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India's growth story runs through waterIndia's ambitious industrial expansion faces a critical hurdle: water scarcity. As manufacturing's GDP contribution targets 25%, companies ...- Aravalli Biodiversity Park helps Delhi retain 3 million litres of rainwater, reduce flooding: StudyDelhi's Aravalli Biodiversity Park is a vital green lung, retaining nearly three million litres of rainwater annually and significantly red...
- India's 'fragmented' water management framework raises fiscal, credit risks: Moody'sIndia's water management system faces significant challenges, according to Moody's Ratings. A fragmented governance structure, heavily subs...
- ‘The upcoming El Nino event could cost India $1 trillion in losses’An impending El Nino event threatens global economies, with India facing potential losses exceeding one trillion dollars. This climate phen...
- Macro, the Mightiest: Why India’s biggest macro variable still falls from the skyThe 2026 monsoon comes with a clear warning: Rainfall is forecast at 92% of the long-period average, with higher-than-usual probability of ...
- Pakistan's deepening water crisis sparks national security alarm as mismanagement, scarcity threaten futurePakistan faces a severe water crisis due to scarcity and mismanagement. Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal unveiled a national strategy. It focu...
- Climate-resilient farming in the age of extremesAs extreme weather events become more frequent and less predictable, the future of Indian agriculture will depend on how effectively it com...
- Rakha Gupta govt plans to build a 'Great Wall of Delhi' to stop Yamuna flood problem. Here is the 4.7-km grand planDelhi plans a 4.7-km flood wall along the Yamuna's western bank before the next monsoon. The structure aims to protect areas like Civil Lin...
- America’s Hidden Karst Landscapes: Why the Ground Can Open Without WarningBeneath forests, farms, and neighborhoods, water slowly dissolves rock, forming hidden underground channels and caves in karst landscapes. ...
- New Maps Show Why Some Land Slowly Sinks Over TimeThe ground beneath us is sinking, a phenomenon called land subsidence, revealed by advanced satellite mapping. This slow, often invisible m...
- Study estimates 900 square kilometres of land across five Indian megacities subsidingVast areas in New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Bengaluru are sinking. This land subsidence puts millions of people and thousands of...
- Most world heritage sites at risk of drought or flooding: UNAlmost three quarters of the globe's cultural and natural heritage sites are threatened by too little or too much water, the UN's cultural ...
- Indian coastal cities can save Rs 505 crore annually by avoiding flood damagesNature-based solutions can help India's coastal cities. A study shows that investing in solutions like wetland restoration and green roofs ...
- Southeast Atlantic Coast Faces Major Climate Risks: $1 Trillion in Property Could Be Lost, 14 Million Americans at RiskThe Southeast Atlantic Coast is rapidly becoming one of the most vulnerable regions in the United States due to climate change.
- How India can equip its cities to deal with extreme rainfall eventsThe ongoing floods in Delhi show how heavy rainfall in the mountain areas can impact cities downstream. Several studies across cities have ...
- India uses up more groundwater than US & ChinaMost residents of Managarhi use bottled water for drinking and cooking, as if they were living in a desert and not in one of the world's mo...
- Losing the pollution fight against Shahdara drain
- Urban flooding: Act before cars and bikes start floating in streets againWaterlogging during rains is part of the urban experience. However, in the past decade, there has been an increase in urban flood events ac...
- Wetlands of Madhavaram going dryOnce fragile and beautiful, the diminishing freshwater habitat of Madhavaram poses a threat to the groundwater needs of the city while rais...
- Rise in global temperatures may impact monsoon, farm yields: ReportAn expected 2°C rise in the world's average temperatures in the next decades will make India's monsoon highly unpredictable, a report commi...
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