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Sunday, January 4, 2026
TopicIndus Water Treaty

Topic: Indus Water Treaty

How Chenab went from the river of love to the restless ticking time bomb

‘If we keep shrinking its bed, it will definitely enter our houses. How can we call it an angry river, it's not the river’s fault,' said a 23-year-old who lives by the Chenab River.

India says international court lacks authority to rule on Pakistan water treaty

A ruling from the Court of Arbitration last week backed Pakistan by saying that India must adhere to the Indus Waters Treaty in the design of new hydro-electric power stations on rivers that flow west into Pakistan.

SubscriberWrites: Indus Waters Treaty: A lifeline under siege

For India, the IWT has increasingly come to feel like a straitjacket—one that restrains its strategic options even as Pakistan provides safe havens for anti-India terror outfits.

Amit Shah lays down India’s stance on Indus Waters Treaty—will never restore it

The Union home minister said Pakistan will be ‘starved’ of water that it has been getting ‘unjustifiably’. He said a canal will be built to divert the water to Rajasthan.

Amit Shah lays down India’s stance on Indus Waters Treaty—will never restore it

The Union home minister said Pakistan will be ‘starved’ of water that it has been getting ‘unjustifiably’. He said a canal will be built to divert the water to Rajasthan.

With Indus Waters Treaty on hold, India working to revive Tulbul project on Kashmir’s Wular Lake

Project envisages constructing a barrage with storage capacity of 0.30 MAF to stabilise Jhelum’s water level. It was abandoned in 1987 after strong objections from Pakistan.

Pakistan DG-ISPR echoes Hafiz Saeed in rant against India—‘if you stop our water, we stop your breath’

In a widely circulated video, Lashkar-e-Taiba chief had said if you stop the water, God willing, we will stop your breath, and then blood shall flow in these rivers.

What’s the Tulbul project Omar, Mehbooba are sparring over & why has it been in limbo for decades

Conceived in the early 80s, work began on the Tulbul project in 1984 on river Jhelum, at the mouth of the Wular Lake, India’s largest freshwater lake near Sopore in North Kashmir.

From water wars to geopolitical fallout, the Pahalgam attack & its many ramifications

Global media also highlights US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s call for India and Pakistan to ‘de-escalate tensions’, and raising the possible need to bring in a ‘neutral third party’.

IWT suspension is lawful and morally right. India isn’t weaponising water, but ending charity

The colossal dams on the Indus rivers won't rise overnight. But India now possesses the will, the foreign-exchange reserves, and the engineering talent to realise this vision.

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What women want—a man who cooks and doesn’t seek a standing ovation for it

An average Lajpat Nagar playboy knows that women will reply to his Instagram story of the chicken curry he cooked for lunch. And he is proven right, every single time.

Wall Street carries big expectations this year after best run since 2009

The concern is not that 2025’s rally was irrational, but that it may be difficult to repeat. Outlooks remain anchored to AI investment and growth without reigniting inflation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.