Gainesville / Agra / Mathura: Voters approve referenda for forest and water conservation in the United States because demand for ecosystem protection is increasing, according to a new University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences study. Meanwhile, in India, the Braj area along river Yamuna, it is a colossal damage to the biodiversity and ecosystem that over 4.5 million voters of Braj will focus on during the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.

Where there is a will, there will be a way. India has proven this axiom once more with aplomb.

New Delhi: The water level of 91 major reservoirs of country goes down by two per cent. Water storage was 115.457 BCM, which is 73% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This was 130% of the storage of corresponding period of last year and 99% of storage of average of last ten years. (Read in Hindi)

  Oxford: Dozens of dangerous gases are produced by the batteries found in billions of consumer devices, like smartphones and tablets, according to a new study. 

Not far from the Cauvery river, in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirapalli district, is a public toilet run by the local government. Located at Saliyar Marg, alongside an irrigation canal that brings Cauvery water to farms downstream, the structure with 14 enclosures – seven each for men and women – has been built by the Nagar Panchayat of Musiri. The local government looks after its maintenance and upkeep.

Columbus: The same hotspot in Earth’s mantle that feeds Iceland’s active volcanoes has been playing a trick on the scientists who are trying to measure how much ice is melting on nearby Greenland.