Geographical
Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
India
Only seven countries in the world had healthy air quality in 2023
New report claims only seven countries had healthy air quality that met World Health Organisation guidelines for PM 2.5 values in 2023.
Geopolitics: Modi heading for a third term
Tim Marshall looks to the Indian elections, in which more than 900 million people are eligible to vote
India’s farmers are marching on Delhi
Thousands of Indian farmers are marching on Delhi demanding that the central government stick to promises they made three years ago.
Construction of mega dams in Tibet worries downriver nations
Satellite imagery shows that China has been constructing a mega dam in Tibet and that worries the downriver nations of India and Nepal.
Can artificial rain dampen Delhi’s toxic air?
Scientists hope to wash away Delhi's deadly air pollution by creating artificial rain through cloud seeding.
Women in West Bengal fight back over domestic violence and alcohol abuse
Ritwika Mitra reports on the growing movement of women confronting the linked problems of alcoholism and domestic violence in rural West Bengal
The cashmere crisis of the Changthang Plateau
Andrew Newey visits the world's highest permanently inhabited plateau, where farmers produce pashmina wool
The resolute widows of Punjab farmers driven to suicide by relentless debt
The resolute widows of Punjabi farmers who were driven to suicide by relentless debt fight for a better future
Attempts to clean New Delhi’s air are failing without a radical change in energy policy
Attempts to control India’s air pollution are improving, but the country’s energy policy prevents the lifting of New Delhi's blanket of smog
The Ganges: river of life, religion and pollution
The Ganges is one of the most polluted rivers on Earth, its religious importance means those willing to clean it up make enormous sacrifices
The Gandhian model of development
According to the Gandhian model, the ultimate solution for fighting poverty is not mass production, but production by the masses
Debating India’s smart city vision
India has pledged $120billion to make its cities ‘smart’. But can such technology help the country solve its most pressing urban issues?
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