Indian authorities have put nets up over the Ganges River after bodies of more than 100 COVID-19 victims have washed up — with a viral video seemingly showing ambulance workers dumping some of ...

"The Ganges River is a major source of disease burden in that region." Hamner said MSU and a government lab in India each sampled the Ganges and found enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) bacteria ...

ALLAHABAD, INDIA — Among believers, the river has many names: The Pure. Destroyer of Sin. Light Amid the Darkness of Ignorance. But mostly they call it “Ganga Ma” -- Mother Ganges -- and ...

ALLAHABAD, INDIA (AFP) - Partly hidden between long reeds of grass, bodies shrouded in saffron cloth float silently down the holy Ganges River, a reminder of how India's ferocious coronavirus wave ...

People who have died from the coronavirus in India have been found in the Ganges River, according to a state government letter viewed by Reuters. The news comes amid a massive spike in coronavirus ...

The Ganges River is in bad shape. Sewage flows into the water that people use to cook, bathe, and perform burial rites. Cleanup efforts are behind schedule.

A view shows shallow sand graves of people, some of which are suspected to have died from COVID-19, on the banks of the river Ganges in Shringaverpur on the outskirts of Prayagraj, India, May 21 ...

Peak water flows in parts of India's largest river basin have been falling by more than one-sixth every decade, according to a study published in npj Natural Hazards that highlights a similar trend ...

The Ganges is far more than just a river. It is religion, industry, farming and politics. It is a source of water for millions of people, and an immense septic system that endures millions of ...

Ganges water was a beverage of choice in the 16th and 17th centuries for sailors making their way from India to the Netherlands or England. Water from the river simply didn’t go bad, even when ...

ALONG THE GANGES, India — More than 2,000 years ago, a powerful king built a fort on the banks of India’s holiest river, on the fringes of what is now a vast industrial city. Today, little of ...