Mar 13, 2026
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], March 13: The death toll from floods and landslides in a densely populated mountainous area in southern Ethiopia has risen to 64.
Ethiopian police said the number of people reported missing following the floods in the Gamo area in the south of the country has reached 128, adding that 64 bodies have been recovered.
Source: Emirates News Agency
Chandigarh [India], August 29: At a time when 80% of water supplied to households in India is released as wastewater even as over 60 crore people in the country are facing severe water crisis due to extreme groundwater over-extraction, erratic monsoons and rapid urbanisation, a team of Chandigarh University (CU) researchers has conceived and patented an innovative wastewater filtering device designed to provide a two-stage treatment for kitchen wastewater before it enters the drainage system, while also enabling collection of the filtered water for suitable domestic uses including gardening, irrigation and outdoor-area cleaning, thus reducing the demand for fresh potable water.
Aug 29, 2026
