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An aerial view of the Ganga river. Image by La Fessée via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Groundwater more crucial for Ganga’s summer flow, than glaciers

Aisiri Amin 9 Oct 2025
Tiger crossing Ramganaga River in Corbett Tiger Reserve, Uttarakhand. Image by Mayank Jaiswal.

How tiger conservation safeguards India’s water future [Commentary]

Pramod K. Yadav 8 Oct 2025
A man makes chapatis in Mara village, Morena district, Madhya Pradesh. The SDG on affordable and clean energy shows moderate improvement. Image by Yann Forget via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

India improves performance on SDGs but lags on environment

Ashwini Kumar Shukla 4 Jul 2025

Pune’s Zika and GBS outbreaks call for better use of surveillance, data

Disha Shetty 13 Feb 2025
A government survey reveals nearly a fifth of collected samples exceed permissible pollutant limits, including nitrates and significant quantities of radioactive uranium. Image by SuSanA Secretariat via Flickr (CC-BY-2.0).

Government report highlights groundwater contamination across India

Esha Lohia 8 Jan 2025
Kanhu Purty collects water from a chua in Karampada, Saranda forest. Photo by Manoj Choudhary.

Forest laws complicate access to safe drinking water for tribal groups

Manoj Choudhary 26 Mar 2024
One of the many lakes in Kolar that are being filled with Bengaluru's wastewater, Kolaramma lake in Kolar district is seen here covered in water hyacinth. Photo sourced from Anjaneya Reddy.

Should rural India drink urban wastewater?

Arathi Menon 28 Aug 2023

Clean tap water mission in Puri hopes to replenish groundwater

Tazeen Qureshy 23 Aug 2021