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5 Mar 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The state-owned National Engineering Services of Pakistan (NESPAK) announced last week that it had won a contract to design a $500 million USD dam in Afghanistan.
5 Mar 2013 - 09:27 by Local Press Report
MANILA (Philstar.com) — Two lawyers filed on Tuesday a $16.7 million USD plunder case against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her son, Camarines Sur 2nd District Rep.
5 Mar 2013 - 09:21 by Local Press Report
RAWALPINDI (Daily Times (Pakistan)) — Water shortage in various areas of Rawal Town, such as Babu Lal Hussain Road and Ratta Amral, has made life miserable for the residents. Talking to APP, residents of Babu Lal Hussain Road comp
5 Mar 2013 - 09:03 by Local Press Report
new yorK (Forbes) — Tajikistan – a former Soviet republic in Central Asia – may hold a key to economic and political progress in the region that is vital to U.S.
4 Mar 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
China, KAOHSIUNG — Kaohsiung municipality in southwestern Taiwan may face a water crisis this month with the advent of the dry season in the region.
4 Mar 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
India, JAIPUR — The Rajasthan state government is asking for a $9.2 billion USD special package from the Indian government to boost water supply and improve water quality in all habitations in the state.
4 Mar 2013 - 11:05 by Local Press Report
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Globe) — Indonesians should prepare for an early onset of the dry season and start conserving water, a Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) official said on Monday. Head of BMKG Mulyon
4 Mar 2013 - 10:54 by Local Press Report
SRINAGAR (Water World) — An amount of $13 million USD was being spent on 35 Water Supply Schemes (WSS) taken up under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) in north Kashmir district of Bandipor. Officials
4 Mar 2013 - 10:43 by Local Press Report
LOS ANGELES (Los Angeles Times) — High-altitude dust blown thousands of miles across the Pacific from Asian and African deserts can make it rain and snow in the Sierra Nevada, according to new research that suggests tiny particle
1 Mar 2013 - 10:58 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Increasing social, economic and political pressure and dwindling water supplies in the Indus River Basin could lead to increased competition between India and Pakistan, according to a report publ
1 Mar 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A Pakistani political party led by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has proposed a policy to cope with the effects of climate change -- a first by any political party in the country.
1 Mar 2013 - 10:28 by Local Press Report
sinGapore (Waters Corporation) — Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), a leading analytical science solutions developer and provider headquartered in Milford, Massachusetts, announced today the opening of a new Solution Centre in Sing
1 Mar 2013 - 10:25 by Local Press Report
TAIPEI (Focus Taiwan News Channel) — Taiwan can achieve better control of the toxic substances discharged by high polluting industries if local companies are required to register the toxic chemicals they use in production, experts sai
1 Mar 2013 - 11:08 by Local Press Report
LONDON (Water and Energy Exchange) — The Water and Energy Exchange has announced the winners of its water-energy innovation awards competition. The winner in Innovation in Process Technology was VITENS - Clean Operator Project.
28 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
united states, MA, CAMBRIDGE — China's rapid urbanization and economic growth has created environmental problems, and also spurred innovative policies to address them, according to new research released this week by Cambridge, M
28 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
BEIJING, China — Official Chinese media sources are reporting that widespread drought has hit the southwestern Chinese provinces of Yunnan, Gansu and Hebei.
28 Feb 2013 - 09:14 by Local Press Report
WUHAN (xinhua) — Chinese scientists have developed a new irrigation technology that consumes 50 percent less water than drip irrigation technology.@ The trace quantity irrigation technology is based on the soil c
28 Feb 2013 - 11:11 by Local Press Report
KANCHANPUR (My Republica) — Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Jayant Prasad, today, inspected the Tanakpur Dam here.
28 Feb 2013 - 11:04 by Local Press Report
Bangkok (Bloomberg ) — Thai Tap Water Supply (TTW) Plc plans to invest $798 million USD over five years, including expanding to neighboring Myanmar, the Thai-language Krungthep Turakij said, citing Managing Director So
27 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
BEIJING, China — The Beijing government this week ordered removal of garbage dump near the Miyun Reservoir, a major drinking water supply source for the Chinese capital.
27 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
India, SRINAGAR — To meet growing drinking water needs in its winter capital, Jammu, the government of Indian-administered Kashmir is fast-tracking its $145 million USD Chenab Water Supply project.
27 Feb 2013 - 10:29 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Officials from three Pakistani agencies on February 26 submitted a written statement to the country’s Supreme Court certifying that Rawal Lake’s water has been cleaned and that water supply in Rawa
27 Feb 2013 - 09:20 by Local Press Report
BERKELEY SPRINGS (CNN International) — The 23rd annual Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting, held in the spa town of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, is the largest
27 Feb 2013 - 10:57 by Local Press Report
PRAGUE (Marcus Evans) — The 2nd Edition Advanced Water Management for Oil & Gas: Excellent Water Treatment and Produced Water Management to Ensure Profitable Production will be held April 15-17, 2013, i
27 Feb 2013 - 10:48 by Local Press Report
Bangkok (Bernama.com) — The state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand will soon release more water from western dams to boost the country's hydropower production to offset a cut in gas-generated power due to
27 Feb 2013 - 10:46 by Local Press Report
ZHEJIANG (Radio Free Asia) — An environmental activist from the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang who dared a local official to take a swim in a polluted river has since been attacked by a group of unidentified men, he said
26 Feb 2013 - 10:42 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Vietnam, HANOI — If the hydropower projects planned within the Mekong River basin are completed, they will accumulate as much as 16 percent of the river’s water volume, or 475 billion cubic meters a year, accordi
26 Feb 2013 - 10:24 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Bangkok, thailand — The Thai Water and Flood Management Commission is studying five proposals for setting up a new water ministry.
26 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
China, SHANGHAI — Chinese authorities have penalized an Apple supplier for environmental damage.
26 Feb 2013 - 11:03 by Local Press Report
karachi (Daily Times (Pakistan)) — During a big operation against defaulters in Cattle Colony Landhi, Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) disconnected connections of 65 Cattle Farms (pens) and confiscated 70 water suction motors
26 Feb 2013 - 10:54 by Local Press Report
YONGXIU (China.org.cn) — Tap water for 60,000 people was cut off Monday due to the pollution of a water source in east China's Jiangxi Province, government sources said. Around 10 a.m.
26 Feb 2013 - 10:51 by Local Press Report
KATHMANDU (Pakistan Today) — The Asian Development Bank on Tuesday approved a $150 million USD loan for a giant hydropower plant to ease Nepal's chronic electricity shortages which lead to power cuts of upto 14 hours a da
25 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MANILA, Philippines — The two water companies serving Metro Manila and surrounding areas, are seeking to increase average basic water tariffs by 15.2 percent in the east zone and by 22 percent in the west zone as part
25 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
NEW DELHI, India — The Indian government will invest $30.5 billion USD during its current 12th Five-Year Plan period (2012-2017) to increase drinking water supply to rural areas.
25 Feb 2013 - 10:22 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
BEIJING, China — The Chinese government has finally admitted to the existence of “cancer villages,” where decades of land, water and air pollution has caused the rates of cancer to be exponentially higher than they
25 Feb 2013 - 10:55 by Local Press Report
HANOI (The Asahi Shimbun) — Mitsubishi Rayon Co. has entered into a distributor agreement with the Vietnamese engineering firm Greentech Environment Joint Stock Co.
25 Feb 2013 - 10:43 by Local Press Report
NEW DELHI (The Indian Express) — Seeking to bring around Bangladesh to support the construction of two dams in Meghalaya, India is considering offering a stake in the two projects. India has planned construction of Mawphu D
25 Feb 2013 - 08:31 by Local Press Report
PRINCETON (The Conversation) — Increases in humidity caused as a result of climate change are reducing labour productivity and it’s only likely to get worse over time, argue researchers from America’s National Oceanic and Atmosp
22 Feb 2013 - 10:59 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Malaysia, SHAH ALAM — The government of Malaysia’s Selangor state this week offered to pay $3.1 billion USD to take over all four of the state’s water concessionaires.
22 Feb 2013 - 10:50 by Local Press Report
CHAROLETTESVILLE (NBC Politics) — In his first major address since taking office three weeks ago, Secretary of State John Kerry told an audience at the University of Virginia Wednesday that Americans must invest more in foreign aid
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