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Death Of A Delta: Pakistan's Indus Sinks And Shrinks

Salt crusts crackle underfoot as Habibullah Khatti walks to his mother's grave to say a final goodbye before he abandons his parched island village on Pakistan's Indus delta.

International Business Times

China’s insertion into India-Pakistan waters dispute adds a further ripple in South Asia

With the future of a crucial water-sharing treaty between India and Pakistan up in the air, one outside party is looking on with keen interest: China.

The Conversation

Can India stop Pakistan’s river water — and will it spark a new war?

The decades-old Indus Waters Treaty faces its gravest challenge as India suspends it, prompting Pakistan to warn of war.

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India says it will ‘never’ restore Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan

New Delhi put into ‘abeyance’ its participation in the 1960 treaty after 26 people were killed in Kashmir in April.

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Pakistan warns ceasefire with India could collapse over Indus Water Treaty

India’s unilateral suspension of river sharing deal remains in place despite ceasefire

The Independent UK

India-Pakistan conflict over water reflects a region increasingly vulnerable to climate change

In an unprecedented move, India recently suspended the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, citing cross-border terrorism. This was one of a series of escalations between the two countries which now find themselves on the brink of war.

The Conversation

‘India can starve us’: farmers in Pakistan decry suspension of crucial water treaty

Indus treaty, which had survived 65 years and three wars between countries, has been paused after Kashmir attack

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India and Pakistan tension escalates with suspension of historic water treaty

India has taken the highly significant step of suspending the 1960 Indus waters treaty, which governs water sharing with Pakistan, as part of its response to the April 22 terrorist attack in Kashmir that killed at least 26 people.

The Conversation

Tensions over Kashmir and a warming planet have placed the Indus Waters Treaty on life support

In 1995, World Bank Vice President Ismail Serageldin warned that whereas the conflicts of the previous 100 years had been over oil, “the wars of the next century will be fought over water.”

The Conversation

What is the Indus Water Treaty and what does its suspension mean for India and Pakistan?

After the tourist massacre in Kashmir, India pulled out of the 1960 agreement, which Pakistan describes as an act of war

Evening Standard

Kashmir attack: Does India’s Indus Waters Treaty freeze threaten Pakistan?

Pakistan has deemed India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty following tourist attack in Pahalgam an ‘act of war’.

Al Jazeera

What is the Indus Water Treaty and why are India and Pakistan willing to ‘go to war’ over it?

Future of river-sharing treaty that has survived wars, border conflicts and prolonged diplomatic freezes in the past is now under threat

The Independent UK

Why is Pakistan’s new canal project sparking water shortage fears?

Protesters fear than a plan to modernise agriculture could leave the lower riparian province of Sindh without water.

Al Jazeera

Swallowed by the sea, Pakistan’s Indus delta now threatened by canals

Residents say construction of six new canals over Indus River will turn more lands barren and prone to be lost to sea.

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The Independent UK

Indian court to rule on whether a doughnut shop is bakery or restaurant

Ruling could have significant implications for India's restaurant and bakery industries

The Independent UK

Alarm as census finds just three Indus river dolphins left in India

Freshwater species is facing extinction in the country due to habitat loss, pollution and water diversion

The Independent UK

Bride and groom among 14 dead as bus plunges into Indus river in Pakistan

Only one passenger survived with injuries

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At least 14 dead after bus plunges into Indus river in northern Pakistan

The driver lost control at speed, veering off a bridge into the icy Indus river in northern Pakistan, local media report

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Al Jazeera

Is the Indus Waters Treaty the latest India-Pakistan flashpoint?

India wants to renegotiate the 64-year-old pact under which the neighbours split water from six Himalayan rivers.

The Hindu

Bahata’s tryst with the Indus Valley script

Bahata Ansumali Mukhopadhyay, a software engineer who has for many years now been researching on Indus Valley script and symbols, believes that the inscribed stamp-seals were primarily used for enforcing certain rules involving taxation, trade or access control.

WEKU

An endangered river dolphin finds an unlikely savior: fisherfolk

In Pakistan, illiterate fishermen have become citizen scientists, helping to revive the fortunes of the endangered Indus River dolphin.

The Hindu

Exploring Ladakh

Senior citizens visit Ladakh, India, despite unsolicited advice. Enjoyed awe-inspiring landscapes, picturesque oases, monasteries, quaint hamlets. Visited confluence of Zanskar and Indus, prayer flags, Pangong Tso, Chusul village, war memorial, Lamayuru monastery. Met cheerful Israeli youngsters, American gentleman who worked with IAEA. Experienced warmth and hospitality of locals.

The Hindu

Cross the boulders in the Indus Waters Treaty

The Indus Waters Treaty, which has again become a source of contention between India and Pakistan, considerably encapsulates the principle of equitable allocation

The Hindu

More than court action, revisit the Indus Waters Treaty

In an atmosphere of a lack of trust, judicial recourse is not likely to address the growing needs of India and Pakistan

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Finding a new path to water conservation for the next millennium, for California and the world

In the long sweep of human history, water has always played a central role in determining the geography of civilizations, and eons ago it influenced the migration of our early ancestors out of Africa and across the world. The ability to manage water contributed to the success or failure of…

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