Twin sisters Naina and Nayantara Singh have developed Aqua Sattva, an award-winning, low-cost, plant-based water filtration system. This in...

Scientists have discovered a 'bullseye' of rapid sinking in Turkey's Konya Basin. This unusual land subsidence is linked to deep tectonic a...

Pakistan faces a severe water crisis due to scarcity and mismanagement. Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal unveiled a national strategy. It focu...

Groundwater is vital for many communities. Satellites now track underground water loss, revealing declines before wells run dry. This techn...

Groundwater depletion is a silent global crisis, its slow, hidden progression masking a severe threat. Years of overuse, drawing on ancient...

Replacing 40% of rice cultivation with other crops in north India could recover significant groundwater lost since 2000, a study finds. Cur...

About 450 cubic kilometres of groundwater was lost in northern India during 2002-2021 and climate change will further accelerate its deplet...

Karnataka Minister for Minor Irrigation and Science and Technology N S Boseraju announced plans for a new policy to enhance groundwater rec...

The top court was hearing an appeal filed by Moon Beverages Ltd challenging NGT's order imposing an environmental compensation of Rs 1.85 c...

The study, published in the journal Nature Sustainability, reveals how water-use policies require farmers to transplant rice later in the y...

Fast depletion of groundwater in recent years is a "cause of concern for human well being", NGT said

That's a particular problem for infrastructure - faster subsidence increases the stress (and risk of damage) to bridges, roads, pipelines.

The Planning Commission today approved Punjab's annual Plan expenditure of Rs 16,125 crore for the current fiscal.

World farming needs a “major shift” to more sustainable practices as intensive crop production since the 1960s has degraded soils, depleted...

If current trends of acute groundwater use continue, 60% of all acquifers in India could run dry in 20 years or will be in a critical condi...

If current trends of acute groundwater use continue, 60% of all acquifers in India could run dry in in 20 years or will be in a critical co...

Punjab may show no dip in terms of foodgrain output this year compared to 2008-09 but that will come at a very hefty long term cost that co...