New satellite data shows less rain and warmer weather is further depleting already overexploited groundwater in one of the world’s most populated regions

Once a world leading lentil producer, Nepal is now having to import them as farmers struggle with low productivity and warmer, wetter weather. This could have serious implications in a country where lentils provide an important source of protein, especially for poor families 

Experts wonder why a bill riddled with errors has been tabled in the upper house of parliament

Along the Kosi – one of the largest tributaries of the Ganga – broken embankments and floods are an annual scourge in India

Nepali officials say a 66-year-old agreement prevents them from being part of flood-control measures

Cloudbursts flood parts of India, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh; monsoon reaches Pakistan well ahead of schedule

New research linking a rain event in Nepal to dust storms in western India shows how warmer temperatures are disturbing South Asia’s core weather systems

Falling demand for electricity, supply chain problems and regulatory hurdles are jeopardising Nepal’s hydropower ambitions

Despite limited facilities in Nepal’s only zoo, authorities are refusing to send a rescued sloth bear to India, citing the ‘nationality’ of the bear

On World Water Day, the first detailed climate assessment for the region predicts that risks on supplies, farmers and communities will be more severe than thought earlier