scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
TopicWular Lake

Topic: Wular Lake

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.

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.

Winter birds are back at Wular Lake, so is poaching. J&K authorities step up vigil at Ramsar site

While surveillance & action have increased since CCTVs were installed last year, the problem of recreational hunting of migratory birds has been a challenge for years.

On Camera

Muslim objections to Vande Mataram are about faith, not rejection of India

Ibn Khaldun Bharati’s core claim—that Muslim resistance to ‘Vande Mataram’ reflects an unwillingness to merge into an “organic whole” with Hindus—ignores both historical context and religious concerns.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.