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NIH scientists to probe if Mansarovar is the source of Ganga

Four years ago, the international community at the Durban climate summit agreed to establish an international binding climate agreement as the current Kyoto protocol is set to expire in 2020. Closer to the Paris summit, countries were to prepare a post-2020 action plan on climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Study shows half of Srinagar's water bodies have disappeared in the past century

China's Zangmu Hydropower Project, one of the biggest dams on Brahmaputra, is operational

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UNDP has launched its global storytelling contest, Voices2Paris, to contribute to raising public awareness on the negative impacts of climate change as well as on the opportunities and solutions seen in actions by individuals and governments alike across vulnerable devel

April 25, 2015 dawned as any other ordinary day in Nepal. Until 11.56. Then, a massive earthquake of magnitude 7.9 rattled the country and shook its very foundation. The tremors travelled outwards from the epicentre at Barpak Gorkha district moving the earth, distorting buildings, causing convulsions on the ground and creating panic and mayhem all around.

Sunderbans and Siachen glacier proposed to be recognised as a trans-boundary protected area

Massive national effort needed to resolve India's depleting groundwater

Indian activists have been campaigning for the last three years for a justiciable right to water and sanitation.