ISLAMABAD: PPP leader Sherry Rehman has said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hegemonic ambitions have turned India into a rogue state, creating a risk-laden environment for Pakistan and the ...

India's longest and most holy river, the Ganges, is home to thousands of dolphins. But their survival is under threat. But these aren't like the ones found in oceans.

In India, the importance of rivers has increased even more. Because here rivers are given the status of mother. Here, people's faith is associated with rivers.

The Indus Waters Treaty was brokered by the World Bank in 1960 after India and Pakistan’s independence from British rule and partition in 1947. The treaty divided access to the six rivers in the ...

India has not yet made full use of the waters of the eastern rivers, according to government documents. It has not built enough reservoirs and canals to divert water flows there, analysts said.

Upcoming monsoon rains also hold risks for Pakistan because India could choose to release surplus water from the eastern rivers without prior notification, potentially triggering floods, said ...

As India’s population has exploded—in April 2023, it overtook China to become the world’s most populous country—hundreds of millions of people have settled along the Ganges’ floodplain.

So, our civilizations rose up around rivers, in large part because riverine supply chains turned valleys and deltas into organic machines of food production. But that’s not just ancient history.

The IWT strictly regulates the infrastructure India can install and the water it can withdraw or store on the rivers allocated to Pakistan. On average, some 182 cubic kilometers (km3) of water stream ...

Whether scarcity of water is due to climate change or population explosion is a matter of debate among scientists. The demand for water resources will increase in the future. The depletion of ...