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The Parched Tiger: India And Nepal’s Growing Water Cooperation
September 22nd, 2014
Via the Eurasia Review, a look at growing cooperation over water between India and Nepal: Water resources is considered the backbone of the Nepalese economy. The issue of water resources has always been in the priority list of bilateral cooperation between India and Nepal. It has vast potential to generate power and can assist in […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Avoiding Hydro Wars
August 13th, 2014
Courtesy of China Water Risk, a look at concerns building over China’s transboundary hydropower expansion: Highlights -China’s hydro can power the whole of India by the end of 2015 but only 6.5% of this is from transboundary rivers -Hydro is expected to be 500GW by 2050; 30% of this will be from Mekong, Salween […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Plan To Connect Rivers With Canals Is A Geopolitical Issue
July 29th, 2014
Via The Financial Times, a look at Prime Minister Modi’s plans to connect India’s rivers with new canals: Narendra Modi is not noted for building bridges. The Indian prime minister, already viewed warily by non-Hindus, reportedly plans to speak Hindi when meeting international leaders, despite being fluent in English. He has also upset Delhi bureaucrats […]
Read more »Tibet And 21st Century Water Wars
July 27th, 2014
Courtesy of The Globalist, an examination of how the Tibetan Plateau may determine the course of Asia’s future: The crucial global role that Asia will play in the 21st century cannot be underestimated. The pivot of global economic power is shifting east. Asia represents the new arena for analysis, power and influence. The narrative of […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India Helps Nepal Develop Hydropower
July 24th, 2014
Via Reuters, a report on India’s plan to offer Nepal help in hydropower development: India is set to offer Nepal a landmark pact to help develop its huge hydro-electric power potential as the South Asian giant takes another step to re-assert influence among smaller neighbours where China has been forging closer ties. Prime Minister Narendra […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: New Delhi’s Water Crisis
June 19th, 2014
Via the Financial Times, a report on New Delhi’s water crisis: Hunting for one of the necessities of life was not how Lakhvinder Singh, a former civil servant from India’s Telecommunications Department, imagined he would spend his otherwise comfortable retirement. But as the summer temperature tops 45 degrees, Mr Singh and many of the other […]
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