A monumental waste: Crores spent on water-related works haven’t readied Jharkhand for droughts; here’s why
Poor planning of water conservation and water harvesting structures is a major reason
Jharkhand: Farmers wait through the night to apply for drought relief scheme
Server glitches mar application process for compensation scheme announced by state government
Water insecurity hits sub-Saharan Africa hard: Report
People with lower levels of income and those residing on the outskirts of cities are more prone to water insecurity
Maharashtra: No brides for Marathwada farmers
City jobs and owner of farm land — prerequisites for prospective grooms have changed
Water action plan at COP27 gives hope to drought-ravaged Africa
Aims at fostering political efforts in establishing pan-African water hubs
COP27: Drought-struck nations join hands to combat water woes
‘We are only as resilient to climate change as our land is’: 30 countries form alliance
El Niño effect: Even in drought-tolerant forests, seedlings more likely to die
Scientists study effects of drought, find mortality higher in evergreen forests than deciduous ones
Water, Marathwada women’s woe: No brides for farmers as families look for city matches
Access to water, better infra drive marriage prospects as women yearn for more 'comfortable' lives
Planetary summer: Why Europe may have reached a point of no return on prolonged droughts, heatwaves
Droughts are becoming a new reality for Europe, latest scientific projections suggest
Monsoon 2022: Why a drought wasn’t declared in 4 states with drought-like conditions
A report shows drought-like situation in over 700 blocks of 91 districts of Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar & West Bengal
Drying planet: Drought has become a truly planetary disaster in 2022
Climate change is fuelling the intensity of drought in already vulnerable regions while tightening its grip on not-so-vulnerable areas
Nagaland paddy farmers worry over drought-like conditions
Paddy is grown mostly for self-consumption in Nagaland. A drought-like situation due to deficit rainfall has affected cultivation
Drought scare looms large over a fifth of India
Till 2020, 7.86% of India’s land was under drought-like conditions
A quick fix: How ponds built under MGNREGA turned lives around
The realisation that ponds can rapidly recharge groundwater has increased demand for MGNREGA
How historical methods helped landless farmers earn a living
Farmers revive traditional retention ponds that drain water during floods and retain moisture in droughts
Security ring: How MGNREGA rejuvenated tanks of a Tikamgarh village
A network of 55 tanks that get filled up one after the other when it rains, has cured this village of droughts
Parched no more: MGNREGA enables multi-cropping in Bundelkhand’s Himmatpura
A check dam has allowed a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Jalaun district to grow crops in two cycles
Secure from drought: How MGNREGA changed lives in Bandlapalli
The village from where the scheme was launched in India, has remained untouched by drought in a water-scarce region
A third of US reels under drought
Likely to experience dry spell till at least October
Where does the water go during a drought? Germany researchers try to find out
Researchers examined how the process of evaporation and groundwater recharge differed under various kinds of soils and land uses
Drought, literature and the lessons
It is imminently important for us to spend considerable time researching the water woes plaguing India and the indigenous solutions, existing in …
Extreme weather in North East: Floods in some districts, others stay dry
While some districts such as Assam’s Dhemaji and Dibrugarh received excess rainfall, others in Manipur and Mizoram are reeling under …
Every drop counts: How a cooperative turned 250 acres of Dharmapuri green
Cooperative forest in Tamil Nadu’s drought-prone area an example of the power of water conservation
Dams were built to control floods; they are now triggers
Most of the recent floods in the country have occurred due to sudden release of dam water
The dictum on desertification: UNCCD CoP14 presents an opportunity
Land is at the core of fighting climate change that is sure to hurt all sections eventually
