There is a need to provide enough space to engage with different important political actors and civil society leaders instead of pinning its entire policy on an individual or a coterie. A big section of Indian media and opinion makers have to understand that anger against Hasina does not mean that everyone in the country wants to establish an Islamist state.

As India and China are in the process of renewing their MoUs on hydrological information sharing, it is better if New Delhi diplomatically engage Beijing on the line of provisions in the Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses.

Unlike 2008, when Prachanda chose Beijing as his first foreign capital as the country’s prime minister, in 2016 and 2023, he maintained the tradition of visiting India first.

Although the treaty can be renewed with mutual consent, both sides have to iron out several knotty issues given the current water situation in the Ganges basin region.

While the dam breach in Madhya Pradesh's Karam river is a recent example of poor construction quality, the politician-contractor-engineer nexus in these projects has long been known.

The enormous Lianghekou dam will impact Tibetans who live as far as 100 kilometres away in the upstream of the Yalong River.

The latest report of the Standing Committee on Water Resources highlights, in addition to domestic water management issues, the key roles played by these three countries.

Despite criticism, the treaty has lived through three wars, a number of military stand-offs and the rising tide of water nationalism fuelled by friction between Indian and Pakistan.

The deals aimed at stimulating the economy, utilising water resources efficiently and resolving the existing electricity shortage, could come at a heavy price for Pakistani taxpayers.

Marginalised people suffer through the bulk of the effects of a changing climate, so it's only rational that they vote for policies that will protect them from the consequent shifts in their livelihoods.

A strong test of the chief minister's claims about a programme to improve water availability in Maharashtra emerged when 20,000 villages in 26 districts reeled under a severe drought.

A large section of the Valley already considers itself cheated by the hydel power projects in the region.

After infamously being dubbed as a 'basket case', the country's GDP has grown steadily. But at a cost.

Hydropower is one of the major areas of cooperation between the two countries, but is also a cause for Bhutan's concern.

While parties have included environmental issues in their manifestoes this time, most political leaders continue to avoid public discussions on the topic.

Unlike what Modi suggested, being in power at the Centre as well as in Goa and Karnataka will not mean that the BJP will be able to find a solution.

Conversations with women from Pakistan have shown that domestic violence is the main deciding factor in their views on marriage.

The Teesta water-sharing arrangement is likely to be one of the top concerns during Sheikh Hasina's upcoming trip to India.