| 单词 | Ganges |
| 例句 | "Are you going to take him...er, take them to India and put them into the Ganges River? That's the thing to do, right?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Hari went on, “If I am very lucky, I will die in Varanasi so that my ashes will be scattered over the holy Ganges River; then my spirit will be free.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to believe that the Ganges would make Hari better, but when I looked at Hari, my hope slipped away like a frightened mouse into a dark hole. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z There were many people like Hari who were ill and going to the Ganges to be cured, but they were all older. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z If Hinduism flows placidly like the Ganges, then Christianity bustles like Toronto at rush hour. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But we were able to bring his ashes to the Ganges and so we know his spirit is at rest. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Nicolas spent a year as a beggar, following the path of the yogis, across the Himalayas, through Katmandu, along the Ganges, and on to Benares, all on foot. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When the bodies were finally collected, they were burned in tall pyres like Hindus on the Ganges. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z At last I made the procession to the Ganges with Hari’s body covered with garlands. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z "I promise to empty that urn into the Ganges," she answers. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Hari was carried on a bamboo platform through the streets to the Ganges. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z There were many processions like ours that morning, all moving toward the Ganges. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Though his ashes have been scattered into the Ganges, it is here, in this house and in this town, that he will continue to dwell in her mind. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I mean, I know I’m not some starving kid who has to wash clothes in the Ganges for a nickel, but today just sucks. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z As the water slid over his body, Hari appeared surprised, as if he could not believe that at long last Maa Ganges was wrapping herself about him. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z They were being taken to Varanasi so they could be scattered over the Ganges. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I wish the Ganges could wash the grief from my heart, but it can't. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z After the cremation the scattering of Hari’s ashes over the Ganges would set his soul free by returning his body to fire, water, and earth. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Early one morning they hired a boat to row them into the Ganges River, a waterway sacred to Hindus. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “When you return,” she said, “I have only to touch you and I will share in your darshan, your sight of the holy Ganges. That is all I ask.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I thought of how Hari had splashed me in the Ganges. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z In a solemn voice he said, “From the Ganges.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z But she had not understood being excluded from the family’s plans to travel to Calcutta that summer to see their relatives and scatter Ashoke’s ashes in the Ganges. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “He may be learned about his medicine, but what does he know of the healing power of the Ganges?” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “They think bathing in the Ganges will make me well. I don’t think anything will make me well.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z After the doctor left, Hari’s maa asked in an impatient voice, “Are we to listen to such a man when the waters of the Ganges River are waiting?” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z It was said that the goddess of the Ganges River rode one through the water. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z When she takes center stage to mutely recount the myth of the Ganges falling from heaven, you know you’re in the eloquent hands of a great storyteller, even if you don’t understand the language. Review: Keeping the Dance Fires Burning at the Joyce 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z They were in Mexico for one such treatment when he died; following his wishes, she spread his ashes in the Ganges River in India. Sue Mingus, Promoter of Her Husband’s Musical Legacy, Dies at 92 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Cultural connection or disconnect: I stayed in a room in the Marigold Hotel near the Ganges River. A solo journey around a subcontinent 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Next to the street clamor, the Ganges was deeply quiet, the swish of oars a ghostly whisper on the meandering river. Captivated by the Ganges, a River of Souls 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z He escapes again, and finds his way to the Ganges, a sacred river that offers him some solace—he desperately misses his mother and brother. Review: A Young Man Searches for His Lost Family in Semi-Effective Lion 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z With the Ganges, there was a commonality, with the spiritual aspect of how people interact with the river. The Many Lives Along the Yangtze River 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Ravi Shankar undertook an extraordinary journey from the banks of Ganges to the heart of the west mesmerising them with Indian ragas and partnering with musical greats like Beatles' George Harrison and Yehudi Menuhin. Ravi Shankar – tributes paid to a 'leader, teacher, icon and statesman' 2012-12-12T11:31:45Z India’s rivers are central to the life of its people and the Hooghly River, a 160-mile branch of the Ganges that runs through the city of Kolkata in West Bengal, is no different. In Kolkata, a Love of Literature, Fried Street Food and, Mostly, Sweets 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z From the Antarctic peninsula to the Ganges River to the jungles of Brazil, Wolfe turns his lens on the planet’s peoples, its creatures and its grandest landscapes. Inspiring, transporting and just plain gorgeous coffee table books 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z The Hindu festival's focus is on purification and culminates in a dip in the heavily polluted Ganges. TV highlights 30/07/2013 2013-07-30T06:00:36Z The next morning, we rose before dawn to see the same pilgrims bathing in the Ganges. From Delhi to Kochi: A couple’s 23-day adventure in India 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z This bridge takes you north over the river Ganges, past Hajipur, a city famous for its fragrant bananas, and up to Darbhanga, near the border with Nepal. Cholera and coronavirus: why we must not repeat the same mistakes 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Each part went from dark to light to dark in a different way, a different dawn to day to night on the Ganges. Malavika Sarukkai expressively displays Bharata Natyam 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z She was the Ganges as giver of life and, as the river loses its identity when it merges into the sea, taker of the ego. Malavika Sarukkai expressively displays Bharata Natyam 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z At the festival, 13 religious orders, or Akhara, set up camp on the banks of the Ganges. From pariah to demi-god: transgender leader a star at massive... 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z At the banks of the Ganges, they waited for their turn to bathe. From pariah to demi-god: transgender leader a star at massive... 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z Uniworld will begin operations on the Ganges River in India next January. Cruising for All Tastes 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z An Idiot Abroad Your host Karl Pilkington is in India, where he visits the Taj Mahal and takes a dip in the Ganges, in this episode. Tuesday's TV highlights: 'Hollywood Cycle' and more 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z “In the Ganges during pilgrimage season, there are levels of antibiotics in the river that we try to achieve in the bloodstream of patients,” says Davies. ‘Antibiotic apocalypse’: doctors sound alarm over drug resistance 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z To the left, a patchwork of villages, farms and fields covered the fertile plains between the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers. Personal Journeys: ‘Behind the Veil of the Forest’ in India 2012-12-21T16:57:27Z Maybe I would feel something akin to what Brahman priests feel on the shores of the Ganges or swaying Orthodox Jews when they touch the stones of the Western Wall. Why We Travel: Readers Share Their Stories 2011-06-03T18:55:00Z Varanasi itself sprawls on the banks of the Ganges River in the state of Uttar Pradesh, about an hour’s flight from New Delhi. For Indian Weavers in Varanasi, Help for an Endangered Craft 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z George Harrison and I both had our birthdays – he in late February, me in mid-March – in 1968 above the Ganges mountains. The Beach Boys' Mike Love: 'There are a lot of fallacies about me' 2013-07-04T08:00:03Z The reality is that the Ganges is even less conducive to comfort than the Northern Line. Eric Newby's other half 2011-04-05T08:00:04Z He describes corpses that “sizzled away on funeral pyres,” as dinghies drifted on the Ganges amid smoke and marigolds. “The Twice-Born,” A Searching Memoir About India’s Identity Crisis 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z He continued down the coast to the torrid zone, believing he was in the Far East, in the country described by Marco Polo, a 10-day walk from the Ganges River. King of the banana republic 2012-06-03T21:00:00Z This week features the film “Kings of the Wind and Electric Queens,” about an Indian festival held at the confluence of the Ganges and Gandak rivers. Movie Listings for July 24-30 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z As the Himalayan glaciers melt, the Ganges River plains are threatened. They really want a theocracy: The GOP candidates who want to make you bow to their lord 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Fondest memento or memory: The Ganges River with all its happenings, from bathing in the morning, the spiritual ceremonies and the ongoing cremations, was the highlight of my visit. A solo journey around a subcontinent 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z But in both formats, he strives for a sound that might be called music from the Delta — both the Mississippi and the Ganges. Songwriter With a Global Guitar 2011-05-09T22:00:27Z Old Father Thamesof the flowing patriarchal locks See how the Ganges still breathes in your West India docks. The Saturday Poem: Old Father Thames 2013-05-18T07:30:01Z In India he embarked on a pilgrimage along the waters of the Ganges, anointing his body with scented oils to receive the teachings of the Sanskrit scholar Rewal at Badrinath. My hero: Charles Howard Bury by Wade Davis 2012-11-23T22:55:03Z In keeping with the Hindu tradition, Harrison's ashes were later scattered in India along the Ganges and Yamuna rivers. How George Harrison's lifelong quest for spiritual enlightenment shaped his music and life 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z As Ganga, the goddess of the Ganges River, her arms undulated with a plasticity more astonishing than any swan princess. Dance Review: A Show of Kuchipudi at Jacob?s Pillow 2010-07-12T22:05:00Z Elbow-to-elbow, we watched where we walked to avoid all manner of excrement, all on our way to the Ganges . From Delhi to Kochi: A couple’s 23-day adventure in India 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Or explore the religious side of India, perhaps with a flight to Varanasi, on the holy Ganges River, where corpses are cremated on bonfires beside the waters. Where to Go to Understand the World in 2012 2012-01-06T17:19:35Z Past the fluttering flags and over the high security fence lies the Lea itself, a river system often as polluted as the Ganges, according to a body set up to safeguard it, Love The Lea. Radio 1's Hackney Weekend offers an urban alternative to the Olympics 2012-06-23T18:00:01Z While you laugh at Pilkington’s cluelessness, you can also experience such wonders as the Great Pyramid of Giza and swimming in the holy Ganges River. A world of small-screen adventure: Here are the best travel TV shows for streaming 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Into the Ganges, of course — the holiest and yet the most human river on the planet. T Magazine: The Life Aquatic 2010-12-02T18:05:00Z Local bookstores offer reasonably priced English-language books about India and its spiritual history, perfect for reading along the Ganges as the aarti, or fire ceremony, takes place every night at sunset. Unplugging in the Unofficial Capital of Yoga 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z In “G.H.O.S.T.,” set in the holy Hindu city of Varanasi, another plump Chinese man, with dyed blond hair and reddened skin, is floating on a boat in the Ganges. In Chicago, Overlooked Achievements by L.G.B.T.Q. Artists 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z “If Ganga goes, where do we go?” he asked, referring to the Ganges River. Mumbai, a City Both Uplifting and Heartbreaking 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z The more celebrated pilgrim sites such as the source of the Ganges at Gaumukh, the Cow's Mouth, he had revisited many times, measuring out the sacred geography of India with his footsteps. India: A Sacred Geography by Diana L Eck – review 2012-07-27T07:00:02Z A Hindu pilgrim offers prayers after taking a dip in the Ganges river. India: A Sacred Geography by Diana L Eck – review 2012-07-27T07:00:02Z The oft-referred to Ganges River produces “the smell of mud and leprosy and fire.” A Mesmerizing ‘India Song,’ Pulpy and Austere 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z As sea levels rise, the low-lying Ganges delta will be one of the first areas to drown. Review | In the galleries: Extraordinary images from ordinary settings in ‘Places We Find’ 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Two weeks later she traveled with a party of international journalists to Allahabad to photograph the immersion of Gandhi’s ashes at the confluence the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers. Art Review: ‘Candid,’ Photos by Homai Vyarawalla, at Rubin Museum 2012-08-23T22:02:45Z Dressed in traditional Indian costume, she explored and expressed the essence of the Ganges. Malavika Sarukkai expressively displays Bharata Natyam 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z As their jewellery clearly shows, the Tillya Tepe nomads sat at the centre of a web of cultural connections and influences stretching across thousands of miles, from the Mediterranean to the Ganges. The hill of gold 2011-02-19T00:05:32Z In the Sundarbans of India and Bangladesh – one of the largest coastal mangrove forests in the world – seawater is intruding into the mouth of the Ganges River. Climate Change Is Making Saltwater Intrusion Worse in Coastal Areas 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z It was conducted using samples collected by an international team of scientists as part of the National Geographic Society's Sea to Source: Ganges expedition. Rivers contain hidden sinks and sources of microplastics 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Another, “Mission ‘Ganges’,” is about Russian troops trying to save a group of Indian students trapped in a Ukrainian city as Moscow’s “special military operation” unfolds. The Ukraine war, propaganda-style, is coming to Russian movie screens. Will people watch? 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z In response, the wrestlers prepared to throw their medals, including some won in Olympic Games, into the Ganges in protest, but did not do so after intervention by community leaders. Indian Politician and Former Wrestling Chief Is Charged With Harassment 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Wrestlers eventually secured meetings with government ministers after threatening to throw their medals into the Ganges River. India wrestling chief holds political rally, silent on sexual misconduct probe 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z The wrestlers also threatened to throw their medals into the Ganges - India’s holiest river - before agreeing to meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah and later with the sports minister. Top Indian wrestler accuses government of silence over sexual harassment probe 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z The bridge was being built over the River Ganges in Bhagalpur district of India's eastern state of Bihar. India suspension bridge collapses for a second time 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z On the banks of the Ganges in Haridwar late Tuesday, the wrestlers sat in a huddle as a large crowd of supporters and cameras surrounded them. A Desperate Act Reveals the Dwindling Room for Dissent in India 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, the wrestlers had threatened to throw their medals into the Ganges - India's holiest river. Wrestlers' protest: IOC says police action against Indian athletes very disturbing 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z India's top wrestlers have said they will throw their medals in the Ganges, the country's holiest river, as part of their ongoing months-long protest. India's protesting wrestlers to sink medals in Ganges 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z In 326 BCE, his exhausted troops mutinied and refused to advance to the Ganges River in central India as Alexander desired. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Macron’s trip to Ganges comes amid a concerted new effort by him and his government to move on from the furor caused by the pension reform. Anger at new retirement age fuels further protests in France 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The Olympic wrestlers arrived on the banks of the sacred river Ganges late on Tuesday for what they had announced as a final act of desperation. A Desperate Act Reveals the Dwindling Room for Dissent in India 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z While he was visiting a school in the southern French town of Ganges, smiling and taking selfies with pupils, protesters held a few hundred meters away by police also chanted against the pension reform. Protesters storm Paris Euronext building in anger over pension law 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Macron’s trip to the town of Ganges comes amid a concerted new effort by him and his government to move on from the furor caused by the pension change. Protesters angry at pension law stage actions across France 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The most famous of the Bactrian kings of India was Menander I, whose kingdom stretched from the Indus River valley to the upper Ganges in central India. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z But in Malika’s Bihar, a fertile agricultural expanse bisected by the Ganges River, the average woman will have three, according to India’s most recent National Family Health Survey, which was conducted between 2019 and 2021. India’s population overtakes China’s, but numbers mask a bigger story 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z On a balmy morning possibly in February last year, two men arrived at a cremation ground on the banks of the Ganges, India's holiest river. Bihar: How an Indian woman tracked down her daughter's 'dead' rapist 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z You can discover more about the island’s immigrant history at the Salt Spring Museum, near Ganges. Tacoma author creates an illustrated travelers atlas for PNW islands 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Crowds lined the railway tracks to pay homage as some of Gandhi’s ashes were carried by train to the Ganges River to be scattered. Gandhi’s Life in Photos, 75 Years After His Assassination 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Their artistic designs influenced artisans in neighboring cultures over a wide area, from the upper Ganges River valley in what is today northwestern India to Baluchistan in western Pakistan and southeastern Iran. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Glaciers in this region feed water into massive river systems including the Indus and Ganges. Half of Earth’s glaciers could melt even if key warming goal is met, study says 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z What later became known as the Delta variant tore through the Indian countryside in early 2021, leaving bodies floating in the Ganges and villagers clamoring for what little supplies of oxygen were available. China’s Covid Surge Threatens Villages as Lunar New Year Approaches 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Or take a sea kayak tour from Ganges out to Third Sister Island, where you’ll see a large Indigenous shell midden at Chocolate Beach. Tacoma author creates an illustrated travelers atlas for PNW islands 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z A Hindu ritual on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi, northern India. Russia’s War Could Make It India’s World 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z These kingdoms, which extended from the Indus River valley in northwestern India to the Ganges River in the northeast, flourished for a time. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The United Nations on Tuesday announced its top priorities for restoring ecosystems from South America's Atlantic Forest to the Ganges River in India. HSBC to stop funding new oil and gas fields 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z For example, one start-up based in India, Phool, repurposes the flowers from temples that are cast into the Ganges River into incense sticks and leather substitutes. What Is Prince William’s Earthshot Prize? 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z After his death in 1979, she traveled to India and, at his request, scattered his ashes in the Ganges River. Sue Mingus, who championed her husband’s jazz legacy, dies at 92 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z “The Ganges is the medium of our life.” Russia’s War Could Make It India’s World 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Jute, a coarse fiber used to make fabrics like burlap, has been cultivated for centuries in the warm and humid climate of the Ganges Delta. That Reusable Trader Joe’s Bag? It’s Rescuing an Indian Industry. 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z The Ganges and every river in Bangladesh have been granted personhood, for example; elsewhere, concepts in some Indigenous communities have helped drive the trend. This lagoon is effectively a person, says Spanish law that’s attempting to save it 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Salt Spring is home to dozens of artists, artisans and craftspeople, most of whom sell their wares at galleries or at the Saturday Market in the main town of Ganges. On Salt Spring Island in the Southern Gulf Islands, take a charming self-guided studio tour 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Most of the wells in the affected areas are drilled into relatively recent sediments of the vast delta of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The tidal delta of the Ganges River is the largest delta in the world. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The rush of the Ganges river is the only sound. From Zen to Seine - Nielsen's yoga-powered Paris bid 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Demonstrating that no one felt safe from the disease, Siddiqui also took a picture of an ash-covered Hindu holy man putting on a mask before a ritual dip in the Ganges River. Reuters wins Pulitzer for intimate, devastating images of India's pandemic 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z First things first: Pick up a map on the ferry or in Ganges to find the locations featured in the studio tour, or go to saltspringstudiotour.com to follow along online and find artist profiles. On Salt Spring Island in the Southern Gulf Islands, take a charming self-guided studio tour 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Cremations were held in parking lots, and dead bodies were found floating in the Ganges River. Nearly 15 million deaths related to covid-19, WHO estimates 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Sundarban Delta in Bangladesh, a tide-dominated delta of the Ganges River Tidal forces creates linear segments in the delta shoreline by ocean intrusion into the delta deposits. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Images of dead bodies on the banks of the river Ganges, which is sacred to Hindus, were frequent. Modi’s Party Wins the Biggest Prize in India’s State Elections 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Corpses floated in the sacred Ganges river and were buried on sandbanks, revealing an enormous toll not always reflected in official figures, experts said. Narendra Modi’s BJP wins key Indian state elections 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z “It’s a way for tourists to know we’re here,” said artist Mark Lauckner, who blows, casts and presses glass at the Glass Foundry, just past Laughing Daughters Gluten Free Foods off Upper Ganges Road. On Salt Spring Island in the Southern Gulf Islands, take a charming self-guided studio tour 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Eventually, it governed directly or indirectly an area that included modern Bangladesh, most of southern India, and nearly all the territory along the Ganges River in the north. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he says, he’s condemned to cremating bodies here on the banks of the Ganges River. Voters in the crucial Indian state of Uttar Pradesh ask: Are we job seekers or Hindus first? “The whole world is praying for the people of Ukraine,” actor Shohreh Aghdashloo tweeted, sharing a photo of a woman praying by the Ganges River in India. From Ukraine, 'DWTS' pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy asks Russians to speak up against Putin 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z In a submission to SEBI, Ms Ramkrishna said she met the yogi on the banks of India's Ganges River nearly two decades ago. India bourse head was a 'puppet' of unnamed yogi, regulators say 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z At one point, dozens of bodies washed up on the banks of the Ganges River in Uttar Pradesh, presumably victims of Covid-19. A Bellwether for Narendra Modi as India’s Largest State Goes to the Polls 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z The Ganges drops down from the Himalayas and flows eastward across northern India. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In December, Modi took a dip in the Ganges River before thousands after he inaugurated a $45 million corridor that connects two iconic religious sites in the state. Indian state begins voting in test for Modi’s Hindu politics 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Hundreds of bodies, believed to be of people who lost their lives to coronavirus, turned up in the Ganges river. Uttar Pradesh assembly elections 2022: The Indian polls everyone is watching 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z They bathed in the Ganges waters, a ritual Hindus believe will wash away their sins and free them from the cycle of death and rebirth. Thousands gather at Hindu festival in India as virus surges 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z In the most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, thousands of devotees are likely to throng at banks of the Ganges river in the holy city of Prayagraj, as Hindus celebrate the Makarsankranti festival. Over a million Indians to gather beside Ganges, defying COVID-19 surge 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z The Indus and Ganges and the lands they water make up a large area that stretches 1,700 miles across northern India and is called the Indo-Gangetic Plain. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z And in June, a boatman in Uttar Pradesh state was praised after he rescued a baby girl found floating in a wooden box in the Ganges river. Mumbai: India baby girl found in drain recovering 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Many worshipers in northern India celebrate the festival at the Yamuna River, a religiously significant tributary of the Ganges that runs through the capital city of New Delhi. On Delhi’s Toxic River, Prayers to a Sun Struggling to Shine Through Smog 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Many of them will stay on the banks of the Ganges for a month leading the life of an ascetic, with the belief they will receive salvation. Thousands gather at Hindu festival in India as virus surges 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z My own country is badly affected - there are nearly 170m people in Bangladesh living on less than 150,000 square kilometres on the delta of two of the world's biggest rivers, the Ganges and Brahmaputra. My Day at COP26: 'Anything we achieve in Glasgow is not going to be enough' 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Over the next few centuries, Aryans extended their settlements east, along the Ganges and Yamuna river valleys. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Uttar Pradesh was hit particularly hard, with bodies of suspected victims washing up on the banks of India’s sacred Ganges River. Violence Strikes, and India’s Farmers Want You to See It 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z But warming was still the dominant factor in some areas with rapid urbanization, including in the Ganges Delta and along the Nile and Tigris-Euphrates river systems. Risk of Dangerous Heat Exposure Is Growing Quickly in Cities 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z The vast majority of people affected will live in South Asia and Africa, in river valleys like the Ganges, Indus, Nile and Niger. In cities, dangerous heat exposure has tripled since the 1980s, with the poor most at risk 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z The Nile, the Yangtse, the Ganges, the Amazon, the Indus “flow like lifeblood through their nation’s heart.” Review | A 2,000-mile journey through Russia’s lonely borderlands with China 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Centered on the lower Ganges River, the kingdom was ruled by the Nanda family. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Classmates said he liked to go on weekend hikes and swimming in the Ganges river, and showed little inclination for Islamist radicalism. Factbox: Key figures in Afghan Taliban's new government 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Even as funeral pyres lit up the night sky and bodies washed up on the Ganges River, with death all around, the Indian government was widely underreporting the scale of the devastation. India’s true pandemic death toll is likely to be well over 3 million, a new study finds. 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z It's one of the most populous, and largest regions in the country, bordering Nepal and with the river Ganges slicing through its plains. 'I help Indian parents talk about sex' 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z Bodies are piling up by the Ganges, but lack of government data is obscuring the true extent of COVID-19 in rural India. An Indian island paradise escaped COVID-19. Then a Hindu nationalist official arrived 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z His empire included Magadha and the area north of it, with his power base along the Ganges River. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A boatman in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state is being praised after he rescued a baby girl found floating in a wooden box in the Ganges river. Ganges river: India boatman praised for saving baby girl floating in a box 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z India's holiest river, the Ganges, is one of the most polluted in the world but a new environmental crisis is looming due to the country's second wave of Covid. Covid-19: Growing epidemic and legal challenge over travel 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z The festival drew millions of faithful to the town of Haridwar on the banks of the river Ganges in the northern state of Uttarakhand. Fake coronavirus tests may have helped fuel Indian outbreaks. 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Hospitals ran full, medicines were in short supply and dead bodies were found floating in the Ganges river, a testament to the scale of the crisis. As India’s pandemic surge eases, a race begins to prepare for a possible next wave 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z After their cremations, Srivastava’s younger brother was taking their ashes on his motorcycle for a ceremony to immerse them in the Ganges River when he was killed in an accident. As India’s surge wanes, families deal with the devastation 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z The term Ganges is unheard of in India. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Enough shoving cicadas down my throat 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z “I’m yet to inform my eldest daughter of her mother’s death,” a distraught Kumar said, as he crouched on the banks of the Ganges. Death in the Himalayas: Poverty, fear, stretched resources propel India's COVID crisis 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z He tested positive for the coronavirus two days after his last visit to the Ganges. Fake coronavirus tests may have helped fuel Indian outbreaks. 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z His government signed off on a religious festival that drew millions of Hindus to the Ganges River banks. Indian Police Visit Twitter Offices as Modi Goes on Pandemic Offense 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Shaken by the experience, Nishad drew on his faith in the Ganges, which Hindus revere as a sacred source of purity and protection. The mystery of the hundreds of bodies found in India’s Ganges river 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z We lose all these cultural markers by referring to the river as Ganges. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Enough shoving cicadas down my throat 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Photographs and television images of funeral pyres burning in parking lots and corpses washing up on the banks of the Ganges river have fuelled impatience with the government's handling of the crisis. Indian data hints at runaway virus spread as daily deaths hit record 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z In normal times, corpses floating in the Ganges are not an uncommon sight. India's holiest river is swollen with Covid victims 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Health authorities last week retrieved 71 bodies that washed up on the Ganges River bank in neighboring Bihar state. Indian police find bodies on riverbank amid raging COVID-19 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z Like the bodies found in the Ganges, whether they died of covid-19, heart attacks or old age, the inhabitants of these communities are victims of the virus, too. The mystery of the hundreds of bodies found in India’s Ganges river 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Girls in India are named Ganga, after the goddess associated with the river, and not Ganges. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Enough shoving cicadas down my throat 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Images of the gathering showed scant evidence of any mask wearing or social distancing as throngs of people congregated for a holy dip in the river Ganges. Indian states turn to anti-parasitic drug to fight COVID-19 against WHO advice 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Originating in the Himalayas, the Ganges is one of the world's largest rivers. India's holiest river is swollen with Covid victims 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z In the village of Chausa, residents were feeling deeply uneasy after discovering dozens of bodies that mysteriously washed up on the banks of the Ganges. Covid Desperation Is Spreading Across India 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z There were also more reports on Wednesday of bodies being washed up on the Ganges river – the suspected result of a shortage of cremation sites. Coronavirus live news: India variant found in 44 countries – WHO; Taiwan faces new outbreak 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z Epidemiologist Dr Lalit Kant says "huge groups of mask-less pilgrims sitting on the river bank singing the glories of the Ganges" created an ideal environment for the virus to spread rapidly. India Covid: Kumbh Mela pilgrims turn into super-spreaders 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z Ashes are strewn in the Ganges or another holy river, and mourners gather at home to remember and to perform prayer rituals. At India’s Funeral Pyres, Covid Sunders the Rites of Grief 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z Mr Modi allowed a Hindu festival where millions gathered on the banks of the Ganges river over several weeks for a holy dip. India's Covid crisis delivers a blow to brand Modi 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z It’s part of a custom in which some families send the bodies of their loved ones into the Ganges, the holiest river in Hinduism, weighted down by stones. Covid Desperation Is Spreading Across India 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z As coronavirus cases skyrocketed, Modi continued to hold huge election rallies and declined to cancel a Hindu religious festival that drew millions to the banks of the Ganges River, despite pleas from health experts. In India’s devastating coronavirus surge, anger at Modi grows 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Firewood for funeral pyres is rationed and sparse, leaving the dead half-cremated on the banks of the Ganges. Funeral pyres burn. Gravediggers know no rest. India's COVID-19 crisis is a 'nightmare' 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z Unclaimed ashes, Mr. Shunty said, are kept for up to two months, then poured into the Ganges. At India’s Funeral Pyres, Covid Sunders the Rites of Grief 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z About 20,000 devout Hindus gathered by the Ganges river in the northern city of Haridwar on the last auspicious day of the festival for a bath they believe will wash away their sins. India gets some medical supplies as COVID-19 deaths near 200,000 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z And millions more gathered by the Ganges River for special Hindu prayers as recently as last week. SOS messages, panic as virus breaks India’s health system 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Millions of people attended a Hindu festival, the Kumbh Mela, which culminated 10 days ago with a mass dip in the River Ganges. India Covid crisis: Hospitals buckle under record surge 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z Religious leaders and hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus descended on the banks of the Ganges River in the northern Indian city of Haridwar last month for a major Kumbh festival. AP PHOTOS: India being overrun by its massive virus surge 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z On Saturday, Modi requested religious leaders to only symbolically celebrate a festival known as Kumbh Mela, after tens of thousands of Hindu devotees gathered daily in close proximity to immerse themselves in the Ganges. India's Modi scorned over reckless rallies, religious gathering amid virus mayhem 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z She said one of the bottles released into the Ganges traveled more than 1,200 miles. Scientists put GPS in trash to find out how far it travels 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z In the northern city of Haridwar, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims thronged to a Hindu religious festival on the banks of the river Ganges on Wednesday, stoking fears of a new surge. Indian hospitals overwhelmed by COVID surge as beds, oxygen fall short 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z More than three million Hindu devotees bathed in the Ganges river on Tuesday to mark one of the most auspicious days of the two-month-long festival. Haridwar: Hundreds test positive for Covid at Kumbh Mela 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Between one million to five million people attend the festival each day in the city of Haridwar, on the banks of the river Ganges in the state of Uttarakhand. Complacency and Missteps Deepen a Covid-19 Crisis in India 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z In the Alaknanda basin, a cluster of streams that feeds the Ganges river – worshipped as a god by many Hindus – six hydroelectric dams have been constructed, according to Thakkar’s nonprofit. 'No other option': Deadly India floods bare conflicts from hydropower boom 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z Downstream, popular tourist spots on the banks of the Ganges were shut, and all boating activities were stopped. Rescuers search for 170 missing after Indian glacier causes devastating flood 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z He assured his “farmer brothers and sisters” that his government’s intentions were as pure as the water of the Ganges, considered holy in Hinduism. Why India’s farmers are in revolt in the middle of a pandemic 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z The Brahmaputra is a fearsome, shape-shifting 2,400-mile river that erupts from the Tibetan Himalayas and spills into northeastern India before merging with the Ganges in Bangladesh and emptying into the Bay of Bengal. A Quarter of Bangladesh Is Flooded. Millions Have Lost Everything. 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z It is believed that the animal strayed into the waterway from the Ganges. Fisherman in India accidentally catches endangered dolphin, carries it to safety 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z “In today’s campaign, over 20 million trees will be planted at the banks of the Ganges river, which will help in keeping this mighty river clean.” Indians keep their distance in mass tree planting campaign 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z Armed with petrol bombs, acid bombs, gas cylinders, molotov cocktails and explosives, the men, numbering around 100, piled stealthily into small boats to cross over the Ganges river. How lives were destroyed under cover of lockdown in a small Indian town 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z “The Uttarapatha,” or the great northern trade route, writes Lannoy, “linked the rich iron and copper deposits of the eastern Ganges region with the civilization of western Asia, bringing wealth to the merchants of Kapilavastu.” How the Buddha Got His Face 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Neeraj Kumar, who is in charge of a crematorium on the banks of the holy Ganges river in Uttar Pradesh state, said victims of crime were also not being brought in. Mystery of India's lower death rates seems to defy coronavirus trend 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z Pictures of pristine clear waters of the Ganges, India’s longest river considered holy by Hindus, were enthusiastically shared on social media a few weeks into the lockdown. Lockdown reveals fresh air, cleaner rivers in India 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z On the bank of the river Ganges, a handful of young men are sitting in a circle under the shade of a big tree. Extreme piercing: A festival of self-inflicted pain 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z The unorthodox punishment took place in the northern city of Rishikesh near the Ganges River, the Hindustan Times reported. India police tell foreign visitors who violated coronavirus lockdown orders to write apology notes, report says 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Varanasi, a city of temples along the banks of the Ganges River that Mr. Modi repeatedly returns to for spiritual strength — and for votes — reflects his challenge. As Protests Flare in India, Modi Plays a New Position: Defense 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z GANGOTRI, India — High in the Himalayas, it’s easy to see why the Ganges River is considered sacred. The Ganges Brims With Dangerous Bacteria 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z One operator, which the Citizen Lab identified and codenamed “Ganges”, was found to have been active since 2017 and had infected mobile phones in five locations: India, Bangladesh, Brazil, Hong Kong and Pakistan. Israeli spyware allegedly used to target Pakistani officials' phones 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z While Kaplan said further evidence was needed, she pointed to the Ganges river dolphin, which is practically blind and relies heavily on echolocation. Most dolphins are 'right-handed', say researchers 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z He learned parts of that while swimming in the Ganges, walking in Gandhi’s footsteps and climbing an Egyptian pyramid with his children. Column: Jesse Marsch's success might inspire others to dream of coaching in Champions League 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z Varanasi may be a sacred city, where countless bodies are cremated along the banks of the Ganges, but it is also a modern city where countless saris are made in factories. As Protests Flare in India, Modi Plays a New Position: Defense 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z The Ganges is living proof that antibiotic-resistant bacteria are almost everywhere. The Ganges Brims With Dangerous Bacteria 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z The Citizen Lab did not identify who it believed was behind “Ganges” but the data in its report indicated that most of the networks with infections were in India. Israeli spyware allegedly used to target Pakistani officials' phones 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z A Hindu devotee takes a dip in the River Ganges in Varanasi, among the world’s oldest cities, where millions of Hindu pilgrims gather annually for ritual bathing and prayers. AP Photos: Editor selections from the past week in Asia 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Some of her recent work involves helping communities along the Ganges, from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal, assess the right kind of trash interventions to address the overwhelming pollution problem. The Promise of Mr. Trash Wheel 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z He went to a meeting on the Ganges River one day and spoke at an investment conference on another. As Protests Flare in India, Modi Plays a New Position: Defense 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Although it is officially sacred, the Ganges is also a vital, working river. The Ganges Brims With Dangerous Bacteria 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z An English girl grows up at her family’s jute mill on the banks of the Ganges in Bengal. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z After Gandhi died, some of his ashes were sprinkled in the Ganges River and dozens of small batches were given to memorials around India. Did Vandals Steal Gandhi’s Ashes From an Indian Memorial? 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z The 10 most efficient funnels of plastic waste are the Yangtze, Yellow, Hai, Pearl, Amur Mekong, Indus and Ganges Delta in Asia and the Niger and Nile in Africa. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Dams have also been built to harness several thousand rivers in Nepal that help fill water bodies in India like the Ganges. As Deadly Floods Engulf Nepal Border, Anger Turns to India 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z But how drug-resistant bacteria jump from one human to another outside of a hospital setting is the least-understood part of the process, and that is why the findings from the Ganges are so valuable. The Ganges Brims With Dangerous Bacteria 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z In Japan, mother and daughter dove with pearl divers; in Varanasi, India, they waded the Ganges amid the ashes from the funeral pyres. Woman of Steel 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z “People long ago tore down the stupas and built their homes using the old bricks and stones,” Anand said, referring to Buddhist monuments that once dotted the Ganges River plains. Walking the Path of the Buddha in a Neglected Corner of India 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Their movements are increasingly hampered by hydroelectric dams in the world’s greatest river basins, such as the Mekong, Congo, Amazon and Ganges. Giant freshwater fishes are in alarming decline 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z The bridge – which is set to be Bangladesh’s biggest – is being built on the Padma, a major tributary of the Ganges. Bangladesh: eight lynched over false rumours of child sacrifices 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Its streets are lined with hotels with names like Holy River and Aloha on the Ganges. The Ganges Brims With Dangerous Bacteria 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z The spiritual life of Varanasi is focused on the Ganges River, where each day scores of pilgrims walk down the stone steps — called “ghats” — to wash away their sins in its holy waters. How Narendra Modi is remaking Hinduism’s holiest city — and India in the process 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z Soon afterward, he established an office down the road in Ravindrapuri and embarked on ambitious plans to clean the city and the banks of the Ganges River, boost tourism and build new roads. India’s lower-caste Dalits, who helped elect Modi, now threaten to oust him 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Unlike the sacred Ganges, the Chambal and surrounding land are traditionally regarded as cursed and dangerous badlands. No fishing for 500 miles: the river that runs clean through India 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Untreated effluents from the drain used to flow directly into the Ganges before the festival. The killer air India's not talking about 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z The Ganges has been blighted for years by pollution and over-use. Has India's government kept its promises? 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, with the temple corridor project, Modi is harming the “living heritage” of Varanasi, Mishra said, a city known for its twisting lanes leading down to the wide sweep of the Ganges. How Narendra Modi is remaking Hinduism’s holiest city — and India in the process 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z He began with a voyage down the Ganges in India last month and intends to complete all 10 by 2021, including the Yangtze, the Niger and the Mekong. Italian to trace route of plastics into seas down 10 rivers 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Hindus believe bathing in the Ganges at the time of the Kumbh, this year from Jan. 15 to March 31, absolves people of sins. As India election looms, politics infiltrates the world's biggest... 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z The glaciers feed ten of the world's most important river systems, including the Ganges, Indus, Yellow, Mekong and Irrawaddy, and directly or indirectly supply billions of people with food, energy, clean air and incomes. Warming threatens Himalayan glaciers 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z One of the biggest Clean India projects was focused on the River Ganges, which is holy to millions of Hindus. Has India's government kept its promises? 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z Some large river basins, like the Ganges or the Mekong, may remain relatively stable when considered on a large scale. World's "Third Pole" Is Melting Away 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z The bathing began at midnight with people chanting "hail mother Ganges". Millions at Kumbh Mela's 'holiest day' 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z If there’s a contradiction, it’s that there’s some scientific basis to the belief in the Ganges’ curative powers. Review: ‘Ganges’ explores why the river draws pilgrims and emperors alike to dip in its sacred waters 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z At least 15 million people are expected later at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical, subterranean Saraswati rivers. Millions of Indians set for holy dip 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Meltwater feeds ten great rivers, including the Indus, Brahmaputra, Ganges, Yellow and Yangtze, on which almost one-fifth of the world’s population depends1. Collapsing glaciers threaten Asia’s water supplies 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z His focus is the Indian subcontinent, dominated by the monsoon, climate extremes and the great Himalayan rivers, such as the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra. India: a turbulent tale of rivers, floods and monsoons 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z He recently fulfilled his father’s dying wish by immersing his ashes in the Ganges, a river considered holy in Hinduism. As India eases citizenship path for Hindus, Rohingya Muslims fear... 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Asia’s 10 largest rivers __ including the Yangtze, Yellow, Mekong, and Ganges __ are fed by seasonal melting. Melting glacier in China draws tourists, climate worries 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Some then lit clay lamps and floated them along with flowers in the Ganges. Millions of Indians set for holy dip 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Asia's 10 largest rivers __ including the Yangtze, Yellow, Mekong, and Ganges __ are fed by seasonal melting. Melting glacier in China draws tourists, climate worries 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z One of India’s leading environmentalists paid the ultimate price last week in his efforts to protect and restore the Ganges River, also known as the Ganga. Indian scientist dies after Gandhi-style hunger strike to save the Ganges River 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z He was demanding a law to protect the Ganges—India's largest waterway, sacred to Hindus, which is filthy with domestic and industrial waste—as well as the discontinuing of construction of hydroelectrical projects. Activist dies after hunger strike protesting Ganges River pollution, report says 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z The Ganges, worshipped by Hindus, is India’s largest river system and one of its most polluted. Indian activist, 86, dies while fasting for cleaner Ganges 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Most pilgrims, however, say they are here to "answer the call of Mother Ganges". Millions of Indians set for holy dip 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z The 2,525km Ganges, also known as Ganga or Gangaji, is worshipped by most Hindus as a goddess but for vast stretches is heavily polluted by the discharge of untreated sewage and industrial waste. Indian activist dies during hunger strike over Ganges river pollution 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z The Ganges is worshipped as a goddess by many Hindus. Two men arrested in India over Ganges 'gang-rape' video 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z The woman was reportedly dragged from the Ganges, where she had been bathing on Sunday morning. India 'sacred river rape' - two held 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z The Ganges is one of the world’s most polluted rivers.Credit: Indian scientists race to map Ganges river in 3D 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z I spent the first seven years of my life in this delta city, close to where the Ganges pours into the sea. The City of My Birth in India Is Becoming a Climate Casualty. It Didn’t Have to Be. 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z They live in Varanasi, an ancient, bustling town on the banks of the Ganges river in northern India. Bollywood's unusual middle-age love story 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Police said the suspects took turns to assault the 45-year-woman, who had been bathing in the Ganges on Sunday morning in an area called Simar Ghat, and filmed her ordeal. Two men arrested in India over Ganges 'gang-rape' video 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z The city is on the banks of the Ganges, and the effluent from its tanneries is polluting the river. Indian officials lament inaction of cities with world's worst air 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Scientists and engineers are about to begin the monumental task of mapping the vast stretch of the Ganges river that runs through India in unprecedented detail. Indian scientists race to map Ganges river in 3D 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z Kolkata had natural defenses: the mighty Ganges to the west, wetlands to the east, all emptying into the mangrove-rich delta region known as the Sundarbans and out to the Bay of Bengal. The City of My Birth in India Is Becoming a Climate Casualty. It Didn’t Have to Be. 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z The endangered South Asian river dolphin or Ganges dolphin also lives in the rivers that criss-cross the park. India starts Kaziranga Park rhino count 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z The Ganges, one of the most sacred rivers in the world, is also known as the dirtiest. How an Indian Guru Cleans the World's Most Polluted Rivers 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z In southern Asia, the Ganges–Brahmaputra delta is sinking as its sediments compact. Attack of the extreme floods 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z The Ganges is sacred to the country's large Hindu population, who view the river as a personification of the goddess Ganga and use its waters in religious rituals. Indian scientists race to map Ganges river in 3D 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z The endangered Ganges River dolphin has put in appearances since the flow returned, says Jahin Shams Sakkhar, an official with Uttaran, a local organization that has campaigned for projects like this one. As sea levels rise, Bangladeshi islanders must decide between keeping the water out—or letting it in 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Already, scientists have linked poorly regulated and often illegal sand removal to declines in seagrasses in Indonesia and in charismatic species such as the Ganges River dolphin and terrapins in India and Malaysia. Asia’s hunger for sand takes a toll on endangered species 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z The Ganges, historically relied on for agriculture, and the Indus Rivers are often listed as the most endangered in the world. How an Indian Guru Cleans the World's Most Polluted Rivers 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Yet 50 years ago the former ashram above the Ganges was the fulcrum of a major shift in popular culture. Revealed: lucky break that led lovelorn traveller to a fling in India with the Beatles 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z Although some sources of waste in the Ganges are well known, detailed models of how pollution enters and moves along the river will enable officials to design more-effective reduction strategies. Indian scientists race to map Ganges river in 3D 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z The Ganges and Brahmaputra pour from the Himalayas and converge with the Meghna River to form the world's fourth largest drainage, which flows into the Bay of Bengal. As sea levels rise, Bangladeshi islanders must decide between keeping the water out—or letting it in 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Other creatures directly affected by river sand mining, scientists say, are the gharial—a rare crocodile found in northern India—and the Ganges River dolphin. Asia’s hunger for sand takes a toll on endangered species 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Views of India's rivers are complicated, and some traditional beliefs say the Ganges is powerful enough to clean itself. How an Indian Guru Cleans the World's Most Polluted Rivers 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z But when The Beatles arrived, the place was a sleepy town straddling the banks of the Ganges. Rebuilding on the Beatles, an Ashram in India Hopes for Revival 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z The Ganges is arguably one of the most revered rivers in the world - and one of the most polluted. India's federal auditor slams Modi's slow Ganges clean-up 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Water in the Upper Ganges aquifer, for example, is being withdrawn at 50 times its recharge rate. Mass starvation is humanity’s fate if we keep flogging the land to death | George Monbiot 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Basmati rice, one of India’s best-known exports, may only be grown in the plains near the Indus and Ganges rivers. Indian states do battle over a sickly treat 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z But where cleaning up the river is concerned, "I think they need to be really fast. The Ganges is really dying really fast." How an Indian Guru Cleans the World's Most Polluted Rivers 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Down below the ashram, yoga institutes have mushroomed along the Ganges, where visitors from across the world thumb through books by Osho, smear vermilion on their foreheads and shop for chunks of crystal. Rebuilding on the Beatles, an Ashram in India Hopes for Revival 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z When a Reuters reporter visited northern Kanpur city in March, the river in most parts of the town appeared black in color, with its many factories and tanneries dumping waste into the Ganges. India's federal auditor slams Modi's slow Ganges clean-up 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z On Saturday, three people were killed and six others were injured in a stampede during a Hindu bathing ritual in the Ganges River in Begusarai town in Bihar state. 9 people drown in eastern India’s Bihar state 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Imagine a map with giant chunks missing from Florida, Manhattan, Lincolnshire, Rio de Janeiro and the deltas of the Nile, Amazon, Pearl, Mekong, Ganges and Brahmaputra. From Miami to Shanghai: 3C of warming will leave world cities underwater 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z People have this vision of the pyres along the Ganges and it being very visceral, even violent. Burn, Mummify, Compost—Different Ways to Treat the Dead 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z The same impoverished fate befell a farmer's wife in the Ganges or Yangtze deltas. Lessons from history for the future of work 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z The Ganges is arguably one of the most revered rivers in the world - and one of the most polluted. India's federal auditor slams Modi's slow Ganges clean-up 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z “Just as the Ganges flows freely, so, too, lovers of any caste, creed and sect,” he said. On the Run for Love: Couple Bridges a Buddhist-Muslim Divide 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z One of Asia's major rivers, the Brahmaputra, originates in Tibet and flows down to India before entering Bangladesh where it joins the Ganges and empties into the Bay of Bengal. China and India now in water 'dispute' 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z The mammoth plan entails linking nearly 60 rivers, including the mighty Ganges, which the government hopes will cut farmers’ dependence on fickle monsoon rains by bringing millions of hectares of cultivatable land under irrigation. Modi's $87 billion river-linking gamble set to take off as floods hit India 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The mammoth plan entails linking nearly 60 rivers, including the mighty Ganges, which the government hopes will cut farmers' dependence on fickle monsoon rains by bringing millions of hectares of cultivatable land under irrigation. Modi's $87 billion river-linking gamble set to take off as floods hit India 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z When a Reuters reporter visited northern Kanpur city in March, the river in most parts of the town appeared black in color, with its many factories and tanneries dumping waste into the Ganges. India's federal auditor slams Modi's slow Ganges clean-up 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Similar geographical areas along the Ganges River in neighboring India and Brahmaputra in Bangladesh also contain pockets of arsenic contamination. 50 Million in Pakistan Are at Risk of Arsenic Poisoning 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Hindus immersed themselves in water — particularly the Ganges River, which is considered to be purifying — to encourage the sun to fight off the dragon. ‘There’s no power on Earth that can stop this’ 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z The mammoth plan entails linking nearly 60 rivers, including the mighty Ganges, which the government hopes will cut farmers’ dependence on fickle monsoon rains by bringing millions of hectares of cultivatable land under irrigation. Modi's $87 billion river-linking gamble set to take off as floods hit India 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The mammoth plan entails linking nearly 60 rivers, including the mighty Ganges, which the government hopes will cut farmers' dependence on fickle monsoon rains by bringing millions of hectares of cultivatable land under irrigation. Modi's $87 billion river-linking gamble set to take off as floods hit India 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z In the 1980s, the Indian government released turtles into the Ganges to clear up partially cremated corpses in the sacred river. It’s not just the ‘sea lice’ – other flesh-eating sea creatures lurk in the deep 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Key agricultural areas in the Indus and Ganges river basins will be hit particularly hard, reducing crop yields and increasing hunger in some of the world’s most densely populated regions, researchers said. World Digest: Aug. 2, 2017 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Traffickers seeking sex workers trawl the villages that dot the lower Ganges delta for new victims. The scandal of the missing children abducted from India’s railway stations 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z ‘The Ganges is our mother, there won’t be any future if she dies’ Perspective | “I saw a lot of women who died during delivery, but I did not know how to help them.” 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Thousands of Indians immerse themselves and idols of their gods every day, believing a dip in the Ganges absolves a lifetime of sins. Dying "Mother Ganga": India's holy river succumbs to pollution 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z The river Ganges - worshipped in Hinduism as "Ganga Mata" or mother - is a lifeline to more than 500 million people across India. India's Ganges and Yamuna rivers are 'not living entities' - BBC News 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z A plan to clean India’s largest river, the Ganges, spearheaded by the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, is similarly foundering for lack of effective governance. Murder most foul: polluted Indian river given 'living entity' status but reported dead 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Today, New Zealand’s Whanganui River is a person under domestic law, and India’s Ganges River was recently granted human rights. Rivers Get Human Rights: They Can Sue to Protect Themselves 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z He threw himself into the various challenges which came his way; white water rafting, climbing the mast at HMS Ganges and travelling up the Amazon were some of the high spots. John Noakes: The action man of Blue Peter - BBC News 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z "The Ganges is our mother. There won't be any future if she dies." Dying "Mother Ganga": India's holy river succumbs to pollution 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z “But it does not affect our faith. The reason I am healthy is because I drink water from the Ganges.” India tries to clean up the holy city of Varanasi, but buffaloes and humans stand in the way 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z Last week he inspected a riverfront development along a Ganges tributary, calling for work to be accelerated. Exclusive: India's Ganges clean-up in a shambles, Modi intervenes 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z If it means the right to flow freely, what happens to dams across the Ganges? Could making the Ganges a 'person' save India's holiest river? - BBC News 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z So, Iran, for example, mainly imports rice from Pakistan irrigated by the Upper Ganges and Lower Indus aquifers. Food trade drains global water sources at 'alarming' rates - BBC News 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z The sorry state of the Ganges is most keenly felt in Varanasi, the ancient and most holy of cities for Hindus. Dying "Mother Ganga": India's holy river succumbs to pollution 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z A tranquil light gradually enveloped the Ganges River at the crack of dawn. India tries to clean up the holy city of Varanasi, but buffaloes and humans stand in the way 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z The problems are striking in Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh state: toxic pollution from tanneries operating in the industrial city flows down slum-lined open sewers into the Ganges. Exclusive: India's Ganges clean-up in a shambles, Modi intervenes 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z First the court declared the Ganges and Yamuna rivers to be legal persons. Could making the Ganges a 'person' save India's holiest river? - BBC News 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z The Yamuna is the main tributary of the Ganges that officials say is tainted with sewage and industrial pollution. Ganges and Yamuna rivers granted same legal rights as human beings 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Indians on social media also complained about the program’s characterisation of Varanasi as the “city of the dead” and the immersion of ashes in the Ganges as “dumping”. Reza Aslan criticised for documentary on cannibalistic Hindus 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Most of Varanasi’s sewage is pumped into the Ganges, which originates in the Himalayas and runs across four states and through more than 100 towns and cities before reaching the Bay of Bengal. India tries to clean up the holy city of Varanasi, but buffaloes and humans stand in the way 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z Miserable, Saroo walked across a bridge to the other side of the Ganges, where he met another man who spoke Hindi. Before “Lion,” the story behind an unlikely family reunion 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z For instance, it may no longer be necessary to prove in court that polluting the Ganges actually harms humans. Could making the Ganges a 'person' save India's holiest river? - BBC News 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Nearby is a man who is taking a trip along the Ganges River, encountering priests, drugged-out hippies and everyone in between. A Birthplace for Novels and Essays 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z The high level of the Ganges river in Rishikesh at the time was also considered - Jonathan's family spent hours fruitlessly scrolling through a website that compiled snapshots of bodies fished from the river. The disappearance of Jonathan Spollen - BBC News 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Chintamani Seth, who lives along the banks of the Ganges, said that decades ago he used to take dips in the holy river and drink from it. India tries to clean up the holy city of Varanasi, but buffaloes and humans stand in the way 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z The mighty Ganges river that snaked through the city reminded Saroo of his favorite waterfall back home, where he had spent so many happy days watching the local fishermen catch their dinners. Before “Lion,” the story behind an unlikely family reunion 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z In Hinduism, the Ganges is revered as a goddess who purifies a person of all sins. Could making the Ganges a 'person' save India's holiest river? - BBC News 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z It began in 1817, after the British East India Company sent thousands of workers deep into the remote Sundarbans, part of the Ganges River Delta, to log the jungles and plant rice. Turning the Tide Against Cholera 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z The non-motorised wooden boat, packed beyond capacity with revellers returning from a kite festival, capsized on Saturday in the Ganges river near Patna, the capital of Bihar state. India: Ganges boat accident leaves two dozen dead 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z “People say the Ganges is polluted,” he said. India tries to clean up the holy city of Varanasi, but buffaloes and humans stand in the way 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z In India, he used a hydraulic pole to shoot an overhead view of a religious festival on the Ganges that attracts tens of millions of people. Edward Burtynsky’s Epic Landscapes 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z These rulings indicate that the court will strictly monitor polluting of the Ganges. Could making the Ganges a 'person' save India's holiest river? - BBC News 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z I watched statues of the Goddess be sculpted from mud and straw by specialist idol makers, then brought into worship for a week, before finally being immersed in the Ganges. Kolkata, my ancestors, and me - BBC News 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Organizers were expecting 3,000 devotees at the ceremony, but more than 70,000 thronged the ashram of a local Hindu leader on the banks of the Ganges River, police said. World Digest: Oct. 15, 2016 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Organizers were expecting 3,000 devotees at the ceremony, but more than 70,000 thronged the ashram of a local Hindu leader on the banks of the Ganges River, said S.K. Deadly Stampede Hits Religious Procession in India 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Family members took his body to be cremated along the Ganges River in Varanasi, the holiest city in Hinduism, where all one’s sins are believed to be absolved upon death. This 23-year-old was duped into selling his kidney, then exposed an illegal organ racket in India 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Inland, the data also show big shifts to lakes such as the shrinking Aral Sea in central Asia and showed changing courses of rivers including the Amazon and the Ganges, sometimes linked to natural variations. Coastal land expands as construction outpaces sea level rise 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z The Ganges is one of the highest sediment load carrying rivers. India Ganges floods 'break previous records' - BBC News 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z The area’s two major rivers, the Ganges and the Yamuna, are overflowing after heavy rains. Image of Asia: Floodwaters cover low-lying land in Allahabad 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z The two major rivers in the area, the Ganges and the Yamuna, are overflowing after incessant rains, leaving low-lying areas flooded. Image of Asia: Watching the Ganges overflow in Allahabad 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Had he simply cropped it out of his nighttime shot along the Ganges River, the photographer could have kept his prize. Do Digitally Altered Photos Represent Fact or Fiction? 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z When I visited one in Allahabad, a city on the banks of the Ganges river, the boys were noticeably more uncomfortable than the girls. Why the Indian barbershop is a unique institution - BBC News 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z The Allegan County sheriff’s department says rescuers attempted CPR on Thursday afternoon, but Elizabeth Ann Bennett was pronounced dead at the scene in Ganges Township. Authorities: Woman, 93, pulled from Lake Michigan, dies 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z The city stretched for nearly 10 miles along the banks of the Ganges. The street food so good it is waved through airport checks - BBC News 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z The Ganges would become a “hub of spiritual tourism,” but there was also talk of building dams every sixty miles along the busiest stretch of the river, to facilitate the transport of heavy goods. What It Takes to Clean the Ganges 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z As the mountains erode, sediment washes into the Ganges and Brahmaputra, among the world’s largest rivers, and flows into the Bay of Bengal at a current rate of a billion tons a year. New Earthquake Threat Could Lurk Under 140 Million People Rickshaws, bicycles and pedestrians crowd the streets of Varanasi, a cultural and spiritual center along the Ganges River in north India. India's Challenge: A New Information Revolution 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z In Haridwar, India, thousands of Hindus perform a spiritual ritual along the sacred Ganges River. What's the Meaning of Life? Physics. 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z India’s plans will affect 100 million people in Bangladesh, who live downstream of the Ganges and Brahmaputra and rely on the rivers for their livelihoods. India set to start massive project to divert Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Modi has spoken of being inspired by the transformations of the Chicago River and of the Thames, but they are barely a tenth the length of the Ganges. What It Takes to Clean the Ganges 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z A dam built on the Ganges diverted the great river’s course, sending it closer and closer to the town until eventually it washed away the rice and jute fields. Better Roads Grease the Wheels of India’s Economy 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Rickshaws, bicycles and pedestrians crowd the streets of Varanasi, a cultural and spiritual center along the Ganges River in north India. India's Challenge: A New Information Revolution 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z The central government has pledged billions of rupees to cleaning the Ganges River. Taj Mahal Under Attack by Bugs and Their Green Slime 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z The ancient Indian city of Varanasi is known as the religious capital of Hinduism and its ghats - steps on the banks of the river Ganges - are considered sacred. 'Death photographers' of India's holy city - BBC News 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z I pointed out that the Assi River, a thirty-foot-wide drainage channel that flows into the Ganges just upstream of Assi Ghat, bypasses the pumping stations and pours raw sewage into the river. What It Takes to Clean the Ganges 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Can the sacred but toxic River Ganges be cleaned up? India's dying mother - BBC News 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z It’s an issue he’ll literally jump into when he swims in waters like the Nile, the Yangtze and the Ganges. Your Tuesday Briefing: Brussels, Cuba, iPhone 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z He must now go behind the crematorium, to the edge of the Ganges—a “dark slurry of putrefying matter”—and throw his mother’s remains in. Sex, Grief, and Comedy Across Continents 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Others bathe in the Ganges in an act of ritual purification, believing the river cleanses them of sin and frees them from the cycle of rebirth. Indian government criticised after scores of bodies surface in Ganges 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Nearby, an open drain carried a stream of tannery waste down a gentle slope to the Ganges. What It Takes to Clean the Ganges 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z We are keen to implement the proposed Ganges Barrage Project. Ganges dam project stumbles on Indian flooding fears 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z The last river we travelled was a tributary of a tributary of the Ganges. Clinic in the Clouds 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z The three artists Impey summoned to his fine classical house in Middleton Street were all from Patna, 200 miles up the Ganges. Violence, victors and victims: how to look at the art of the British empire 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z The Ganges is considered to be the country’s most polluted river, tainted by industrial effluents, sewage and waste from human settlements built on its shores. Indian government criticised after scores of bodies surface in Ganges 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z We hailed a boatman to row us across to the east bank of the Ganges. What It Takes to Clean the Ganges 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Bangladesh started work on the proposed Ganges Barrage Project during the tenure of the previous ruling Awami League government in the late 1990s. Ganges dam project stumbles on Indian flooding fears 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z A billion and a half people are nourished by water from the Tibetan plateau, which pours out into the Yangtze, the Yellow River, the Mekong, the Ganges, and the other legendary rivers reaching across Asia. Clinic in the Clouds 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z In India, the Ganges River is the most important site for such rituals. Promoting Environmental Awareness Among Practicing Hindus 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z At the other end of the spectrum are the highly populous Indus and Ganges systems in southern Asia, home to a combined 966 million people. 6 Places Where Melting Snow Means Less Drinking Water 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z A hundred and twenty miles to the south, at the ancient pilgrimage city of Haridwar, the Ganges enters the plains. What It Takes to Clean the Ganges 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z The Allegan County sheriff’s department says 17-year-old Devon Smiley was found dead early Sunday at the scene of the crash in Ganges Township. High school quarterback dies in southwestern Michigan crash 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Last week, he took on an official supervising the cleanup of the Ganges River. India’s aggressive green court takes lead role in high-stakes battles 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z So civilisation got a head start in the Nile delta, the Indus, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra, the Yangtze, and elsewhere. Sea defences not enough to protect delta cities from rising flood risk – study 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z As a result, the Indus saw a snowpack decline in 37 percent of the trials, and for the Ganges, 63. 6 Places Where Melting Snow Means Less Drinking Water 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Indian governments have been trying to clean up the Ganges for thirty years. What It Takes to Clean the Ganges 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Major rivers such as the Ganges, Bramhaputra and Irrawaddy flow into the Bay of Bengal. South Asia monsoon: Analysing fresh water could be key to forecast - BBC News 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Many Hindus believe that the waters of the Ganges, or Ganga, cleanse them of their sins. India’s aggressive green court takes lead role in high-stakes battles 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z In the Ganges Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh and India, home to 170 million people, the surviving wetlands are up to 1.5 metres above the embanked and reclaimed land. Sea defences not enough to protect delta cities from rising flood risk – study 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z It was formed about a decade ago by the sediments of the Meghna river, the confluence of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra rivers. Exile island 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z But his promise to clean up the Ganges plays directly into India’s charged religious and caste politics. What It Takes to Clean the Ganges 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Worshippers of Shiva, the god of destruction, carried vessels of water from the Ganges to temples in their hometowns in India, part of an annual pilgrimage. Your Monday Evening Briefing 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z The Kosi basin stretches from the Everest region in the north to the Kosi river that joins the Ganges in India across the border in eastern Nepal. Nepal quake: Everest Sherpas warn of mountain risks - BBC News 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Kaligandaki River flows into India where it eventually joins the Ganges. Nepal earthquake: People flee as landslide blocks river - BBC News 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z Some devastating images have emerged from the Bihar state capital Patna, a town on the southern bank of the Ganges. Nepal earthquake: US helicopter reported missing as dozens reported dead – live 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Hafizurrahman conceded that the tanneries do foul the Ganges, but said that the real culprits are corrupt state and city authorities. What It Takes to Clean the Ganges 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z River Ganges has a flow line of about 2,500 KM. Read TIME's Exclusive Interview with Narendra Modi 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z The mountainous terrain is traversed by hundreds of gushing rivers that contribute up to 70% of the lean season flow of the Ganges in bordering India. Landslide fears after Nepal quakes - BBC News 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z The Indian plate bends slightly under the weight of the mountains, and the resulting trough, now filled with sediments, can be detected under the Ganges plain. How The Deadly Nepal Earthquake Happened [Infographic] 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Compared with the great Indian epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, Homer seems minor, “like a Thames to the Ganges.” Nothing Happens. Everything Happens. 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z It rises steeply from the Ganges River Basin in India and contains high fertile valleys and eight of the world's 14 highest peaks. Key facts about Nepal, site of magnitude-7.9 quake 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z On Saturday, if weather conditions are suitable, the plane will fly to the northern Indian city of Varanasi to lend support to efforts to clean up the heavily polluted Ganges River. Solar plane pilots urge India to support clean energy drive 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z The proceeds of the auction, which included more than 450 gifts to Mr. Modi, are to benefit his campaign to clean the Ganges River. A Flap in India Over Narendra Modi’s Pinstripes 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z The money raised in the auction of the suit and hundreds of other gifts received by Modi will be used to clean up the heavily polluted Ganges River. Modi's monogrammed suit raises nearly $700,000 at auction 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z The auction proceeds will be used to clean up India's holy and heavily-polluted Ganges river, reports say. Modi '1m-rupee suit' auction begins 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z The tailored suit, which was ridiculed by Modi's political opponents, will be auctioned in the state of Gujarat to raise money for a project he is championing to clean the Ganges river. Modi to auction controversial suit with his name all over it 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Subjects revelled in their sudden ability to travel seemingly at will through space and time, using it to visit Elizabethan England, the banks of the Ganges, or Wordsworthian scenes from their childhood. The Trip Treatment 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Separately, the authorities in Unnao district are still investigating the recent discovery of more than 100 bodies in the Ganges river. Skeleton sacks baffle India police 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z The 55-day gathering is held at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythic Saraswati rivers, and celebrates the victory of gods over demons in a battle for nectar that would grant them immortality. A look at biggest gatherings as pope draws record crowd 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z Pakistan is merely the latest of various states and civilizations anchored either in the Indus River valley or in that of the Ganges. Rearranging the Subcontinent 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z He offered prayers on the banks of the Ganges, in a ceremony which was rich in political symbolism, underlining his roots as a Hindu nationalist. Narendra Modi visits India holy city 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z For example, he said, tens of billions of tonnes of effluent are dumped in the Ganges in India every year. Earth lost 50% of its wildlife in the past 40 years, says WWF 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Modi appealed directly for the diaspora to help him clean the Ganges, the heavily polluted river sacred to Hindus. US turns on charm as Narendra Modi roadshow rolls into New York 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z A group of villagers also travelled to the Hindu holy town of Haridwar to immerse the monkey's ashes in the holy river Ganges. Indian villagers mourn dead monkey 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z The authors claim that many of these, including Christian Holy Communion, Islamic ablution and Hindu plunges into the Ganges, could potentially spread infectious agents. Spotlight falls on top 1% in science : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Mr Modi also promised to clean up the polluted Ganges, considered a sacred river by Hindus. Narendra Modi visits India holy city 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z “Aquifers that nourish some of the richest farmland and the largest countries are under stress. Aquifers in California’s Central Valley, India’s Ganges Plain, the grasslands of northern China, and the Arabian Peninsula are all shrinking.” Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z The showcase ghats — the line of more than 80 stone stairways leading down to the Ganges — are dirty and thronged with hawkers, holy men and con artists. Cleaning Up Varanasi Is a Test for Narendra Modi 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z The rest sloshes into the Ganges or fetid ponds and pits. Poor Sanitation in India May Afflict Well-Fed Children With Malnutrition 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z Sewage, industrial waste and the remains of partially cremated bodies - this is what you might encounter in the River Ganges if you swam in it. Weekendish: Hay fever discovered and Ganges swimming 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z In the Hindu faith, the river Ganges is a goddess and its waters are thought to be purifying. Swimming despite the sewage and corpses 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Bangladesh will start using sonar to help slow erosion of its biggest island in the Ganges Delta where climate change and rising sea levels are adding to risks, a Dutch-Bangladeshi consortium said on Tuesday. Sonar to help slow Bangladesh erosion in Ganges delta 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z The banks of the Ganges offer a solution. The parched planet: Water on tap 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z He also promised the government would clean the heavily polluted Ganges river and build infrastructure in India's overcrowded cities. Indian government vows zero tolerance over violence against women 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z However, phenomena like the pilgrimage to the River Ganges are an important part of culture. Holy sites 'may offer clues to antibiotic resistance' 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z The Indian government launched an effort to clean up the Ganges nearly 30 years ago, but with limited results. Swimming despite the sewage and corpses 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z In the face of threats, Mr. Yadav, father of the three accused men, said that he had left his home to live on the banks of the Ganges River, two and a half miles away. Anger Among Indians After Killings of 2 Girls 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z The Ganges is the river that cleanses all sins, and Modi reiterated his promise to cleanse the river in return, and “to begin cleansing India from Varanasi.” Can Modi Clean Up India's Holiest and Dirtiest River? 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Mr Modi attended a victory procession in the capital, Delhi, before offering prayers on the banks of the river Ganges in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi. India's Modi celebrates poll victory 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z In some spots, the Ganges is little more than an open sewer. Victor in India Promises to Make Country Strong 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Today, three hundred million liters of raw sewage mixed with industrial pollutants are dumped in the Ganges here every day, according to B.D. Ganges River: Revered, Soiled and Symbol of an Indian Election Campaign 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z India's election reached a climax on Monday as Modi sought to secure his ticket in Varanasi, a holy city for Hindus on the river Ganges in Uttar Pradesh. Modi on course to be India's next leader, exit polls show 2014-05-13T09:03:47Z Modi’s pledge to cleanse the Ganges isn’t just about metaphor, or religion, or stripping off the mask to reveal the dark side of his Hindu nationalism. Can Modi Clean Up India's Holiest and Dirtiest River? 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z A Hindu priest performs evening prayers along the banks of the River Ganges in Varanasi, northern India. Day in pictures: 12 May 2014-05-12T11:44:07Z As Mr. Gandhi strode away, a cluster of young men began chanting “Har har Modi,” an echo of the prayerful verses used when bathing in the Ganges, a river considered holy by many Indians. In India, Support Cools for a Gandhi in a Traditional Stronghold 2014-05-09T19:13:51Z Tripathi, an environmental scientist and an advocate for cleaning the Ganges. Ganges River: Revered, Soiled and Symbol of an Indian Election Campaign 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z The holy city on the river Ganges goes to the polls on May 12, the final day of India's mammoth general election. India's Modi accuses election agency of discrimination 2014-05-08T10:03:35Z Some of the most noxious chemical effluent in the world still flows into the Ganges from the tanneries of Kanpur, two hundred miles upstream from Varanasi, because there are no effective treatment plants. Can Modi Clean Up India's Holiest and Dirtiest River? 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z He seeks to crown his bid for power in the holy Ganges city of Varanasi, which votes on the election's final day next Monday. Gandhis fend off Modi as India's election nears climax 2014-05-07T09:08:08Z The holy city on the river Ganges goes to the polls on May 12, the final day of the election. India's Modi takes election battle to Gandhi citadel 2014-05-05T16:30:11Z Cleaning up the Ganges, a river on which 450 million people depend, is a cherished goal that spans religious divisions. Ganges River: Revered, Soiled and Symbol of an Indian Election Campaign 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Also, he chose to contest from the Hindu holy city of Varanasi and in his nomination speech he said he felt he was the child of Mother Ganges - the sacred river. India election: Taking the voters' pulse at tea shops 2014-05-02T21:42:19Z Nothing sums up the failures of government in India better than the despoiling of the Ganges. Can Modi Clean Up India's Holiest and Dirtiest River? 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z On the Ganges itself some candles in small bowls were launched on the calm wide waters - they floated into distance, diminishing specks of light. Invented tradition and the religion of the ancients 2014-04-20T23:06:58Z About 6,000 square kilometers of the massive Ganges–Brahmaputra delta, the largest delta in the world, lies less than two meters above sea level. The Race Is On to Protect Millions of People from Flooding 2014-04-13T12:00:00Z The Ganges–Brahmaputra delta is the dumping ground of the Himalayas. Floods: Holding back the tide 2014-04-09T17:20:25.330Z The Ganges river is India’s holiest river and originates in the Gangotri glacier in the Himalayas. IPCC Finally Acknowledges Its “Himalayan Blunder” 2014-04-04T14:32:50Z George Black is writing a book on the history and culture of the Ganges. Can Modi Clean Up India's Holiest and Dirtiest River? 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z And then to my side there appeared a convoy of wooden boats - a long procession meandering up the Ganges. Invented tradition and the religion of the ancients 2014-04-20T23:06:58Z That only adds to bigger problems in the Ganges–Brahmaputra delta, which is sinking so rapidly that the local, relative sea level may be rising by up to 2 centimeters each year. The Race Is On to Protect Millions of People from Flooding 2014-04-13T12:00:00Z About 6,000 square kilometres of the massive Ganges–Brahmaputra delta, the largest delta in the world, lies less than two metres above sea level. Floods: Holding back the tide 2014-04-09T17:20:25.330Z Already, signs of erosion are everywhere in the Ganges Delta — the world’s largest delta, which empties much of the water coming from the Himalayas. Facing Rising Seas, Bangladesh Confronts the Consequences of Climate Change 2014-03-28T05:09:43Z From here it continues through north-eastern India into Bangladesh, where it joins with the Ganges to form a mighty river delta. Megadams: Battle on the Brahmaputra 2014-03-20T21:52:46Z VARANASI, India — In India’s oldest city, the only female gatekeeper of heaven sits in her homespun sari and tends to an open oven in a 14th-century building near the sacred Ganges River. India Ink: In Varanasi, a Lifetime Spent in a World of Death 2014-03-17T03:52:58Z Going under The Ganges–Brahmaputra delta is the dumping ground of the Himalayas. The Race Is On to Protect Millions of People from Flooding 2014-04-13T12:00:00Z That only adds to bigger problems in the Ganges–Brahmaputra delta, which is sinking so rapidly that the local, relative sea level may be rising by up to 2 centimetres each year. Floods: Holding back the tide 2014-04-09T17:20:25.330Z Discussions about the effects of climate change in the Ganges Delta often become community events. Facing Rising Seas, Bangladesh Confronts the Consequences of Climate Change 2014-03-28T05:09:43Z The Hindu pilgrimage along the Ganges River, the Kumbh Mela, attracted 120 million in 2013; visitors may number 5 million on one day alone, but it lacks the global breadth of visitors. Germs, Microbes Compete With Athletes in Sochi Olympics 2014-02-05T17:36:29Z In October 2010, at least 36 people died after an overloaded boat sank in the Ganges river in Bihar. Boat capsizes in India's Bihar 2014-01-29T08:42:20Z Varanasi is one of the most holy and spiritual cities in the world and seeing the ritual of cremation on the Ganges was life-changing. Frequent Flier: Betting on Conversation With the Person in the Window Seat 2014-01-27T23:50:31Z In Asia, 2 billion people in five major river basins—the Ganges, Indus, Brahmaputra, Yangtze, and Yellow—depend on Himalayan meltwater. How Israeli Snowmakers Are Saving Alpine Skiing 2014-01-23T20:09:35Z It is spliced by creeks and tributaries that form the final reaches of the Ganges riverine plain. The Hindus of Bangladesh Fear for Their Future 2014-01-15T05:35:23Z It is spliced by creeks and tributaries that form the final reaches of the Ganges riverine plain. Bangladesh's Hindus Live in Fear 2014-01-14T08:35:30Z But he in fact died in battle... and not in Japan, or in England, or near Ganges. Moldova: Hostage in a geopolitical game 2013-11-19T12:34:59Z Varanasi is one of the most holy and spiritual cities in the world and seeing the ritual of cremation on the Ganges was life-changing. Frequent Flier: Betting on Conversation With the Person in the Window Seat 2014-01-27T23:50:31Z Several of the papers carry photographs of the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall draped with garlands as they visit Rishikesh on the Ganges in northern India. Papers focus on benefit criticism 2013-11-07T05:55:00Z The delta of the Ganges River forms an intricately looped network. In Natural Networks, Strength in Loops 2013-08-20T17:15:00.780Z He managed to escape the uprising in eastern Uttar Pradesh in a boat down the Ganges to Calcutta. Why Mark Tully needs a Calcutta birth certificate at 78 2013-08-19T23:15:31Z "But we still get to the Ganges, and we will still going to die in battles, So that from Japan to England My Motherland would always shine." Moldova: Hostage in a geopolitical game 2013-11-19T12:34:59Z The rains buried villages in silt and washed away roads, while raging rivers like the Ganges swept away homes on their banks. India says nearly 6,000 missing a month after devastating floods 2013-07-15T11:38:03Z In October 2010, at least 36 people died after an overloaded boat sank in the Ganges river in Bihar state. Eleven drown in India boat capsize 2013-07-12T07:12:10Z Our findings shed light on the genetic basis of cholera resistance in a population from the Ganges River Delta and present a promising approach for identifying genetic factors influencing susceptibility to infectious diseases. [Research Articles] Natural Selection in a Bangladeshi Population from the Cholera-Endemic Ganges River Delta 2013-07-03T18:25:08.810Z Half his ashes will return to the river Ganges, the rest to his beloved Lake District. Bhola Seth obituary 2013-07-03T17:27:46Z "But we still get to the Ganges, and we will still going to die in battles, So that from Japan to England My Motherland would always shine." Moldova: Hostage in a geopolitical game 2013-11-19T12:34:59Z Taxis sat idle in the parking lots, and river rafting operators were forced to pack up and leave the banks of the Ganges. India Ink: Floods Scare Tourists from Undamaged Parts of Uttarakhand 2013-07-03T14:20:39Z Flash floods destroyed the bridge over the Ganges River, which connected the ashram to a drivable road. India Ink: When Everest Climbers Became Rescue Men 2013-07-01T07:30:30Z We performed a genome-wide study of natural selection in a population from the Ganges River Delta, the historic geographic epicenter of cholera. [Research Articles] Natural Selection in a Bangladeshi Population from the Cholera-Endemic Ganges River Delta 2013-07-03T18:25:08.810Z Air Vice Marshal S Nair, a senior air force officer, traces our route on a map as we follow the Ganges river. Frustrated efforts to rescue flood victims 2013-06-24T11:29:20Z On Friday, 40 bodies were recovered from the river Ganges in the temple town of Haridwar, a local police official said. India flood rescue efforts intensify 2013-06-22T11:37:37Z According to local police officials, 40 bodies were recovered on Friday from the River Ganges in Haridwar town, more than 200 kilometers downstream from the submerged holy town of Kedarnath. India Ink: When the Himalayas Poured 2013-06-22T06:30:42Z The zebra fish is a tiny goldfish which originated in the river Ganges. A Point Of View: Fly, Fish, Mouse and Worm 2013-06-14T16:55:00Z Both the families claim ownership of the land, sandwiched between the Ganges and Saryu rivers. India Bihar families fight for 66 years over a plot of land 2013-05-28T01:16:04Z Pictured, a man squatted in mud on a polluted bank of the River Ganges, Allahabad, April 2. Kumbh Mela Aftermath 2013-04-26T08:16:49Z A young person searched for coins and other items of value on the banks of the River Ganges in Allahabad, India, Monday. Trash in Focus 2013-04-22T17:07:50Z “I’m working for the Mother Ganges,” he says. At the Largest Gathering of Humanity, Who Takes Out the Trash? 2013-02-13T00:35:22Z Hindu holy men and pilgrims bathe in the sacred Ganges to wash away lifetimes of sins. At least 18 dead in stampede at massive Indian Hindu festival 2013-02-10T18:23:54Z The Meghna River is one of three rivers that forms the Ganges Delta. Bangladesh ferry sinking kills 14, five still missing 2013-02-09T05:13:33Z Pictured, a man squatted in mud on a polluted bank of the River Ganges,… The Ganges and Yamuna are among the most polluted rivers in the world. Kumbh Mela Aftermath 2013-04-26T08:16:49Z A young person searched for coins and other items of value on the banks of the River Ganges in Allahabad, India, Monday. Trash in Focus 2013-04-22T17:07:50Z The Meghna River is one of three rivers that form the Ganges Delta. Dozens missing as Bangladesh ferry sinks 2013-02-08T06:09:09Z Officials said at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers on 14 January. Kumbh 'raised Ganges pollution' 2013-01-24T10:32:51Z Mr. Mohan, 46, grew up in Varanasi, a city on the banks of the Ganges acclaimed for its betel leaves, and has the stained teeth of a chewer to prove it. India Ink: In Delhi Gang Rape Case, a Seasoned Prosecutor 2013-01-21T04:47:49Z The Ganges and Yamuna are among the most polluted rivers in the world. Kumbh Mela Aftermath 2013-04-26T08:16:49Z At the confluence of the Yamuna and Ganges rivers, as many as 100 million people will participate over the next month in an ancient Hindu festival known as the Kumbh Mela. The Kumbh Mela: Inside the World's Single Largest Gathering of Humanity 2013-01-16T05:05:22Z Last week, companies along the banks of the Ganges and Yamuna were warned against discharging any pollutants into the waters. India set for Kumbh Mela festival 2013-01-13T19:16:46Z The devotees of the 15th Century saint Kabir told me they condemned images of the deities and maintained that washing under a tap was just as good as bathing in the Ganges. The magic of India's Kumbh Mela 2013-01-11T04:30:24Z The family moved to Delhi in 1983 in search of a better life but on Monday, her family arrived to scatter her ashes in the river Ganges. Delhi rape victim's family: She was brave, full of life 2013-01-02T12:51:20Z The Ganges receives 2.9 billion liters of sewage a day along its 1,557 mile length, according to the Ministry of Environment and Forests. Kumbh Mela Aftermath 2013-04-26T08:16:49Z The pilgrimage, which dates back millennia, occurs in 12-year cycles—in 2001, the Indian government estimated a staggering 70 million congregated by the Ganges’ banks to ritually bathe in its sacred waters. The Kumbh Mela: Inside the World's Single Largest Gathering of Humanity 2013-01-16T05:05:22Z Ten million people are expected to bathe where the Ganges and Yamuna rivers converge. India set for Kumbh Mela festival 2013-01-13T19:16:46Z On Tuesday, the victim's ashes were scatted by her family in the river Ganges. Call for law to mark Delhi victim 2013-01-02T05:03:01Z Her last remains were scattered in the Ganges on Tuesday morning. India rape victim ashes scattered 2013-01-01T07:43:34Z The Ganges receives 2.9 billion liters of sewage a day along its 1,557 mile length, according to the Ministry of Environment and Forests. Kumbh Mela Aftermath 2013-04-26T08:16:49Z On certain auspicious days, as many as 10 to 30 million people may flock to the waters of the sangham, the meeting point of the Yamuna and the Ganges. The Kumbh Mela: Inside the World's Single Largest Gathering of Humanity 2013-01-16T05:05:22Z We walk to the relative solitude of the banks of the Ganges and sit down. Muhammad Idrees: Abandoned by India and Pakistan 2012-12-20T01:17:04Z They say probably adapted to its environment like modern freshwater river dolphins adapted to life in the Amazon, Ganges, Yangtze and La Plata River in Colorado. Pannoniasaurus inexpectatus: World's first freshwater mosasaur 2012-12-20T00:45:02.957Z Musicians offer tributes to Ravi Shankar on the banks of the Ganges River in India. Day in pictures: 13 December 2012 2012-12-13T12:21:59Z Faith hangs heavy in this town of mostly Hindu people and several thousand Hindu temples, flanked by the Saryu river which flows past Ayodhya before meeting the Ganges. In pictures: Ayodhya life over the years 2012-12-07T00:20:49Z The days when the gigantic Indian rivers — the Ganges, Indus and Brahmaputra — roar freely down the steep slopes of the Himalayas may be numbered. Flood of protest hits Indian dams 2012-12-05T18:50:16.967Z This is the Ganges river dolphin - found in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. 'Ugliest' endangered animals 2012-11-20T15:13:49Z The accident happened when a bamboo bridge collapsed on the banks of Ganges river where Hindu devotees were offering prayers as part of the annual Chhath ritual. Probe into fatal India stampede 2012-11-20T04:02:35Z Echidnas like damp environments, where they use their beaks to dig for worms Ganges river dolphin Another big-nosed mammal that doesn't feature in many conservation campaigns is the Ganges river dolphin. Are these animals too 'ugly' to be saved? 2012-11-20T01:27:34Z The rice of the Ganges delta used to be monsoon, or aman, rice; it was planted before the annual rains and harvested after. Bangladesh and development: The path through the fields 2012-11-01T16:03:12Z City states apart, it is the world’s most densely populated country, with around 150m people crammed onto the delta of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra, an area regularly swept by devastating floods. Bangladesh: Out of the basket 2012-11-02T12:46:12Z We boarded soon thereafter and lifted off, soaring above the expanse of agricultural land of the Ganges River plain. Scientist at Work Blog: Bhutan's Middle Path 2012-10-08T09:54:04Z The state forest department and WWF-India are conducting a survey to determine the dolphin population in the Ganges River and its tributaries, Business Standard . India Ink: Newswallah: Bharat Edition 2012-10-06T10:31:08Z She says that the Ganges river dolphin is the "last remaining, widespread top predator in freshwater systems in Bangladesh, India and Nepal". Are these animals too 'ugly' to be saved? 2012-11-20T01:27:34Z Bangladesh is hoping the World Bank will finance its ambitious plan to build a bridge across the Ganges, the biggest infrastructure project in the country's history. VIDEO: Bangladesh's $3 bn Ganges bridge 2012-09-24T01:34:39Z Glaciers feed rivers such as the Ganges, the Mekong and the Yangtze and their flows are vital for food production. Antarctic Peninsula Started Warming 600 Years Ago 2012-08-22T18:15:00.307Z The threats to the Ganges River Dolphin are identical. Fight to save endangered Indian dolphin 2012-08-14T11:56:36Z And then there are the easily rechargeable aquifers like the Floridan Aquifer in the southeastern U.S. or the lower portion of the Ganges River in India. Farmers Deplete Fossil Water in World's Breadbaskets 2012-08-10T14:16:30.903Z "Some areas of Uttarkashi district are inaccessible because a major bridge on the river Ganges is washed away." India Ink: Uttarakhand Floods Kill Scores and Displace Hundreds 2012-08-09T11:09:31Z India is home to three major river systems -- the Ganges, Brahmaputra and the Indus -- which support 700 million people. Regions Where Water Disputes Are Fuelling Tensions: A Global Snapshot 2012-07-24T18:15:23.080Z The region's three major river systems - the Indus, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra - sustain India and Pakistan's breadbasket states and many of their major cities including New Delhi and Islamabad, as well as Bangladesh. Thirsty South Asia's river rifts threaten "water wars" 2012-07-23T10:44:57Z In Assam in northeast India, Abdul Wakid and his team at the conservation organisation Aaranyak are working to try to prevent the same fate for Ganges River Dolphin in the Brahmaputra river system. Fight to save endangered Indian dolphin 2012-08-14T11:56:36Z Ditto India - a strong opponent of whaling in rhetoric, but whose custody of river dolphins in the Ganges and Indus systems on the internationally recognised Red List. Whaling moves beyond the harpoon 2012-07-07T15:29:03Z The heaviest rains poured down last weekend, stranding groups of tourists, including many Hindu pilgrims visiting holy sites near the Ganges. India Ink: Uttarakhand Floods Kill Scores and Displace Hundreds 2012-08-09T11:09:31Z Many countries dependent on shared rivers like the Tigris, Euphrates, Nile, Brahmaputra, Ganges, Mekong. Shortages: Water supplies in crisis 2012-06-19T07:45:21Z Dusk falls over the holy city of Haridwar in northern India, turning amber the waters of the Ganges river. Rooting out a Hindu family history 2012-06-14T16:39:19Z The Ganges River Dolphin is one of the world's most endangered freshwater mammals. Fight to save endangered Indian dolphin 2012-08-14T11:56:36Z In the districts of Bihar bordered by the Ganges and Son rivers, that land war is largely over today. India Ink: A Final Interview with Brahmeshwar Nath Singh, leader of the Ranvir Sena 2012-06-04T10:45:57Z A River Runs Through It “India is embarking on an expensive last-ditch attempt to restore the heavily polluted Ganges River basin, home to 400 million people,” Dan Morrison in The New York Times. India Ink: A River Runs Through It 2012-05-22T05:25:47Z |
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