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Climate change is impacting the Indus river basin unevenly, affecting water-sharing agreements between India and Pakistan due to differing glacial melt rates.
At the time of partition in 1947, control over the Indus River system became a central dispute between India and Pakistan. The Indus basin consists of six main rivers — Indus, Jhelum ...
The Indus River holds immense importance in India — not just as a vital source of water, but also as a river of great ...
India’s Minister of Jal Shakti C.R. Patil issued a stern statement and announced that India would ensure not a single drop of the Indus River’s water reaches Pakistan. It is important to note ...
When British India was divided into India and Pakistan in 1947, the Indus River system, which flows through both countries (originating in Tibet and also touching Afghanistan and China ...
IMAGE: The confluence of the Indus river and the Zanskar river at Sangam near to Leh in Ladakh, India. Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images The move comes after the killing of 26 people ...
"With the treaty placed in abeyance, the Indian government is no longer obligated to share information regarding water storage levels or flow in the rivers of the Indus River System with Pakistan ...
The treaty gives India 20 per cent of the water from the Indus River System and the rest 80 per cent to Pakistan.
The treaty governs the distribution of the Indus river system between India and Pakistan. The system includes the main Indus River and its five tributaries: The Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej (eastern ...
The Indus River has been inextricably linked to the conceptualisation of Indian identity for ages. Its settlers traded with Mesopotamia. Its grandeur was documented by the ancient Greeks and Persians.