More than half of the studied deltas are sinking at rates exceeding 3 millimetres per year, while the global sea level is ...

As India and Bangladesh renegotiate the Ganga Water Sharing Treaty, rising salinity in the Sundarbans exposes the cost of upstream river control. Women’s labour, mangrove collapse, and delta erosion ...

For centuries, people across India have believed that water from the Ganga River does not spoil. Bottles of Ganga jal are kept in homes for years, sometimes decades, without developing the foul smell, ...

Both countries have expressed willingness to revisit the 1996 agreement’s terms, up for renewal in December 2026. A new treaty would have to account for future needs of rising populations, besides cli ...

The study cites data from 1980 to 2021 and found that over the past four decades, the Indus Basin water flow has increased by 8%, while water flow in the Ganga Basin has declined by 17% ...

BNP’s foreign affairs adviser emphasizes national interest in Ganga Water Treaty renewal and urges India to recognize Bangladesh's political shifts.

A study reveals rising Indus Basin water flows contrast with declining Ganga flows since 1980, impacting regional water security.

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The travel writer Bill Aitken tells a story about the Ganga. He was walking down its banks with an Indian friend, who decided, on the spur of the moment, to take to take a ...