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Amid the golden dunes and sun-scorched winds of India’s desert lands, ancient temples rise like mirages from another ...
Jodhpur is famously called the Blue City of India. It is located in the Thar Desert. Read in detail about Jodhpur, where ...
Thanks to increased accessibility to water and energy, the Thar Desert is now the most populated desert on Earth.
Deserts have a well deserved reputation for being known as desolate wastelands but one is bucking the trend as it has become ...
Many deserts face worsening droughts, but India's Thar Desert has become 38% greener in the past 20 years due to increased ...
Greening of India's Thar Desert could be due to the combined effects of climate change and human activities, such as groundwater pumping, a study has found.      Also known as the 'Great Indian Desert ...
In India, drylands comprise nearly 70% of the total land area and support approximately 1.5 billion people. Among these, the Thar Desert, an arid zone of approximately 200,000 square kilometers ...
Air pollution could be making rainfall more acidic in cities such as Vishakhapatnam, Allahabad, Mohanbari (Assam), while dust ...
Maru Mangala was launched with the aim to celebrate the developments in Barmer – once feared as the dreaded 'kalapaani' of mainland India, which today has become a beacon of hope and prosperity for ...