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Call for Applications: HI-AWARE Academy for Doctoral Students
Posted on 26 Sep, 2016 11:17 AMAbout the HI-AWARE Academy
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Monsoon 2016: Rains create havoc
Posted on 25 Sep, 2016 09:51 PMRains cause havoc in Hyderabad while Mumbai lakes, dams overflow with water
![Powai Lake, Mumbai. (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lake_just_trying_to_overflow.jpg?itok=MeS2LoeS)
Cauvery crisis: Karnataka to move SC for more time
Posted on 25 Sep, 2016 09:40 PMKarnataka to seek more time to release Cauvery water
![Cauvery river, Karnataka. (Source: Ashwin Kumar via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cauvery_kaveri_river_karnataka_india_2_0.jpg?itok=UKvEF71A)
Majuli: A hungry river and a succumbing island
Posted on 24 Sep, 2016 08:30 PMBrahmaputra is the highest siltation-carrying river in the world, and controlling erosion is not easy. Because of its characteristics, it does not have a parallel with any other river in the world. Mythologically also, the Brahmaputra has always been a disturbed river, highly meandering, says Gunajeet Kashyap (ACS), Election Officer, Majuli.
![A boatman looks at the vast and furious Brahmaputra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead_1.jpg?itok=HJlG6ax8)
Forgotten water bearers of Guwahati
Posted on 19 Sep, 2016 06:04 PMGuwahati, one of the fastest growing cities in India, is thousands of years old. Once known as Pragjyotishpura or the city of eastern light, Guwahati has many ancient stories attached to it. This beautiful city finds mention in epics such as Ramayana, Mahabharata and the Puranas.
![Jorpukhuri near Ugratara temple.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/29629934472_0a3d8388e8_z.jpg?itok=dO1-JDkk)
Heavy metals and pesticides pollute Ganga: CPCB
Posted on 19 Sep, 2016 09:40 AMGanga polluted with heavy metals and pesticides: CPCB
![Ganga near Gadmukteshwar. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6171494645_920f644b53_z_1_0.jpg?itok=7A2j7XFV)
Cauvery row: When source is the cause
Posted on 17 Sep, 2016 09:27 PMEven as Karnataka and Tamil Nadu fight over their rights on Cauvery water, not much thought has gone into the place where the river originates. Kodagu district, earlier known as Coorg, lies on the eastern slope of Western Ghats, a biological hotspot which is home to the Cauvery and is also the primary catchment area of the river.
![Cauvery river at Kodagu. Source: Rameshng/Wikimedia Commons](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cauvery2.jpg?itok=TYWibfh7)
Relief in the time of flood
Posted on 13 Sep, 2016 10:33 PMBihar is India's most flood-prone state, with 76 percent of the population in north Bihar living under the recurring threat of floods. North Bihar is home to eight major rivers, all of which end up in the Ganges.
![Pahleja Ghat on the Hajipur-Sonepur road submerged in water.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/10.png?itok=bTbNg6tc)
Majuli, world’s largest river island
Posted on 11 Sep, 2016 08:34 PMGuinness World Records names Assam’s Majuli world’s largest river island
![The Majuli river island in Assam. (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/23046088960_bd7b7be2a7_z.jpg?itok=WSNpUM5N)