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TopicIndus Waters Treaty

Topic: Indus Waters Treaty

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.

IWT on hold, India looks to harness Chenab, Indus & Jhelum. Tunnel, new hydro projects on the table

Under Indus Waters Treaty, Pakistan is allowed unrestricted use of water of western rivers Chenab, Indus & Jhelum, while India gets to use water of the three eastern rivers, Sutlej, Ravi and Beas.

Omar reiterates objection to Indus Waters Treaty, says J&K has never been in favour of it

Omar is not the first J&K CM to raise concerns over IWT, now put in abeyance by India. His predecessors Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti have also voiced similar concerns in the past.

Pakistan Senate accuses India of ‘water terrorism’ over IWT abeyance, vows ‘firm, decisive’ response

Pakistan’s Senate condemns India’s decision to pause Indus Waters Treaty as an act of war, warning of serious consequences and reaffirming Pakistan’s resolve to defend its sovereignty.

India will not allow single drop of water into Pakistan: Union minister Paatil

New Delhi: The government is working on a strategy to ensure that not a single drop of water flows from India into Pakistan, Jal...

Pakistan halts Cholistan canal project amid Indus treaty pause. Why it faces a dual crisis

Project involves construction of 6 canals to irrigate desert land, 5 of which will draw water from Indus & 1 from India-controlled Sutlej. Its launch was met with domestic outrage.

India writes to Pakistan, officially notifying decision on Indus Waters Treaty, with reasons listed

India has decided to hold the treaty in abeyance in response to the Pahalgam terror attack. Signed in 1960, the treaty has remained untouched by both countries for over six decades.

Pakistan says diverting Indus waters ‘act of war’, holds right to put Simla Agreement ‘in abeyance’

In retaliation to India's punitive measures over Pahalgam terror attack, Pakistan also suspended trade with India, including via third countries, and closed airspace to Indian airlines.

India can keep the Indus Waters Treaty ‘in abeyance’, unilaterally. Here’s why  

After the Pahalgam terror attack, India said the treaty would be kept in abeyance with immediate effect 'until Pakistan credibly & irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism'.

Pakistan calls India’s response to Pahalgam attack knee-jerk, issues warning invoking Abhinandan

Denying role in Pahalgam attack, Pakistan Dy PM Ishaq Dar says Indian moves 'deeply inappropriate way to vent frustration', National Security Committee to prepare official response.

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Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

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What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.