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Saturday, August 23, 2025
TopicRiver pollution

Topic: River pollution

Chhath devotees pray submerged in toxic Yamuna foam, anti-foam chemicals merely an eyewash

Soumya Pillai -
As part of Chhath Puja preparations, Delhi Jal Board has been sprinkling anti-foam chemicals in Yamuna. This measure, however, has no effect on river pollution levels.

Maharashtra’s holy Indrayani is now ugly green. Everyone’s playing blame game, CM to govt bodies

+TFP Manasi Phadke -
The Indrayani had started foaming in 2023 just before the Kartiki Ekadashi, when lakhs of Warkaris congregate to mark the period when Saint Dnyaneshwar entered life-long samadhi.

Five reasons that are stopping Ganga from becoming clean

Abhay Mishra -
The bureaucracy is capable enough to prove to the govt that Ganga has been completely cleaned. But that, we know, would be far from truth.

Ganges water unfit for direct drinking and bathing, says pollution board

PTI -
The latest data shows high level of coliform bacteria in the river making the water unsafe for consumption.

This Ganga crusader is on a fast unto death, will give up water to save the river

Deeksha Bhardwaj -
G.D. Agrawal began his fast unto death for an ‘eternal’ Ganga on 22 June. He has had only three glasses of water every day since then.

These giant machines are removing all the plastic choking India’s water bodies

Sandhya Ramesh -
The firms that deploy them work with municipalities, and the irrigation and water resource departments, and often provide end-to-end service.

Western UP river pollution: NGT tells industries to foot medical bill for the sick

Ritika Jain -
Residents in districts including Baghpat and Ghaziabad claim they are suffering from diseases such as hepatitis, cholera, liver damage and cancer.

Two MoUs signed 2 years apart, but there’s still no Yamuna sewage treatment plant in sight

Kaveesha Kohli -
The agreement involves the construction of a plant that has the capacity to treat 20 million litres of sewage per day for further use at a refinery.

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Opinion

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Economy

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Ruchi Bhattar -
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Defence

India and France to jointly develop and manufacture 120 kN engine for homegrown AMCA

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The new engine, set to be developed over the next 10 years, will power the second tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft. First set will be equipped with GE 414 engines.

National Interest

Europe is sitting at Trump’s table, and there’s a lesson for India

Shekhar Gupta -
Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.

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