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Storage in India’s 166 reservoirs drops to 27.5% of overall capacity
A 40% deficient monsoon is compounding the reservoir position, with only 1 in 5 reservoirs being over half-full
News in Frames | Bringing water to a scorching desert
El Nino threat: Centre rolls out kharif contingency plan to shield crops
Agriculture ministry has directed states to prepare district-wise crop strategies, and promote short-duration crops such as pulses, certain millets and vegetables during the kharif season because they require less water, mature quickly and help mitigate the v…
Can cloud seeding save us from water bankruptcy?
We’ve long tried to control the weather by engineering rainfall. Now such cloud-seeding efforts are escalating, creating conflict between countries and stoking conspiracy theories. But do they work?