On Tuesday, 30 April, the Congress accused PM Narendra Modi of ignoring the plight of farmers in Marathwada and also…
Amidst a water crisis in Bengaluru, experts advocate optimal water use, effective recycling and recharging of water bodies. Smart, synergistic…
Water in South Asia has always had a complicated history, right from early civilisations to the present day, where rivers…
Almost 100 years ago, around 3,000 Dalits, or “untouchables”, dared to drink from a public water tank in Mahad, Maharashtra,…
For many tribal villages in and around Jharkhand’s Saranda forest, traditional chuas or shallow pits are the only source of…
Local residents of North Goa routinely face water shortages that they allege is due to the airport construction on the…
Parts of Bengaluru are facing a water shortage following inadequate rainfall last year that impacted water resources. The authorities have…
As the Shahpurkandi barrage on the river Ravi in the Indian state of Punjab nears completion, there are fears in…
The number of Hindi language films that feature environment, wildlife or climate change in their messaging, is seeing an upward…
Heavy fuel from a defunct power station flowed into streams on January 10 in Kangpokpi district in Manipur. The water…
In October this year, the Indian forest department gave final clearance for a project to transfer water from the Ken…
A lot can go wrong in a large urban water system. Pumps malfunction. Valves break. Pipes leak. Even when the…
In the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan, farmers have harvested the limited rainwater with an indigenous technique called ‘khadeen’, that has…
With India’s national elections less than a year away, key state assembly polls have stirred the political pot with regional…
A year ago, in the final declaration from COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, the global climate community finally started to…
The COP28 U.N. climate summit, which begins in just a couple of weeks, aims to make water more of a priority…
Close your eyes. Now imagine that you are seated next to a stream that is at walking distance from your…
Water is a central element of the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israel controls several water…
Independence Day-eve this year marked the death of little Indra Meghwal, a nine-year-old Dalit boy beaten to death by his…
“I live in an area that has barely any trees. There is little shade and during very hot days, I…
It is early August and Kolar is shades of brown and green. Unexpected showers in the previous months have lifted…
“Rainfed agriculture in India is a risky enterprise, owing to uncertainties in rainfall,” reads a World Bank article published in…
For a decade, the uranium tailings pond near Tummalapalle and other villages in the YSR Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh…
“As scientists, what worries us the most is the scale at which the glaciers are melting in the Himalayas,” said…
When the Earth Commission released its third paper on earth system boundaries in 2023, one element stood out as distinct…
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