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Saving Darbhanga’s wetlands from encroachment and apathy

Mohd Imran Khan 4 Nov 2020

Fly ash in India: A free movement of toxicity to Bangladesh

Namrata Acharya 23 Oct 2020

Katte and Kunte: The lesser known waterbodies of Bengaluru

Mohit M. Rao 15 Oct 2020

How an engineer found his calling in conserving wetlands

Shweta Thakur Nanda 14 Oct 2020

A citizen’s movement to protect wetlands emerges in Jammu and Kashmir

Catherine Gilon 7 Oct 2020

The shepherd who digs ponds for animals

Arathi Menon 2 Oct 2020
Sakaram Pednekar, a local farmer and activist, shows silt that has been choking paddy fields in Mayem village. Photo by Supriya Vohra.

Choking the fields: Impact of mining on Goa’s paddy

Supriya Vohra 28 Sep 2020
Ragi saplings

The paradox of Chhattisgarh’s summer paddy: high-yielding but water-intensive

Manish Chandra Mishra 23 Sep 2020

To dam or not to dam? Floods in eastern Vidarbha raise the perennial debate

Nivedita Khandekar 18 Sep 2020

Chennai’s Adyar river shows signs of recovery after years of government investment

Nina Varghese 22 Aug 2020

Floods across the country highlight need for a robust flood management structure

Hridayesh Joshi 13 Aug 2020

[Photos] The rich Hasdeo Arand on the road to become a ravaged Korba?

Vaishnavi Suresh 11 Aug 2020

Deep below the surface, boreholes offer clues to past warming in the Western Ghats

Sahana Ghosh 5 Aug 2020
A female otter in river Kolhu, Uttarakhand. Photo by Sayanti Basak.

Protecting rivers and involving communities to conserve Himalayas’ shy otters

Sahana Ghosh 31 Jul 2020

Salt-tolerant rice, innovations help farmers deal with salinity in the Sundarbans

Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar 14 Jul 2020

Water sustainability leads to better income for Jharkhand farmers

Gurvinder Singh 6 Jul 2020

Ecosystems-based adaptation keeps water running in Bhojdari even in dry months

Vinaya Kurtkoti 29 Jun 2020

Mines ministry seeks public hearing exemption for expansion of non-coal mining projects

Mayank Aggarwal 26 Jun 2020

[Commentary] ‘Righting’ the wrong: Rights of rivers in India

Shrishtee Bajpai 23 Jun 2020

Protect India’s forests and urban green spaces, says India’s climate change report

Mayank Aggarwal 19 Jun 2020