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Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: The rivers that gave Punjab its name, are dying; But is anybody paying attention

The Sutlej and its tributaries in Punjab are extremely polluted; but politicians have only kowtowed to corporate interest

Nepal: A sitting duck for climate disasters

The country’s geography and ever-looming threat of climate change make it very vulnerable

Overflowing pitcher of disquiet

It is high time to start investing and investigating ecological cost of holding the Kumbh 

Now, activists seek personhood rights for a fifth river

An amicus brief was submitted to the Constitutional Court of Colombia on August 9 calling for recognition of the rights of the Anchicayá River

China and India’s border dispute is a slow-moving environmental disaster

Almost half the world’s population and 20% of its economy depend on Himalayan rivers. China and India’s …

Will the new Yamuna River Project clean up the river?

A study by the University of Virginia on cooperation between India and Spain aims at rejuvenating the Yamuna as it flows through India’s …

Navigating disaster

Experts say the most ambitious river navigation project in South America could ruin the Paraguay-Parana river and the world's largest remaining …

Flow of death

A recent WHO meeting brought together experts from Bangladesh and India to develop a common plan of action to arrest arsenic poisoning in both …

Use these maps to see how dams are destroying rivers across the world

The interative created by a non-profit illustrates shows decades of dam-building has put river basins like the Mississippi, Yangtze, Amazon and …

Rewind 2018: Is India’s head above water?

Here’s a lowdown on how India struggled to get its act together as its groundwater levels dipped and water bodies diminished

Water’s ways

Study confirms link between rainfall and riverbed erosion

Frightened by change

Rightful dues

Controversial canal

Water pact

Carelessly spilled

Drying off

Polluted rivers are threatening ecosystems the worldover

CHINA

Gold rush

World's biggest gold valley was flooded by the metal three billion years ago

Ebbing away

Rivers of dispute

Quiet flow the rivers as politics make their waters murky

Missouri dying