In renewing the treaty, Bangladesh plans to demand an average of 40,000 cusecs of water and seek a longer-term agreement ...

The Indo-Gangetic Plain, home to nearly a billion people, is witnessing an alarming surge in dense and prolonged fog episodes ...

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reports a surge in air pollution and winter fog across the Indo-Gangetic Plain, impacting over 900 million people. Increased human activity and ...

Water is vital for food security, human health and economic development. But as populations grow and climate change intensifies, pollution is increasing throughout the water cycle. Water pollutants ...

British marine biologist Emily Cunningham shares her insights on the connecting power of water for all aspects of life.

O’ Ganga, why do you flow?” asked the celebrated singer-composer Bhupen Hazarika in his song released over half-a-century ago. The lyrics questioned the mighty river for flowing, even as the ...

How can the Ganges remain clean after so many people have taken baths in it? We call our rivers 'mother,' but we don't keep them clean," said Raj Thackeray.

India ’s environmental authorities have raised concerns over dangerously high levels of faecal bacteria in the Ganges river at Prayagraj, particularly during the Maha Kumbh Mela – a major religious ...

The Ganges and Brahmaputra watershed is home to hundreds of millions of people, with the result that the river’s water over much of its course is highly polluted. Arsenic contamination of groundwater ...

The Ganges and Brahmaputra watershed is home to hundreds of millions of people, with the result that the river’s water over much of its course is highly polluted. Arsenic contamination of groundwater ...

A new 20 MLD Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) in Kanpur, installed by the National Mission for Clean Ganga, promises advanced technology for optimal tannery effluent treatment. This effort ...

Protecting Ganges river dolphins crucial for preserving ecosystem Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury said the inability of dolphins to thrive in river waters ...