China turns to the sea to solve growing problem of water shortages

September 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Taiwanese woman who urinated over 20 times a day is finally feeling better, following doctors' advice to reduce her daily intake of water. Pan, 26, took to drinking about 3.5 litres of water everyday after hearing that water is good for the skin, reports the China Daily.

August 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have said that the beefed-up diets of Asia's expanding middle class could lead to chronic food shortages for the water-stressed region. According to a report in National Geographic News, the threat was highlighted in a study by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which estimate that Asian demand for food and livestock fodder will double in 40 years.

August 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Faced with increasing water shortages that is affecting millions, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday coined a new slogan for the nation: Pani Bachao (Save Water). In his Independence Day address from the Red Fort, Manmohan Singh underlined the urgent need to preserve the country's depleting water and other natural resources.

August 13th, 2009 Study sees dramatic drop in Indian groundwaterNEW DELHI — Excessive irrigation and the unrelenting thirst of tens of millions of people are causing groundwater levels in northern India to drop dramatically, a problem that could lead to severe water shortages, according to a study released Wednesday. The study comes as India's struggles with water have become a major political issue.

August 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Setting aside speculation about strains in bilateral ties, India has said it is engaged in talks with China to monitor the glaciers in the Himalayas, a strategic border region, and plans to collaborate in climate change negotiations. "We are talking to the Chinese about monitoring the Himalayan glaciers," Minister for State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh told Britain's Financial Times.

June 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers, in a recent article in the journal PLoS Medicine Editorial, have argued that despite recent international objections, access to clean water should be recognized as a human right. At the March 2009 United Nations (UN) meetings, coinciding with the World Water Forum, Canada, Russia, and the United States refused to support a declaration that would recognize water as a basic human right.

June 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi's power and water woes continue without an end in sight, with citizens taking to the streets yet again Saturday to protest the crippling shortages. People blocked traffic, vandalized offices of power distribution companies and demonstrated outside the home of state Power Minister A.K.

June 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi's residents took to the streets yet again Saturday to protest the continuing power and water shortages in the city. People blocked traffic, vandalized offices of power distribution companies and even demonstrated outside the home of state Power Minister A.K.

June 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Thursday warned people in the national capital of possible water and power shortages in the coming days, following delay in monsoon. "We are asking people to conserve water and power.

June 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Massive power cuts and water shortage in the sweltering summer Wednesday compelled Delhiites to come out on the roads and protest across the national capital. Restless people blocked traffic at many places and shouted slogans against the Delhi government for failing to provide water and power.

June 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Legislators from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday staged a demonstration outside the Delhi assembly to protest power and water shortage in the national capital. The legislators and other Delhi BJP members gathered outside the assembly demanding that the Delhi government take immediate measures to provide relief to people reeling under power and water shortage in various parts of the capital.

May 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The water trickles in for only an hour a day and those who need more queue near tankers, bucket in hand. This is not a scene from a slum or a deprived village, but in the campus of the premier Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in south Delhi.

May 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - An Australian researcher has warned that though rainwater tanks can save a lot of water, pumping water from them can be energy intensive. "We should ensure we don't create an energy problem while trying to solve a water problem, Professor Stuart White of the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology, Sydney, told ABC News.

March 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Government should try to convince the Brack Obama administration that all Taliban are equally bad and dangerous, former National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra suggested here today. "There is nothing like good Taliban or bad Taliban.

March 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon has said India and China are attempting to find a solution to the vexed boundary dispute "While we attempt to resolve our differences such as those on the boundary, we will not allow those differences to prevent engagement in other fields. Neither side has attempted to change the status quo on the border while we seek a boundary settlement," Menon said at a book release function here last evening.