Rivers are vital to life in India. They provide the water needed for drinking, daily use, and especially for farming. They have shaped our history, with ancient civilisations growing right on their ...

The combination of climate change and conflict politics is fast turning this region into one of the world’s most dangerous ...

Sharks in rivers may sound strange, but some Indian rivers are habitats for them. Sharks, like bull sharks and river sharks, can survive in both saltwater and freshwater. They enter rivers to hunt, ...

The sub-continent's rivers should be managed in a coordinated manner -- The Ganges, Indus, Brahmaputra, rivers all run through more than one country therefore we've got to have more than one country ...

Alexander the Great's campaign in India left an unforgettable legacy of military excellence that would echo through the ...

When you think about climate disasters, your mind probably goes to hurricanes or wildfires. Maybe you picture melting ice ...

A series of century-scale droughts may have quietly reshaped one of the world’s earliest urban civilizations. New climate ...

India's sacred Ganges River, revered for millennia, originates in the Himalayas and flows 2,525 km across the Gangetic plain. Known as the Ganga in India and Padma in Bangladesh, it's a vital ...

Ridding the Ganges of thousands of tons of plastic trash is a complex puzzle. India is starting to put the pieces together. Two rivers, the Bhagirathi and the Alaknanda, converge in the western ...

Long drought cycles reshaped settlement choices in the Indus region. These climate stresses likely contributed to its slow collapse. A series of severe droughts, each extending for more than 85 years, ...