Pakistan grapples with water contamination: 100 pc water in PoGB unfit for drinking

Sep 06, 2024

A troubling report from Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) reveals that all water samples from the region are contaminated, rendering the water unsafe for consumption.

UP: Rural women test over 30 lakh water samples in 9 months

Dec 30, 2022

The testing of water samples under the 'Jal Jeevan Mission' was carried out by rural women in just nine months.

Pakistan: Contaminated water linked to rising diarrhoea cases among children in Karachi

Sep 28, 2024

From February to April this year, the health department of Sindh province collected more than 50 water samples from different districts of the city...

Licence of 4 water bottle manufacturers in Pune suspended

Mar 19, 2021

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], March 19 : The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has suspended BIS licences of four water bottle manufacturers allegedly after people...

Pakistan: Illegal water tankers in Karachi fuel Naegleria outbreaks, report reveals

Mar 25, 2025

Tests conducted on water samples from 50 union councils across the city found that a staggering 95 per cent were contaminated with the deadly...

IIT Guwahati develops 'E-Eye' for rapid detection of Cancer-causing heavy metals and other toxicants

Aug 08, 2026

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati researchers have developed an optical sensing device that can instantly detect a variety of toxicants in water and other...