Water
- Access to water, Climate crisis, Delhi, Drought, Environment, Global development, India, Natural resources and development, South and Central Asia, Water, World news
Ancient stepwells brought back to life as India begins to run out of water
Centuries-old wells restored to provide drinking water as parts of the country head towards “day zero” when no…
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‘It’s a catastrophe’: Wellington rages as millions of litres of raw sewage pours into ocean
Abandoned beaches, public health warning signs and seagulls eating human waste are now features of the popular…
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The bird people of Lake Manchar: surviving in a vanishing oasis
The Mohana of Pakistan’s Sindh province once thrived on the lake but pollution and drought have caused the fra…
- Animals, Coastlines, Environment, Fishing, India, International law, Law, Marine life, Plastics, Pollution, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, United Nations, Water, Wildlife, World news
Buoyant, the size of a lentil and almost impossible to recover: how nurdles are polluting the oceans
Millions of the tiny plastic pellets are being washed up on the coast of Kerala in India in the latest in a se…
- Access to water, Conservation, Endangered habitats, Endangered species, Environment, India, Kashmir, South and Central Asia, Water, Wild flowers, Wildlife, World news
Joy and relief as lotus flowers bloom again in Kashmiri lake after three decades
Wular Lake once supported 5,000 people who harvested the plant’s edible roots, until the lake silted up after …
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Kabul at risk of becoming first modern city to run out of water, report warns
NGO says Afghan capital’s 7 million people face existential crisis that world needs urgently to addressKabul c…
- Australia news, Australian theatre, Culture, Environment, Environmental activism, Farming, India, Rising festival, South and Central Asia, Stage, Sydney, Theatre, Water
The Wrong Gods review – absorbing drama tackles dark chapter in India’s history
Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney; then heading to MelbourneCounting and Cracking creator S Shakthidharan uses family…
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‘India can starve us’: farmers in Pakistan decry suspension of crucial water treaty
Indus treaty, which had survived 65 years and three wars between countries, has been paused after Kashmir atta…
- Environment, Environmental sustainability, Global development, Hinduism, India, Kumbh Mela, Religion, Society, South and Central Asia, Sustainable development, Waste, Water, World news
The pop-up megacity: how the Kumbh Mela prepared for 660m Hindu devotees
Hundreds of millions of pilgrims flocked to the Ganges for this year’s festival, housed in a sprawling tempora…
- Energy, Environment, Hydropower, India, Kashmir, Northern Ireland, Renewable energy, South and Central Asia, Water, World news
How climate-friendly waterwheels are coming around again
From the Himalayas and Nepal to Northern Ireland, sustainable source of energy seems to be back in vogueIn the…
- Afghanistan, Aid, Deforestation, Environment, Extreme weather, Flooding, South and Central Asia, Taliban, United Nations, Water, World news
War, deforestation, flooding: in Afghanistan they are all linked
Always prone to natural disasters, the country’s plight has worsened, and not only because of the climate cris…
- Asia Pacific, China, Drought, Environment, Extreme weather, Flooding, South Korea, Water, World news
Weather tracker: southern China hit by floods as north suffers from drought
Heavy rainfall in Guangdong causes flooding, landslides and mudslides, while northern China gripped by heatwav…
- Cities and development, Climate crisis, Drought, Global development, India, South and Central Asia, Water, World news
Heat stress: how soaring temperatures are taking their toll on migrant workers in India’s garden city
With heatwaves becoming more frequent in Bengaluru and other cities across the country, climate planning must …
- Climate crisis, Drought, Environment, Farming, Global development, India, Migration, South and Central Asia, Water, World news
Cool solution: how ice-cream saved drought-hit farmers in India
As the climate crisis forces people to abandon their land in Rajasthan, a new industry has sprung up in the de…
- Access to water, Bangladesh, Climate crisis, Global development, Health, Maternal health, Maternal mortality, Pregnancy, South and Central Asia, Water, World news
‘Headaches, organ damage and even death’: how salty water is putting Bangladesh’s pregnant women at risk
As rising sea levels and extreme weather contaminate drinking water sources, doctors are seeing alarming numbe…