Tawang district has triggered alarm bells among scientists, who have warned of unstable terrain and the emergence of a potentially dangerous glacial lake at Khangri.The lake poses a serious flood threat to downstream areas in the Mago Chu basin, a critical headwater of the Brahmaputra system.The findings…

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Show us a single project not opposed by environmentalists, green lobby: Supreme Court | India News

NEW DELHI: Refusing to entertain a plea against expansion of Pipavav port in Gujarat faulting the environmental clearance, the Supreme Court on Monday bluntly asked – “Show us a single project where these environmentalists have said we welcome this”, while also emphasising that country cannot develop without infrastructure.Senior advocate Anitha Shenoy, for environmentalist Chetan Kumar…

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