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How groundwater depletion in rural Bengaluru affects drinking water security

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

30 Aug 2025

7 min read

Women fishing in Tinsukia District, Assam, India. Wetlands support the livelihoods of many rural households in the Hindu Kush Himalayas

Rethinking wetland conservation and climate resilience in India

30 Aug 2025

5 min read

Flash floods in Uttarakhand

Cloudbursts, landslides, and floods: Why Uttarakhand’s fragile Himalayas are breaking under pressure

30 Aug 2025

5 min read

Ziro valley's rice farming

Fish, fields, and feminism: How Apatani women sustain Ziro’s aquaculture in Arunachal Pradesh

22 Aug 2025

5 min read

Bishnois at Khejarli environment fair (Image: Kalpit Bishnoi, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0)

Film review: Nature's Martyrs - The Bishnois of Rajasthan

21 Aug 2025

3 min read

The Gunther's toad, the silent guardian of the night, a farmer's ally.

Gunther’s toad: The endangered amphibian of South India's rocky outcrops

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

14 Aug 2025

7 min read

The rolling hills of Shillong, also known as the ‘Scotland of the East’

Tankers in the Abode of Clouds: Shillong’s Growing Water Crisis

01 Aug 2025

8 min read

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

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

13 Jul 2025

4 min read

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

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

10 Jul 2025

6 min read

From dust to prosperity: Integrated watershed solutions in rural India (Image: Padraic, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 2.0)

How villages and communities are reviving India’s drylands, one watershed at a time

05 Jul 2025

5 min read

A large congregation of demoisille cranes in the Kichan wetland, Rajasthan.

Rajasthan’s Menar and Khichan wetlands get the Ramsar tag

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

26 Jun 2025

4 min read

Vishal Kumar emphasises shifting India's waste management from disposal to circular practices (Image: Waste Warriors)

Transforming waste: Vishal Kumar on India's path to sustainable plastic management

13 Jun 2025

11 min read

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