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Sikkim reels under water woes, faces the hottest June

Nabarun Guha 28 Jun 2023

Kerala’s water budget, a step towards effective water management

Reema Abraham 25 May 2023
Image shows people surrounding a water well in India

[Book Review] A deep dive into the imbalances of climate justice in India

Usha Rai 24 May 2023
A woman digs out the roots of the gondra, a river sedge, from Sindh's riverbed. Photo by Poorva Goel.

Finding gondra amid the floods

Poorva Goel 18 Apr 2023
A paddy field in Kerala. Photo by Anne Roberts/Flickr.

With increasing climate-related threats, farmers gear up for adaptation

Kundan Pandey 4 Apr 2023
Aditi Mukherji interacting with farmers during her visit in northern Bangladesh. Photo by IWMI.

[Interview] IPCC author Aditi Mukherji on energy transition in agriculture and water security

Sahana Ghosh 22 Mar 2023
Lower Dibang Valley. The Etalin project has been controversial because it is planned in a biodiversity-rich area.

Denial of clearance to Etalin hydel project offers relief to some; may impact Arunachal’s hydropower development plan

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 21 Feb 2023

Shielding hijol, a floodplain tree, from climate impacts

Roopak Goswami 24 Jan 2023

[Commentary] Decentralised waste water treatment systems to improve water security

Somnath Pal, Charu Bhanot 23 Jan 2023
Painted storks in Kazhuveli. Photo by Bupesh Gupta.

[Commentary] Tamil Nadu needs an innovative wetland conservation strategy starting with Kazhuveli

Kannan Vaithianathan 12 Jan 2023

How an equitable model of irrigation is changing this drought-prone Maharashtra region

Supriya Vohra 30 Dec 2022

Drought conditions force Marathwada farmers to migrate for work as sugarcane cutters

Supriya Vohra 20 Dec 2022
Image shows a man standing in a sugarcane field with his arm raised

India aims to go big on sugarcane-based ethanol, but water intensity of the crop throws up concerns

Supriya Vohra 14 Dec 2022

[Podcast] Imprints: Lake and archive diving with Atreyee Bhattacharya

Sahana Ghosh, Kartik Chandramouli 9 Dec 2022
Western Ghats in Kerala. Photo by Shagil Kannur/Wikimedia Commons.

Scientists aim to study how aerosols impact rainfall in the Western Ghats, but it’s complicated

Mohit M. Rao 1 Dec 2022

Who is extracting Goa’s groundwater?

Supriya Vohra 28 Oct 2022

Government claims every household in Goa has piped water; records, residents disagree

Supriya Vohra 27 Oct 2022
An artifical water harvesting pond in Rajasthan.

[Commentary] Traditional water harvesting structures in the Thar desert are vanishing

Rohit Jindal 17 Oct 2022

Longwood Shola forest is a water source for villages in the Nilgiris, maintains biodiversity

Gretta 14 Oct 2022
Fishing on the Teesta River in Bangladesh

Experts call for more effective water sharing agreements between India and Bangladesh

Abu Siddique 27 Sep 2022