India is building a dyke on the shared river, and Nepalis fear all the excess water will flow to their side the next time there is a flood

India’s environment ministry has drafted a notification to reduce width of protected areas around forests to clear dams in a global biodiversity hotspot

China has taken surprising steps to cooperate with Kazakhstan over shared rivers, but is unlikely to extend such generosity to its neighbours in South Asia, argues Sebastian Biba

Rajendra Singh, known as India’s waterman, wants all parties preparing their manifestos for the coming elections to promise a water security act that he and other activists have drafted

A report commissioned by India’s Central Water Commission has recommended scrapping 15 of the 44 large hydroelectric projects planned on the Brahmaputra and its tributaries in Arunachal Pradesh

Experts propose a new approach for the world’s most endangered river in a new report from thethirdpole.net

Climate change and the hurried retreat of glaciers could add to the seismic risk in the Himalayas, one the most complex earthquake systems in the world

The base camp of the Chhota Shigri glacier – one of the few glaciers monitored regularly in the Indian Himalayas – stands amidst stones, where once ice flowed 50 metres thick

Around 40% of residents in India’s capital city suffer health problems from air pollution, yet in contrast to China, the political response is muted