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Saturday, October 25, 2025
TopicWater scarcity

Topic: Water scarcity

Modi’s diamond to Jill Biden outshone all in 2023 & why India’s dragging its feet on climate action

Apart from reporting on water stress in India, global media also predicts a digital payments boom in the country, with WhatsApp given free run by National Payments Corporation of India.

China, India, US facing severe water scarcity. It must be part of the climate conversation

From 1900 to 2024, annual water use rose by around 3,500 billion m3 globally – about the same as adding the requirement of an Olympic-sized pool every 2.79 seconds.

India to be in water stress by 2030, Jal Shakti Ministry confirms in Rajya Sabha response

The government was responding to a question on the measures implemented in response to a WWF report that flagged 30 cities in India that will face water scarcity by 2050.

Water stress inevitable, what steel & coal sectors can do to avoid looming crisis

11 of 15 major river basins in India to experience water stress by 2025. India’s major power grids depend on 14 major river basins, all of which are under ‘high water stress’.

NGT seeks response from Environment Ministry, NTPC, following news of water scarcity in Prayagraj

A petition on the matter said the scarcity has been caused by the withdrawal of water by several entities, including the Kishanpur canal and two thermal plants.

Climate change drying out more than half of world’s large lakes, says study in Science

A team of international researchers reported that some of the world's most important freshwater sources lost water at a cumulative rate of around 22 gigatonnes per year for nearly three decades.

Women, children trek miles in scorching heat to fetch water near Mumbai’s Telamwadi

Villagers say supplies run short from March to May every year, when temperatures can run as high as 40 degrees C (104°F), before monsoon rains bring respite in June.

Melting glaciers, water scarcity, exodus: How climate change reality is biting Ladakh villages

Global warming has been leading to melting glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Range, where Ladakh’s located. This has caused a water crisis in the region.

Indus River is dying in Pakistan. 2 filmmakers are showing the world why

Garbage pollution and construction to climate change: the Indus River is on its last breath. Filmmakers are exploring the ‘irreversible damage’.

Defying all odds: How women in Maharashtra’s Maan spearheaded bid to make taluka drought-free

Coro India NGO & 24 local organisations, with help from state govt & support of 90 local women, were able to make 6 villages in Maan, drought-free & increase water levels by 14-15 feet.

On Camera

Piyush Pandey brought the language of small towns into ad agency corridors: Prasoon Joshi

Piyush was about celebration—of life, of people, of stories. He believed that what we create can shape popular culture, can make people feel proud of who they are.

US sanctions Rosneft & Lukoil: What we know of 2 oil giants that produce half of Russia’s crude

Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.