Over the past two decades, holy men in India have gone on dozens of fasts demanding governments honour their promise to revive the polluted Ganges, a river revered by Hindus. The recent death of ...

An aphrodisiac made from donkeys, holy water from the Ganges river and a live toad are among the more unusual items retrieved by biosecurity officials at Australian airports and mail centres last ...

Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But pollution, dams and removal of too much water (mostly for agriculture) have affected the flow and health of ...

Satellite images from 20 September and 29 September show the extent of the flooding as the Ganges river ... the rain water has mixed with overflowing sewage, and the dirty water has entered ...

The Namami Gange program significantly improved the Ganges River's water quality in Varanasi. Sewage treatment capacity increased from 100 MLD in 2017 to 420 MLD today, leading to a drop in BOD ...