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7 Countries with highest number of rivers

Jun 26, 2024, 10:36 AM IST

Bihar flood situation grim as river water levels rise

The flood situation northeastern Bihar turned grim after the water levels in several rivers rose dangerously and breached embankments at many places.

Jul 27, 2020, 11:12 AM IST

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Rivers are in spate in Bihar, UP and Gujarat; People are suffering from flood

Rivers are in spate in Bihar, UP and Gujarat; People are suffering from the flood. Watch this video to know in detail.

Sep 29, 2019, 09:22 AM IST

Experts raise concern over waste dumping in rivers, say it's giving rise to antibiotic resistance

Overall total antibiotic resistance genes were "30 times more abundant in river sediments from the city compared to upstream sites."

Sep 18, 2017, 14:58 PM IST

Union minister Uma Bharti bats for interlinking of rivers to combat floods

In view of the floods in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, Water Resources Minister Bharti urged the two northeastern states to agree for the Middle Siang project, which she said, will tackle the calamity as well as solve their water woes.

Aug 26, 2017, 19:28 PM IST

Ganga second-most polluting river in world; China's Yangtze tops the list

The study added that two-thirds of the pollution comes from the 20 most polluting rivers, with majority of them in Asia.

Jun 09, 2017, 16:10 PM IST

Plastic in rivers major source of ocean pollution: Study

Researchers at The Ocean Cleanup - a Dutch foundation developing new technologies for ridding the oceans of plastic - say rivers carry an estimated 1.15-2.41 million tonnes of plastic into the sea every year, an amount that need between 48,000 to over 100,000 dump trucks to carry it away.

Jun 08, 2017, 23:53 PM IST

World Rivers Day: Celebration highlights plight of Yamuna!

With many of the world's rivers facing severe and increasing threats associated with climate change, pollution, and industrial development, over 70 countries are taking part in this year’s celebrations.

Sep 25, 2016, 04:28 AM IST

World Rivers Day 2016: 10 ways you can help save waterways!

We all know that rivers are an important natural resource playing a critical role in many aspects of human life. Besides being valuable sources of water, these water bodies – rivers and lakes – are valuable features of our natural landscape.

Sep 25, 2016, 03:55 AM IST

Assam reels under flood fury; 19 lakh affected

The worst affected districts are Lakhimpur, Golaghat, Bongaigaon, Jorhat, Dhemaji, Barpeta, Goalpara, Dhubri, Darrang, Morigaon and Sonitpur.

Jul 29, 2016, 20:50 PM IST

Uttarakhand cloudburst: High alert! Water level at major rivers rise above danger mark

In Uttarakhand, almost all major rivers are flowing near the danger marks and in view of this, the authorities have asked the people living in low lying areas to move to safer places.

Jul 03, 2016, 11:44 AM IST

Will Sonia Gandhi clean the 'dirt' in Parliament, asks BJP MP Uma Bharti

Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti, who is engaged in an ambitious task of cleaning the Ganga and Yamuna rivers, on Thursday took a dig at Congress in Lok Sabha for disrupting Parliament as she asked whether Sonia Gandhi would take the lead to clean the "dirt" in the House.

Dec 17, 2015, 15:04 PM IST