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Mumbai’s Sau Meenatai Thackeray Flower Market loaded with fresh stock of flowers

Climate Change

Before the Flowers Bloom: Climate Stress and Shifting Livelihoods in Maharashtra’s Flower Economy

Vanshika Singh

18 Jul 2025

8 min read

Snowless winters & spiraling climate: India's 2025 weather emergency (image: UnpetitproleX; Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Climate Change

Heatwaves, landslides, rising seas: How India’s climate is spiraling in real time

Gurinder Kaur

3 hours ago

6 min read

How small towns are achieving water security (Image: Suyash Dwivedi, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Waste Water

Small towns, big water wins: Community centred innovations

Amita Bhaduri

11 hours ago

5 min read

Woman working in a rice field near Junagadh, Gujarat, India

Agriculture

AI based drought advisory tool launched in India

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

17 Jul 2025

4 min read

AIIMS Delhi tasked with major health survey amidst UP water pollution crisis (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)

Governance

NGT flags toxic water in Uttar Pradesh: AIIMS to investigate

Amita Bhaduri

15 Jul 2025

4 min read

Waste Water

Small towns, big water wins: Community centred innovations

Amita Bhaduri

11 hours ago

5 min read

Climate Change

Before the Flowers Bloom: Climate Stress and Shifting Livelihoods in Maharashtra’s Flower Economy

Vanshika Singh

18 Jul 2025

8 min read

Decline in primary productivity and fish stock availability affects large waders. (Image: Manoj K, Wikimedia Commons)

Ecology

Kerala’s coastal waders in crisis: What their disappearance tells us

Amita Bhaduri

13 Jul 2025

4 min read

Small villages on Kashmir's hillsides rely on natural springs, many of which are now drying up fast

Groundwater

Once a lifeline, now a memory: What happened to Kashmir’s water springs?

Wahid Bhat

10 Jul 2025

6 min read

Global river deltas face critical changes; adaptation is key (Image: Stuart Rankin; Flickr Commons)

Rivers

Scientists warn: Tackle global river delta changes through adaptation and policy

University of East Anglia

07 Jul 2025

3 min read

Need for water-centric urban planning in India (Image: Mirza; Wikimedia Commons)

Rivers

Bringing rivers back into the city: Rethinking urban planning in India

Amita Bhaduri

27 Jun 2025

5 min read

Concurrent droughts & heatwaves (Image: Vishal Chopra, Wikimedia Commons)

FAQ

FAQ: Climate change fuels rising heat and drought across India

Amita Bhaduri

04 Jul 2025

6 min read

Effective policymaking is one of the key principles to achieve good governance (Image Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

FAQ

Water policies in India: Past and present

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

11 Sep 2023

14 min read

Pumps used in residential buildings (Image: Propertygeek)

FAQ

FAQs on water pumping and distribution for residential buildings

Amita Bhaduri

29 Jul 2023

19 min read

Landslides can destroy property and lives. A landslide in Himachal Pradesh (Image Source: Sridhar Rao via Wikimedia Commons)

FAQ

Understanding landslides

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

10 Jun 2023

13 min read

There is a need to encourage the development of sustainable alternatives to single-use plastics (Image: Peakpx)

FAQ

FAQs - Plastics and their environmental impacts

Amita Bhaduri

31 May 2023

12 min read

Poisoned waters of the Yamuna (Image Source: India Water Portal)

FAQ

Water contamination and pollution - A growing challenge for health and biodiversity

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

17 Oct 2021

10 min read

Deepor Beel is a freshwater lake in Assam (Source: IWP Flickr links)

FAQ

Frequently asked questions (FAQs) on Ramsar sites in India

Swati Bansal

07 May 2021

7 min read

Healthy soil for agricultural production (Image Source: India Water Portal)

FAQ

Healthy soil, crucial for agriculture in India

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

07 May 2021

8 min read

AI is changing the world but it is thirsty!

14 Nov 2024

The disappearing trees from India's farmlands

13 Nov 2024

It’s 2024, and half the world’s population doesn’t have access to safe drinking water

13 Nov 2024

Unbottling the issues with the Indian bottled water industry

13 Nov 2024

India Water Portal

Latest

Before the Flowers Bloom: Climate Stress and Shifting Livelihoods in Maharashtra’s Flower Economy

Heatwaves, landslides, rising seas: How India’s climate is spiraling in real time

Small towns, big water wins: Community centred innovations

AI based drought advisory tool launched in India

NGT flags toxic water in Uttar Pradesh: AIIMS to investigate

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Small towns, big water wins: Community centred innovations

Before the Flowers Bloom: Climate Stress and Shifting Livelihoods in Maharashtra’s Flower Economy

Kerala’s coastal waders in crisis: What their disappearance tells us

Once a lifeline, now a memory: What happened to Kashmir’s water springs?

Scientists warn: Tackle global river delta changes through adaptation and policy

Bringing rivers back into the city: Rethinking urban planning in India

FAQ

FAQ: Climate change fuels rising heat and drought across India

Water policies in India: Past and present

FAQs on water pumping and distribution for residential buildings

Understanding landslides

FAQs - Plastics and their environmental impacts

Water contamination and pollution - A growing challenge for health and biodiversity

Frequently asked questions (FAQs) on Ramsar sites in India

Healthy soil, crucial for agriculture in India

Shorts

AI is changing the world but it is thirsty!

The disappearing trees from India's farmlands

It’s 2024, and half the world’s population doesn’t have access to safe drinking water

Unbottling the issues with the Indian bottled water industry