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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
TopicIndian rivers

Topic: Indian rivers

At least 2 killed, 8 injured as vehicle carrying Char Dham yatra pilgrims falls into Alaknanda River

The vehicle, carrying 20 pilgrims, met with the accident near Gholthir village on Badrinath National Highway. Ten travelers have gone missing after the accident.

A mighty river & a Great Bend: China’s plan to build world’s largest dam over Brahmaputra

This is the transcript of ThePrint CutTheClutter Episode 1585, published on 10 January 2025, looking at China’s plan to build the world’s largest dam on the Brahmaputra river.

NCC cadets to sail 1,200 km along Ganges and Hooghly rivers

In a maiden 'Bharatiya Nadiya' initiative 528 cadets from across the country will participate in a six-phase expedition.

Why Rs 58,000-cr Musi river redevelopment, Telangana CM Reddy’s ‘signature project’, will be a challenge

Idea of redeveloping riverfront was first mooted in 1908 & pushed mid-1990 onwards, but saw little success due to challenges such as encroachment, fund crunch & inflow of sewage water.

Parliamentary panel suggests to set up norms with penal provisions for waste dumping into rivers

The panel has also urged the department under Ministry of Jal Shakti to work with agriculture & farmers’ welfare ministry to promote organic farming to mitigate health hazards.

Dated law, misuse of water, pollution—Indian rivers’ 3 big challenges and how to tackle them

By 2025, 11 of India's 15 big river areas will experience water stress, a condition where the per capita annual renewable water resource availability will be below 1,700 cubic metres.

On Camera

India-Pakistan marriage breakdown that British can’t stop crying about

Ever since the Love Is Blind: UK episode dropped, there has been a collective meltdown online over the separation of Pakistan-origin Kal Pasha and Indian-origin Sarover Kaur Aujla.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.