Rashme Sehgal

nirmalta, aviralta, Ganga river, Indo-Gangetic basin, GD Agarwal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Ardh Kumbh Mela, Yogi Adityanath, 2019 Lok Sabha elections, National Ganga Council, Indian National Congress, Varanasi, Priyanka Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi,

On Ganga Voyage, Priyanka Misses Chance to Question Modi on His River Plans

Rashme Sehgal 23/03/2019

The BJP's previous campaign manifesto claimed the Ganga's water...

An Indian leopard (Pantera pardus fusca) in Satpura National Part, Madhya Pradesh. Credit: Davidvraju/Flickr, CC BY-SA 4.0

We Are Thinking of the Leopard as a Nuisance – and Quietly Wiping It Out

Rashme Sehgal 19/07/2018

Uttarakhand has the most leopards of any Indian state....

The road to the Kedarnath temple in the early winter. Credit: SHUBHANSHU AGRE/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

A Himalayan Price Is Being Paid for Government Bid to Widen a Pilgrim Route

Rashme Sehgal 11/07/2018

While the Uttarakhand government is keen to encourage tourists,...

Eucalyptus plant taking root on sand dunes near Lompoul. In an effort to prevent the desert from engulfing fertile land, the Government has undertaken tree-planting projects such as this with help from the UN Environment Programme and the UN Development Programme (UNDP). 1983. Credit: UN, CC BY 2.0

As India Runs out of Water, Its Desertified Land Comes Into View

Rashme Sehgal 21/06/2018

The tipping point of a major ecological crisis is...

A boy crosses a drain on the banks of the river Ganges in Kanpur, India, April 4, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui

UP’s Boatmen-Farmers Caught Amid an Upcoming Township and a Polluted River

Rashme Sehgal 06/06/2018

Women are a playing a crucial role in the...

collage inside gadkari

Why Is Narendra Modi Allowing Nitin Gadkari to Destroy the Ganga?

Rashme Sehgal 22/03/2018

The National Waterway 1 project on Ganga is being...

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2.6 Crore Live Births a Year, and Modi’s Maternity Scheme Reached Less Than a Lakh Women in 2017

Rashme Sehgal 14/02/2018

PM Modi announced the launch of the Pradhan Mantri...