In India, urban water supply systems are failing to cope with the overwhelming demand, which continues to rise due to the soaring heat every summer and the rapidly increasing population.

The world’s three most populous countries include China, India and the United States and these nations alone account for 41 percent of the global population, 49 percent of blue water demand—defined as ...

India's water crisis is one of the greatest challenges of the recent time. Wells run dry, cities ration water, and farmlands ...

Climate change could be driving a co-occurrence of droughts across multiple river basins in India, causing severe water ...

Climate change could leave 74% of the world’s drought-prone regions at high risk of severe and prolonged droughts by the end ...

A new study published in the journal Nature Communications by researchers from the IBS Center for Climate Physics (ICCP) at Pusan National University in the Republic of Korea reveals that global ...

Batool Fatima moved to Bengaluru, "India's Silicon Valley," nearly 25 years ago. She said the city felt like a dream when she arrived but now it's struggling with urbanization. After a water crisis ...

Hotspots of water scarcity could emerge by the 2020s and 2030s across the Mediterranean, southern Africa, and North America, as climate change intensifies droughts, a new study said Tuesday.The ...

The Art of Living spearheads a massive people-led water revival campaign across India. Under the guidance of Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the initiative rejuvenates rivers and empowers communities ...

A nation is considered water-stressed when per capita availability falls below 1,700 cubic metres per year, and water-scarce once it dips under 1,000.

DEHRADUN, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nagarasu is a tiny village in the lap of the Himalayas. Located in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, it depends on two sources of water – streams ...