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From Ego to Eco: Why water conservation is also about preventing conflict

From Ego to Eco: Why water conservation is also about preventing conflict

10 Aug 2026

8 min read

Simply Put: Metro-river valley civilisation

Simply Put: Metro-river valley civilisation

07 Aug 2026

1 min read

In Kuttanad, Kerala’s ‘rice bowl’, an arterial road is symbolic of the state’s changing relationship with its wetlands and floodplains

In Kuttanad, Kerala’s ‘rice bowl’, an arterial road is symbolic of the state’s changing relationship with its wetlands and floodplains

07 Aug 2026

6 min read

News

In Kuttanad, Kerala’s ‘rice bowl’, an arterial road is symbolic of the state’s changing relationship with its wetlands and floodplains

In Kuttanad, Kerala’s ‘rice bowl’, an arterial road is symbolic of the state’s changing relationship with its wetlands and floodplains

07 Aug 2026

6 min read

Pristine promise

Pristine promise

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi

27 Jul 2026

3 min read

Reservoir report card: 15% deficiency in monsoon, storage below 80% of normal in 54 major reservoirs

Reservoir report card: 15% deficiency in monsoon, storage below 80% of normal in 54 major reservoirs

26 Jul 2026

3 min read

Two-thirds of global mining facilities face significant water risk, ICMM report says

Two-thirds of global mining facilities face significant water risk, ICMM report says

24 Jul 2026

3 min read

Police and administration forcibly remove people participating in ‘pyre protests’ against Ken-Betwa Link Project

Police and administration forcibly remove people participating in ‘pyre protests’ against Ken-Betwa Link Project

19 Jul 2026

1 min read

Reservoir report card: Pan-India situation worse than last year even as Kharif season advances

Reservoir report card: Pan-India situation worse than last year even as Kharif season advances

17 Jul 2026

3 min read

Existential crisis

Existential crisis

17 Jul 2026

1 min read

Vizhinjam at a crossroads: As MSC eyes a stake, Kerala confronts questions of monopoly, pollution, and the price of maritime ambition

Vizhinjam at a crossroads: As MSC eyes a stake, Kerala confronts questions of monopoly, pollution, and the price of maritime ambition

16 Jul 2026

4 min read

Closing the planning & WASH gap in India's peri-urban regions

Closing the planning & WASH gap in India’s peri-urban regions

14 Jul 2026

4 min read

Climate change could double water bills in some urban cities by mid-century, finds study

Climate change could double water bills in some urban cities by mid-century, finds study

13 Jul 2026

3 min read

Only 26% of water remains in 166 dams across India; situation dire in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, and Jharkhand

Only 26% of water remains in 166 dams across India; situation dire in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, and Jharkhand

04 Jul 2026

3 min read

Hidden in plain sight

Hidden in plain sight

02 Jul 2026

2 min read

Interviews

‘Ken-Betwa river-linking project will have severe consequences’

‘Ken-Betwa river-linking project will have severe consequences’

03 Aug 2026

3 min read

‘El Niño-driven extremes act as threat multipliers, worsening vulnerabilities far beyond what we saw in the 20th century’

‘El Niño-driven extremes act as threat multipliers, worsening vulnerabilities far beyond what we saw in the 20th century’

Akshit Sangomla

24 Apr 2026

3 min read

Kanwarpreet Singh, associate professor in the department of civil engineering at Chandigarh University.

‘Research based on GIS and remote sensing helps in identifying reliable and sustainable drinking water sources’

Sushmita Sengupta

08 Apr 2026

4 min read

journalist, author and filmmaker SANJOY HAZARIKA

‘Rivers need to run free’

14 Mar 2026

3 min read

‘First thing to do when solving water problems is to understand diversity’

‘First thing to do when solving water problems is to understand diversity’

Akshit Sangomla

27 Jan 2026

12 min read

Economist and Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee

‘The poorer you are, the more expensive water is’

Preetha Banerjee

08 Nov 2025

2 min read

Blogs

From Ego to Eco: Why water conservation is also about preventing conflict

From Ego to Eco: Why water conservation is also about preventing conflict

10 Aug 2026

8 min read

Nutrient pollution is one of the greatest emerging threats to urban freshwater ecosystems; Delhi’s Hauz Khas Lake exemplifies this

Nutrient pollution is one of the greatest emerging threats to urban freshwater ecosystems; Delhi’s Hauz Khas Lake exemplifies this

Prabhat Kumar Tanwar

04 Aug 2026

6 min read

Antibiotic resistance is spreading through South Africa’s water systems: study explains how

Antibiotic resistance is spreading through South Africa’s water systems: study explains how

Thulani P Makhalanyane

31 Jul 2026

4 min read

The New York lesson

The New York lesson

28 Jul 2026

5 min read

Africa’s Greater Horn region is facing a looming polycrisis fueled by conflict, prices, climate and disease

Africa’s Greater Horn region is facing a looming polycrisis fueled by conflict, prices, climate and disease

20 Jul 2026

5 min read

Himalayan snowfall has been miscalculated for years, here’s how we found a new way to measure it

Himalayan snowfall has been miscalculated for years, here’s how we found a new way to measure it

Siddharth Gumber

15 Jul 2026

4 min read

The hidden cost of Chennai’s data centre boom: Can the city afford AI’s water and power hunger?

The hidden cost of Chennai’s data centre boom: Can the city afford AI’s water and power hunger?

Anusreeta Dutta

04 Jul 2026

5 min read

Vegetable cultivation next to a pond dyke in Koraput, Odisha.

How rainwater harvesting is turning seasonal farming into year-round livelihoods in this Odisha district

01 Jul 2026

6 min read

Videos

India’s reservoir crisis: Why are dams still empty this monsoon?

India’s reservoir crisis: Why are dams still empty this monsoon?

Uneven rainfall and poor inflows into key catchment areas are leaving many reservoirs critically low

07 Jul 2026

1 min read

El Nino: Why is Pune facing a water shortage?

El Nino: Why is Pune facing a water shortage?

19 Jun 2026

1 min read

The Sunita Narain Show: Water security agenda in the age of climate change

The Sunita Narain Show: Water security agenda in the age of climate change

17 May 2026

1 min read

World Water Day 2026: Harvest every drop to build a water-wise future, says Sunita Narain

World Water Day 2026: Harvest every drop to build a water-wise future, says Sunita Narain

22 Mar 2026

1 min read

Gulf countries have oil but lack water: Desalination water plants hit amid Iran US-Israel Conflict

Gulf countries have oil but lack water: Desalination water plants hit amid Iran US-Israel Conflict

19 Mar 2026

1 min read

Why is Jammu & Kashmir’s Jhelum river drying after winter?

Why is Jammu & Kashmir’s Jhelum river drying after winter?

17 Mar 2026

1 min read

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