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Indus Waters Treaty: The 1960 pact that refuses to leave the limelight of India-Pakistan tensions

Indus Waters Treaty Explained: The Indus Waters Treaty faces strain over India's hydropower projects and Pakistan's objections. Following an attack, India placed the treaty in abeyance, which led to military confrontation. An international court ruled the treaty remains in force, but India rejected this decision. India seeks to modify the…

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Pakistan urges India to engage with it constructively within Indus Water Treaty framework

Pakistan urged India to engage constructively within the Indus Waters Treaty framework. India rejected an arbitration award, stating the court lacked jurisdiction over its decisions. New Delhi maintains its decision to hold the treaty in abeyance remains in force. Pakistan welcomed the arbitration order and will seek its full implementation.…

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Attempt to deprive Pak of its share of Indus water will have 'profound consequences': Dy PM Dar

Pakistan warns of profound regional security consequences if its treaty waters are withheld. Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar stated the issue transcends bilateral relations and treaty sanctity. India has placed the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance following a terror attack. Pakistan emphasizes its reliance on the Indus Basin for agriculture…

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India's firm stance holds as Pakistan pleads internationally over Indus Waters Treaty suspension

Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has appealed to the international community over India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, warning of consequences for regional peace and security. Speaking at a US-based seminar, Dar highlighted Pakistan’s water vulnerabilities and climate pressures, while India maintains the treaty will remain suspended until cross-border…

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India's Indian Softshell Turtle Is One of the Most Endangered Freshwater Reptiles in Its Own Rivers

A Reptile Built for Rivers, Stranded by ThemThe Indian softshell turtle, Nilssonia gangetica, can grow to over 70 centimetres and weigh close to 25 kilograms. Its shell is not the hard dome most people picture. It is a flattened, leathery pad, cartilaginous rather than bony, that lets the animal slip…

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Ladakh is saving 90 million litres of glacier water daily that once flowed into Pakistan through Indus river by diverting it to irrigate 1,000 acres of parched land

Ladakh now uses ninety million litres of glacier water daily for irrigation. This water previously flowed untapped into the Indus River system. The initiative aims to bring irrigation to over one thousand acres of dry land. Twelve villages will now receive water on a daily basis. This project serves as…

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India's Last Gharial Stronghold: Why the Chambal River Saved a Crocodilian No Other River Could

A Crocodilian Built for One Thing, Destroyed by Everything ElseThe gharial's jaw is so narrow it cannot eat anything larger than a fish. Gavialis gangeticus evolved that way over millions of years, a specialist so refined it cannot pivot. That specialisation is also why it collapsed so fast when India's…

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Indus Waters Treaty should remain suspended, our lifeblood has drained: Omar Abdullah

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah advocated for the Indus Waters Treaty's continued suspension. He stated that the region's people have suffered from water resource utilisation restrictions. Pakistan's claims of sympathy for Kashmiris were questioned regarding water rights. India suspended the treaty after a terror attack, impacting Pakistan's water…

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7 Indian Surnames Secretly Linked to Ancient Rivers

Your surname is more than just a family name. It may carry a story that stretches back hundreds or even thousands of years. Across India, many surnames are believed to have evolved from professions, kingdoms, villages, and even sacred rivers. While some of these connections are supported by historical records,…

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Pakistan made every effort to dismantle goodwill under Indus Water Treaty: Vinay Mohan Kwatra

Kwatra, India's envoy to the US, said Pakistan dismantled the Indus Water Treaty's goodwill over decades, adding that Pakistan's actions destroyed the treaty's spirit of friendship and cooperation. India honoured the treaty despite decades of Pakistani hostility and cross-border terrorism, he noted.

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How Kaziranga's Rhino Conservation Brought the One-Horned Rhinoceros Back from Extinction

A Species That Nearly DisappearedAt the start of the 20th century, the greater one-horned rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, had been hunted so relentlessly across the Indian subcontinent that fewer than 200 individuals remained, almost all of them concentrated in the tall elephant-grass floodplains of what is now Kaziranga. Trophy hunting under…

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How the Indus Valley created one of history's greatest civilisations without kings

The Indus Valley Civilisation flourished across what is now Pakistan and north-western India, becoming one of the world's earliest urban societies alongside ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, dating back 4,500 years. Yet despite building sophisticated cities, extensive trade networks and advanced drainage systems, archaeologists have found scarce evidence that it was…

The Times of India

India slams Pak at UN over cross-border terrorism, says Kashmir integral part of India

India rejected Pakistan's remarks at the United Nations regarding the Indus Waters Treaty. Cooperation cannot occur when cross-border terrorism is an instrument of state policy. Jammu and Kashmir has always been and will remain an integral part of India. Pakistan was accused of misusing discussions to push a false narrative.…

The Economic Times

'Weaponisation of water': Pakistan seeks Canada's help to revive Indus Waters Treaty with India

Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar requested Canadian support for the Indus Waters Treaty. He stated India suspended the agreement, adding a new dynamic to security. Dar urged India to end water weaponization and uphold international law. India maintains its position remains in abeyance due to terrorism. Pakistan views the…

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Pakistan alleges, yet again, India making efforts to control rivers

Pakistan has strongly refuted India's alleged attempts to control rivers, particularly the Indus basin, by treating water as a "strategic asset." Islamabad asserts that India's decision to place the Indus Water Treaty in "abeyance" is an illegal move, using terrorism as a baseless pretext. Pakistan maintains that water should not…

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'Peace with dignity, not submission': Bilawal Bhutto’s fresh warning to India over Indus Waters Treaty

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has issued a fresh warning to India over the Indus Waters Treaty fallout with India after April 22 Pahalgam attack. He said that India was using the river as a "weapon", adding that it was Pakistan's "lifeline" and the people living by these…

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Indus Waters Treaty remains 'valid, binding and operative': Pakistan Deputy PM Dar

Pakistan vehemently rejects India's revocation of the Indus Waters Treaty, asserting its continued validity and binding nature. Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar emphasized the treaty's role in regional peace, warning of severe consequences if Pakistan is deprived of its allocated waters. Former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari proposed an international…

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Pakistan says it will ‘chop off hand’ that tries to turn off its water supply in unsubtle dig at India

Pakistan’s warning comes as it rallies support from the world at the Indus Water Treaty conference

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Pakistan's Biggest Fear? India's Water Strategy

A river that has flowed peacefully for centuries is suddenly at the center of one of South Asia's most dangerous disputes. Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has issued a stark warning, saying Pakistan could go to war if it believes India's actions threaten its water security. The statement comes amid…

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'Part of our national security': Pakistan threatens war against India over Indus Water Treaty

Pakistan's Defence Minister has issued a stark warning to India, threatening war if its water security is jeopardized. This comes as Pakistan grapples with a severe water crisis, exacerbated by India's suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty. New Delhi's indication of potentially halting Indus water flow by 2028 has heightened…

The Times of India

'The moment we ... ' : Pakistan defence minister issues war threat to India over Indus Water Treaty

Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif has issued a warning to India, saying Islamabad could resort to military action if its water security comes under threat. His remarks come as Pakistan grapples with a worsening water crisis, more than a year after New Delhi suspended the long-standing Indus Waters Treaty in…

The Times of India

Indus Waters Treaty fallout? Nearly a third of Pakistan reels as Sindh, Balochistan face water crisis

Pakistan grapples with a severe water shortage affecting one-third of its population. Last year, India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty after terror attacks. This has intensified water scarcity in Sindh and Balochistan. Irrigation canals face significant deficits. Allegations of unequal water distribution fuel political disputes. Farmers struggle as cultivation is…

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IWT treaty: Centre says not a single drop of water will go to Pakistan as it formulates plans to stop flows

India is taking steps to ensure Pakistan receives no water from the Indus river system in the coming years. Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil stated the Indus Waters Treaty is in abeyance. Efforts are underway at the highest government levels to halt water flow across the border. This development…

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Pakistan claims India diverting Chenab water to Beas violation of IWT

Pakistan has accused India of violating the Indus Waters Treaty. India plans to divert Chenab river water to the Beas river. Pakistan states this action breaks international water laws. The Indus Waters Treaty governs water sharing between the two nations. Pakistan received the report and a tender document from India.…

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Lord Shiva's ‘oldest prayer’ uncovered: Shiv Trilogy author Amish Tripathi shares how a techie decoded a 4,500-year-old Pashupati seal

A computer scientist's cryptographic analysis of the Pashupati Seal suggests its inscription is an ancient invocation to Lord Shiva, aligning with Mahabharata descriptions. This discovery, amplified by author Amish Tripathi, potentially rewrites the understanding of the Indus Valley Civilisation's spiritual depth and continuity with later Indian traditions.

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