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A portrait of a Karachi slum during a heatwave

28 May 2018

Amar Guriro, Monday May 28th, 2018 As Pakistani NGOs and the government dispute how many have died in Karachi’s latest heatwave, the people who live in the city’s slums – those most vulnerable – are still ignored. Samooda, who goes by one name, is a Bengali speaking widow and mother of [read more]

The 11 countries relying on the Nile need to reach a deal soon

11 September 2017

by Richard Kyle Paisley More than 300 million people rely on the waters of the River Nile. The Nile river basin contains more than 10% of Africa’s landmass in 11 countries: Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Egypt, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea and [read more]

Water scarcity behind decline in thermal power generation in India

17 March 2017

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar Various water conservation schemes have been initiated to meet the rising power demand, the Indian power minister Piyush Goyal said As India continues to rely on conventional sources of energy, with thermal power contributing a major proportion of all the electricity produced [read more]

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