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Varkey George shows a grapefruit tree on his farm in Kottayam. He plans to diversify his fruit farming. Image courtesy of Varkey George.

Farmers swap rubber for exotic fruits, chasing higher profits

Navya P.K. 8 Aug 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
Namdeo Sahebrao Kakode, secretary of Borgaon Math’s village development committee, says applying silt has transformed their crops from short to healthy. Image by Nidhi Jamwal.

Desilting tanks for improving water security and soil health

Nidhi Jamwal 25 Sep 2024

Trust, cost go greater depths to sustain unscientific water divining practice

Simrin Sirur 12 Aug 2024
Rapid urbanisation, population growth, tourism, and climate change have exacerbated stress on groundwater resources in the Ladakh region. Image by Eldhojose19 via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

Rapid urbanisation and climate change threaten groundwater resources in Ladakh, says study

Hirra Azmat 11 Jul 2024

[Commentary] The Atal Bhujal Yojana, meant to address groundwater depletion, is missing a key part of water flows

Veena Srinivasan and Partik Kumar 20 Oct 2023
Om Prakash from Indali village in Rajasthan had installed a solar pump for irrigation under the PM Kusum scheme. The solar pump stopped working in 2015. Photo by Parul Kulshrestha/Mongabay.

Depleting groundwater makes it difficult for Rajasthan farmers to use solar pumps

Parul Kulshrestha 25 Jul 2023

Punjab sticks to paddy amid depleting groundwater

Vivek Gupta 24 Jan 2023

Lucknow, a case study for permanently disappearing aquifers in north India

Monika Mandal 16 Jun 2022

Accelerating rate of groundwater depletion in Punjab, worries farmers and experts

Vivek Gupta 14 Jun 2022
A farmer showing how continuous waterlogging has turned his land barren at Imlota village of Charkhi Dadri district in Haryana. Photo by Sat Singh.

Waterlogging pushes Haryana farmers to sell agricultural land, take up odd jobs

Sat Singh 27 Apr 2022
Tawa River is the longest tributary of Narmada River. In summer this river has started drying up. Photo by Suyash Dwivedi/ Wikimedia Commons

Borewells on the banks of Narmada are drying up, indicating concerning groundwater situation

Manish Chandra Mishra 30 Mar 2022

[Explainer] How falling groundwater levels compact the land above

Monika Mandal 9 Mar 2022
Excess application of fertilizers and pesticides contaminates groundwater which harms animals and public health. Photo by Rituparna Palit.

India’s new geospatial norms pave way for agri boost

Rituparna Palit 15 Jul 2021
A seasonal nallah located near Bunder diamond block. The nallah will be diverted by constructing a dam to meet water requirements of the mining project. Photo by Aman Tiwari

Two lakh trees and water security at stake in Buxwaha’s Bunder diamond mining project

Manish Chandra Mishra 4 Jun 2021

Bridging the gender gap through groundwater monitoring in a Rajasthan village

Sahana Ghosh 29 Jun 2020

Madhya Pradesh’s ‘fluoride warriors’ unleash citizen science to empower community

Sahana Ghosh 2 Mar 2020

Named after ‘bhujia’, a new species of underground fish pops up in Kerala

Sahana Ghosh 15 Oct 2019
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Gollum surfaces in India: Scientists document the first underground snakehead fish

Sahana Ghosh 15 May 2019

Singrauli, India’s energy hub, fails to power lives of its people

Mayank Aggarwal 26 Nov 2018