In India, severe water shortages in one part of the country often coincide with acute flooding in another. When these dual tragedies occur, Indians are often left wishing for a way to balance out the ...

The harrowing sight is one of many that show the devastation COVID-19 is having in India Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE. He started at PEOPLE's Los Angeles Bureau ...

Gold found in Indian rivers highlights a fascinating natural process where tiny gold particles settle in riverbeds over time. Rivers like Subarnarekha, Son, and Ken carry traces of gold from ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — One of India’s most sacred rivers, the Yamuna in New Delhi, is covered with white toxic foam, with vast sections frothing as a result of pollutants discharged from industries around ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. India granted two rivers the same legal rights as human beings Monday ...

India’s snow-fed rivers have their source in the permanent snowfields and glaciers of the Himalayas, making these rivers unique and different from monsoon-fed rivers. These rivers flow throughout the ...

Earlier this month, legislation in New Zealand granted the Whanganui, the nation’s longest navigable river, the same legal protections as a person. Similar to a legal trust, the river will be ...

A major river overflowing near India’s capital has reached the highest level on record, authorities said, prompting mass evacuations and causing havoc with water supplies as northern states report ...

The autumnal Ganges floods had receded at Allahabad, baring a five-square-mile mud flat where three sacred rivers join—the muddy Ganges, the blue Jumna, and the Saraswati, which, according to Hindu ...