Because rivers help in strengthening the ecosystem as well as maintaining biodiversity. Also, they are the main source of drinking water and irrigation. In India, the importance of rivers has ...

Several people are feared dead and many more injured as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river ...

Millions of people have taken a holy bath at the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela (also known as Mahakumbh) - described as humanity's biggest gathering - in northern India's Prayagraj city on Monday.