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Chemical analysis of groundwater in 73 villages of Karnataka has found high and unsafe levels of uranium concentration in 78% of these locations, said a new study.
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A Billion South Asians Face Water Insecurity Due To Warming In The Himalayas
Warming-induced changes in the Himalaya-Karakoram region will impact water availability in the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra basins. Farming, hydropower and megacities such as Delhi & Lahore will face the brunt
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New Delhi: Nearly a billion people who depend on the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra river basins for life and livelihood are threatened by the impact of global warming in the Himalaya-Karakoram mountains. Melting snow and glaciers will swell the rivers, but changed seasonality will affect farming, other livelihoods and the hydropower sector, while causing floods downstream, a new multinational