Tag: Rivers

Daily Quiz | On Indian riversA bird’s eye view of confluence of Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers in Devprayag. From here onwards the river is called as Ganga. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | From where does the Indus river originate? 2 / 5 | Which river is also ...

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The satellite will help track the impacts of rising sea levels, droughts and erosion brought on by climate change.A US-French satellite that will map almost all of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers has rocketed into orbit. The pre-dawn launch on Friday on board a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg ...

What is the water cycle? Put simply, the water cycle — also known as the hydrological cycle — is the process by which water moves through the Earth's land, seas and atmosphere. Water in its three natural phases, be it gas, liquid or solid, forms part of the natural ...

New Delhi , September 10 : The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Ministry of Jal Shakti in collaboration with APAC News Network organised the 10th edition of 'Igniting Young Minds Rejuvenating Rivers' webinar on Thursday with the aim of connecting youth and students with river conservation and promotion ...

Disaster Management Authority says 119 people died in the last 24 hours and several countries pledge emergency aid for flood victims.The death toll from ravaging monsoon floods in Pakistan has crossed 1,000, as several countries, including Qatar and Iran, pledged emergency support in the wake of a deluge that ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The provincial governments and Pakistan’s meteorological body warned that Rivers Swat and Indus could swell, leading to more flash floods which will impact the residents of these regions,The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provincial government in Pakistan has declared a rain emergency in several districts of the province ...

"In Sindh alone, we had rain, 780% more rain than average, in Balochistan, 496% more rain than average. So we are of course looking at a very challenging situation, a daunting challenge, a climate catastrophe," Pakistan's High Commissioner to the UK, Moazzam Ahmad Khan, told the BBC. Source ...

Pollution of waterways with pharmaceuticals makes antibiotics less effective and issue may cause the “next pandemic,” co-author warns More than a quarter out of 285 rivers sampled in an unparalleled global study were found to have levels of “active pharmaceutical ingredients” deemed unsafe for aquatic life. And, researchers conclude, ...