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India’s water commission suggests rewards and punishment to encourage water conservation

Mayank Aggarwal 4 Jul 2019

Chennai water crisis once again exposes the city’s climate vulnerability

Dharani Thangavelu, S. Gopikrishna Warrier 28 Jun 2019

Fine those dumping waste into water bodies, says pollution watchdog

Mayank Aggarwal 26 Jun 2019

Delhi is running out of water, and it is everybody’s problem

Akshita Nagpal 24 Jun 2019

A Goan village is on the brink of victory to conserve a century-old lake

Pamela D'Mello 21 Jun 2019

Is India doing enough to battle desertification?

Mayank Aggarwal 21 Jun 2019

As Kolkata’s groundwater level depletes, consequences go beyond water shortage

Gurvinder Singh 18 Jun 2019

[Commentary] Why the drought did not matter in Marathwada during polls

Meena Menon 18 Jun 2019
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Will one single water ministry solve India’s water woes?

Mayank Aggarwal 5 Jun 2019
The population of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) stands a little more than 12000 in South Odisha wander around the forested hills for hours, seeking water. Photo by Tanmoy Bhaduri.

[Photos] Odisha’s Bonda tribe hit by changing climate

Tanmoy Bhaduri 21 May 2019

Punjab’s groundwater stress drowns in election noise

Mayank Aggarwal 17 May 2019

India’s growing solar power programme could leave behind a trail of waste

Mayank Aggarwal 10 May 2019

Marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980, says biodiversity report

Mayank Aggarwal 9 May 2019

Traditional knowledge to the rescue in water scarcity-hit Assam

Anup Sharma 2 May 2019

March of industrialisation tramples Kutch’s coastal ecology

Azera Parveen Rahman 1 May 2019

Jal Sahelis quench the thirst of parched villages in Bundelkhand

Kanchan Srivastava 30 Apr 2019

Politics muddies waters in parched Bundelkhand

Kanchan Srivastava 26 Apr 2019

Will agriculture distress in Saurashtra benefit the opposition?

Mayank Aggarwal 22 Apr 2019

Narmada, the forgotten river, is not on anyone’s agenda

Mayank Aggarwal 19 Apr 2019

[Commentary] Looking beyond the Chennai city, at the Chennai watershed

Anjana Vencatesan 16 Apr 2019