The Ganges river in India is more than 2,500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But ...

The Ganges, one of India's largest rivers ... includes a sacred pilgrimage to the river. Tests showed that biochemical oxygen demand (a measure of organic pollution) was double the acceptable ...

Just days after suspending the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, some Indian politicians are now going after the Ganga Water Treaty, which is also set to expire next year ...

One stretch of the Yamuna River, the Ganges' main tributary, has been devoid of all aquatic creatures for a decade. In Varanasi ... Pollution Control Board, the monitoring arm of India's Ministry ...

The Ganges Water Sharing Treaty, signed in 1996 between India and Bangladesh, is a 30-year agreement that outlines water sharing during the dry season (January–May) at Farakka. Responding to a ...

Independent researchers have discovered and described two new species of Glyptothorax, a genus of hillstream catfish, from the Ganges River near ... habitat loss, pollution and introduction ...

Every twelve years, tens of millions of men, women and children gather on the flood plain of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers in Allahabad, India ... to the holy city of Varanasi precedes their ...

Historically, Ganges dolphins thrived across major river ... embankments. Pollution further exacerbates the risks to their survival. Recognizing the urgent need for conservation, India has taken ...

The Ganges river in India is more than 2,500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But ...