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India top court orders Punjab state to share river water INTERNATIONAL

India top court orders Punjab state to share river water

India's top court ordered authorities in northern Punjab state Thursday to share river water supplies with a neighbouring state, triggering a spate of resignations by angry lawmakers.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Qatar power capacity tipped to reach 13,000MW by 2018 ARABIA

Qatar power capacity tipped to reach 13,000MW by 2018

Qatar’s power capacity is expected to reach 13,000MW by 2018 and will cater to the country’s development needs, said Fahad al-Mohannadi, managing director and general manager of Qatar Electricity and Water Company.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Two million people without water in Syria's Aleppo: UN ASIA

Two million people without water in Syria's Aleppo: UN

Nearly two million civilians were without water in Syria's second city of Aleppo on Saturday after regime bombardment damaged one pumping station and rebels shut down another in retaliation, the UN said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Violence in southern India over water dispute INTERNATIONAL

Violence in southern India over water dispute

Protests erupted in India's southern states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on Monday over court orders on sharing of water from the disputed Cauvery river.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Millions at risk from rising water pollution: UN INTERNATIONAL

Millions at risk from rising water pollution: UN

Increasingly polluted rivers in Africa, Asia and Latin America pose a disease risk to more than 300 million people and threaten fisheries and farming in many countries, a UN report warned Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Stockpile food in case of attack, Germany tells citizens INTERNATIONAL

Stockpile food in case of attack, Germany tells citizens

Germany on Wednesday urged its population to stockpile food and water to prepare for possible terrorist or cyber attacks, as it adopted its first civil defence strategy since the end of the Cold War.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
QC brings succour to labourers ARABIA

QC brings succour to labourers

Meals and water have been distributed among workers in Qatar as part of youth initiatives carried out in co-operation with Qatar Charity (QC).

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Water recycling research gets boost ARABIA

Water recycling research gets boost

The reuse of treated sewage effluent will provide a major water source in Qatar for agriculture and industrial applications and reduce the demand on desalinated water and major capital investments to build more desalination plants

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Ooredoo distributes water, dates along Corniche ARABIA

Ooredoo distributes water, dates along Corniche

A group of Ooredoo volunteers surprised people walking along Doha’s Corniche on Wednesday with a special gift of water and dates to break their fast for Iftar.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Police use water cannon at protest against austerity INTERNATIONAL

Police use water cannon at protest against austerity

Belgian police used water cannon during clashes with protesters at a huge demonstration in Brussels

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Saudi king sacks utilities minister amid anger over prices ASIA

Saudi king sacks utilities minister amid anger over prices

The king of Saudi Arabia has sacked the country's water and electricity minister, Abdullah al-Hussayen, amid public anger over price hikes, state media reported.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Millions drinking arsenic-laced water in Bangladesh: HRW INTERNATIONAL

Millions drinking arsenic-laced water in Bangladesh: HRW

Twenty million poor Bangladeshis are still drinking water contaminated with arsenic, two decades after the potentially deadly toxin was discovered in the supply, Human Rights Watch ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016