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Lamps being lit during Diwali on the banks of the Ganga in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh in 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Human activity is causing the Ganga to dry at levels never seen before

Simrin Sirur 21 Oct 2025
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
A biodiversity awareness session with devotees at Mahakumbh Mela, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. Image © Anshul Bhawsar.

Education is a powerful tool for biodiversity conservation [Commentary]

Nidhi Singh, Sangeeta Angom 9 Jun 2025
Glyptothorax himalaicus, one of the two newly described catfish species from the Ganges river basin. Image by Balaji Vijayakrishnan.

Newly described catfish species spotlight Himalayan river biodiversity

Nikhil Sreekandan 27 May 2025

How flood protection structures heighten flood vulnerability

Simrin Sirur 29 Nov 2024

Polluting leather industry adopts sustainable practices to reduce environmental footprint

Zoya Ada Hussain 30 Aug 2024

India’s polluted rivers are becoming a global pollution problem

Simrin Sirur 25 Jul 2024

[Illustration] The journey of plastic pollution in the Ganges

Devayani Khare, Sumita Nanda 10 Mar 2022

Indus, Brahmaputra and Ganga among the top 10 plastic waste carrying rivers

Vrushal Pendharkar 12 Jan 2018