AI’s secret water crisis: How data centres are draining freshwater reserves across the world |

[ad_1] AI’s Every time you use ChatGPT to write a 100-word email, roughly 519 millilitres of water is consumed, nearly the volume of a standard water bottle. That figure comes from a peer-reviewed 2025 paper published in Communications of the ACM by Pengfei Li, Shaolei Ren, and colleagues at the University of California, Riverside. It […]

Water Supply to Remain Affected in Several Areas on Friday | Udaipur Kiran

[ad_1] Udaipur, June 4, 2026 (Udaipur Kiran) : Water supply in the Nagar Subdivision-VII area of Udaipur will remain affected on Friday after the rising main line connected to the Udaipur Development Trust (UIT) tank was damaged during drain cleaning work being carried out by the Municipal Corporation. According to Assistant Engineer Yamini Upadhyay, the rising […]

Cycle Rally Spreads Water Conservation Message at Fateh Sagar | Udaipur Kiran

[ad_1] Udaipur, May 31 (Udaipur Kiran) – As part of the Rajasthan Government’s ambitious “Vande Ganga Jal Sanrakshan Jan Abhiyan 2026”, a grand cycle rally was organised on Sunday at Fateh Sagar to create awareness about water conservation. The rally was jointly organised by the District Administration and Regional Sports Centre, Udaipur. A large number […]

Meet the plastic fighters: Three Indian teens win the Earth Prize for creating a tamarind solution that removes microplastics from water |

[ad_1] What began as a question about polluted drinking water has now turned three Indian teenagers into internationally recognised young innovators. Sixteen-year-olds Vivaan Chhawchharia, Ariana Agarwal and Avyana Mehta have been named the Asia winners of The Earth Prize 2026 for creating ‘Plas-Stick’, a biodegradable solution which removes microplastics from water using powdered tamarind seeds. […]

Can people be allergic to water? Scientists say this rare condition makes it possible

[ad_1] For most people, water is harmless, even comforting. It cools the body on hot days, washes away dirt, and makes up nearly 60 percent of the human body itself. But for a tiny number of people around the world, contact with water can trigger painful, itchy hives within minutes. The condition, known as Aquagenic […]

‘World inside water’: Danish farmer built an entire world map inside a lake

[ad_1] Long before satellite imagery and digital maps became common, a Danish farmer carved out one of the world’s most unusual geographical attractions entirely by hand inside a lake. Inspired by a stone near Klejtrup Lake that resembled Denmark’s Jutland Peninsula, farmer Soren Poulsen spent roughly 25 years transforming the waterbody into a giant miniature […]

After Donald Trump’s Beijing visit, Taiwan detects 8 Chinese naval vessels, one ship in its territorial water

[ad_1] Taiwan’s ministry of national defense (MND) on Saturday said it detected eight Chinese naval vessels and one official ship operating around the island, a day after US President Donald Trump concluded his high-profile visit to China dominated by discussions on Taiwan, trade and the Iran war.In a statement posted on X, Taiwan’s MND said, […]

Super-rich NRI who called himself ‘recession-proof’ in 2008 sent to jail: His New Jersey mansion had salt water pool surrounded by imported sand

[ad_1] Super-rich NRI Paul Parmar was once known for his lavish lifestyle, 39,000 sqft New Jersey mansion. Parmjit “Paul” Parmar, an Indian-origin investor who once called himself recession-proof as he continued splurging money in 2008, has been sentenced to five years in prison. Parmar pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud that involved inflating […]

Mexico City is slowly sinking: NASA radar reveals hidden land collapse driven by groundwater loss and a deepening water crisis | World News

[ad_1] Mexico City has recently received considerable attention due to its worrying behaviour that cannot be explained by usual urban factors. According to recent observations carried out using satellites, some areas of Mexico City have started sinking at an alarming rate. Although there is no catastrophic subsidence process taking place in Mexico City, the phenomenon […]

The ‘ghost lake’ returns: California’s largest lost water body resurfaces after 130 years | World News

[ad_1] Tulare Lake has made a surprising comeback, once known as Pa’ashi by the Tachi Yokut tribe. This rare event shows how a long-gone terminal lake can reclaim its original basin. It used to be the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi until it was drained in the late 1800s for farming purposes. In […]