The snowy peaks of the Himalayas - the abode of our gods, the source of sustenance with its rivers, and the getaway of the initiated- are melting at an unprecedented pace. As temperatures rise, the ...

oin nature writer Stephen Alter on a captivating journey across India's iconic rivers, from the Brahmaputra's misty deltas and the Sundarbans' mangrove jungles to the sacred sources of the Ganga and ...

Neither Ganga nor Yamuna or Indus, this is India’s oldest river, it is still flowing…., the name is… Whenever we talk about the oldest river in India, Ganga is the name which automatically ...

Himalayan glaciers are not just frozen reservoirs of water; they are the lifeblood of South Asia. These colossal ice masses feed major river systems, including the Ganges, Indus, and Brahmaputra ...

For instance, in Uttar Pradesh, a total of 3,453km was surveyed covering mainstream Ganga and its tributaries (Chambal, Yamuna, Rapti, Sharda, Geruwa-Kauriala, Ghaghara and part of Gandak River).

"India needs to take a lead in glacier preservation as we have the Himalayas, and our sacred rivers such as the Ganga and Yamuna come out of them," Wangchuk said.

Wangchuk warns that the Himalayas, the region's water tower, must be protected, or the next Mahakumbh could be on the dry sands of the Ganga and Yamuna.

“India needs to take a lead in glacier preservation as we have the Himalayas, and our sacred rivers such as the Ganga and the Yamuna come out of them,” Wangchuk wrote. In a media conference, the ...

Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk warns that the glaciers of the Himalayas are rapidly melting, putting sacred rivers like the Ganga and Yamuna at risk. In an open letter to Prime Minister Modi, he ...