17 May 2013 - 10:11 by Local Press Report
NEW DELHI (Bloomberg ) — India’s biggest lender, State Bank of India, plans to work with Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd.
17 May 2013 - 07:36 by Local Press Report
ST. PETERSBURG (Turkish Weekly) — Russia has provided more than $1 billion USD in aid to the Central Asian countries over the past four years, the Russian embassy in Uzbekistan announced on Thursday. The money, transferred via
16 May 2013 - 08:08 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
new yorK, ny, united states — Despite large gains in increasing the number of people with access to an improved sanitation source, 45 countries still have less than 50 percent coverage, according to a new United Nations’ report
15 May 2013 - 07:10 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Germany, BERLIN — There is no simple solution to water problems in Central Asia and potential for conflicts there is huge, according to Matthias Kramer, a professor at the Dresden University of Technology and partic
15 May 2013 - 10:29 by Local Press Report
MONTREAL — A division of Canadian engineering giant SNC-Lavalin has for years used a secret internal accounting code that former employees say was for bribes on projects across Africa and Asia, a joint invest
15 May 2013 - 10:15 by Local Press Report
karachi (Daily Times (Pakistan)) — Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) on Monday said it was unable to maintain scheduled water supply of 10 million gallons in various areas as WAPDA has not been supplying the required 1.5 milli
15 May 2013 - 10:11 by Local Press Report
CHENNAI (RTT News (India)) — Shriram EPC Ltd.
14 May 2013 - 10:11 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
China, BEJING — The Indian government considers China’s response to its concerns over plans to construct three dams on the trans-boundary Brahmaputra River to be “positive,” according to Indian External Affairs
9 May 2013 - 08:11 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
LHASA, Tibet — Tibet’s vast mineral resources are necessary for China’s environmental growth, but Tibetan activists say Chinese mining activities have not taken environmental protections seriously, resulting in d
1 May 2013 - 08:16 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Bangkok, thailand — India has reduced the number of households without access to safe drinking water by half since 1990, and is on track to achieve near-universal coverage by 2015, according to Indian Minister of Stat
26 Apr 2013 - 07:59 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — People and animals are drinking the same water in some parts of Pakistan where clean drinking water is in short supply, representatives of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province told a worksh
25 Apr 2013 - 09:52 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Malaysia, KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia’s federal government, currently controlled by the Opposition Coalition, has proposed allocating water shares to Selangor residents as part of the water industry restructuring in the state.
Conversations With Water Leaders: Pat Mulroy on Urban Water Conservation and Trans-Boundary Cooperation
25 Apr 2013 - 08:58 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
united states, NV, LAS VEGAS — First in a series “Conversations With Water Leaders” conducted by OOSKAnews in association with Singapore International Water Week.
24 Apr 2013 - 07:53 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) of Sri Lanka will be hit by a major electricity tariff increase, the government announced last week.
24 Apr 2013 - 07:53 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
dhaka, Bangladesh — Nepalese Ambassador to Bangladesh Hari Kumar Shrestha said this weekend that Nepal is interested in cooperating with both Bangladesh and India in development of the country’s vast hydropower potent
23 Apr 2013 - 00:07 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
NEW DELHI, India — The Chinese government has rejected India's proposal to create a new mechanism to deal with transboundary issues on the Brahmaputra River.
22 Apr 2013 - 08:18 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
China, YA’AN CITY — A large earthquake, measured by China's earthquake administration at magnitude 7.0 and by the U.S.
19 Apr 2013 - 08:12 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Indonesia, JAKARTA — A report released this week by environmental group Greenpeace International reveals that a large textile facility in Indonesia associated with a number of global fashion brands is releasing a wide
17 Apr 2013 - 07:56 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Vietnam, HANOI — Ecosystems in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta have already suffered damage due to exploitation of resources, and plans for large dams will only increase the level of damage, according to more than 200 exper
10 Apr 2013 - 09:36 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Japan, TOYKO — The cost of Thailand’s non-life insurance premiums will be based on whether or not the country implements its $12 billion USD water infrastructure plans, according to Secretary-General of Thailand’
10 Apr 2013 - 07:53 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
NEW DELHI, India — Indian President Pranab Mukherjee this week called on policymakers to devise measures to bring down the water wasting in the country.
9 Apr 2013 - 09:38 by Local Press Report
sinGapore (San Francisco Chronicle ) — Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) announced the launch of SIWW Virtual Water Expo on Monday, an online exhibition platform to deepen engagement between exhibitors and buyers in the g
8 Apr 2013 - 10:08 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
sinGapore — Singapore’s Hyflux Ltd announced on April 4 that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hyflux Investment Consultancy and Management Service, had signed two agreements to collaborate on water and environment
5 Apr 2013 - 08:35 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Ahead of the May 11 general elections in Pakistan, lawmakers, journalists and environmental experts are calling on candidate to incorporate environmental issues into their political agendas.
5 Apr 2013 - 08:40 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
NEW DELHI, India — India’s Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) this week criticized the Delhi state government for failing to keep its promises to supply regular drinking water to its growing population and f
3 Apr 2013 - 08:04 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
BEIJING, China — A growing number of cities and corporations in China are looking into using reclaimed water, often urban wastewater that is treated for either industrial purposes or landscape irrigation, to meet f
1 Apr 2013 - 10:06 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Geneva, switzerland — Asia has once again topped the United Nations’ list of the regions most a risk for natural disasters, both in terms of the number of disasters and the number of victims, according to a new report
1 Apr 2013 - 00:07 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia — The Russian government and state-owned oil pipeline company Transneft on March 27 offered journalists in the Russian Far-East a tour of the environmental protection facilities attached to a new oil
27 Mar 2013 - 09:01 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Taiwan, NEW TAIPEI — The New Taipei city government has started preparations to build two underground water tanks, with a total capacity of 50,000 tons, to stave off water shortages in the rural Linkou district.
27 Mar 2013 - 07:16 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
BALI, Indonesia — Parliament members and civil society organizations in the Asia-Pacific region this week called for targets for universal water and sanitation access by 2030.
25 Mar 2013 - 07:49 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
BEIJING, China — A United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) that aims to provide clean water to North Korea’s impoverished population has run into problems, including lack of funds and delays in delivery of supplies
25 Mar 2013 - 07:47 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
BEIJING, China — Beijing Enterprises Water Group Ltd.
21 Mar 2013 - 07:24 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Thousands of citizens of Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka came together on March 19 to launch a regional sanitation campaign for South Asia.
20 Mar 2013 - 07:36 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Canada, OTTAWA — The International Development Research Center (IRDC), a key part of Canada’s aid program, together with Environment Canada, the government department responsible for coordinating environmental poli
20 Mar 2013 - 09:56 by Local Press Report
CAN THO (Eurasia Review) — Asian and European representatives meet in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho in Vietnam on March 21-22 to discuss closer Asia-Europe cooperation on water resource and river basin management.