Despite over 60 crore visitors and countless holy dips during Maha Kumbh, the Ganga remains germ-free. A study by Padma Shri Dr. Ajay Sonkar reveals Ganga's unique bacteriophages that naturally ...

University of Allahabad's Professor Umesh Kumar Singh on Saturday termed as doubtful a Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) report which suggested that the quality of Ganga water at the Sangam ...

The Ganga, one of the holiest rivers in India, has been scientifically proven to possess a unique self-purification ability. Despite millions of devotees taking holy dips during events like the ...

The central government on Monday (March 10, 2025) cited a new report from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in Parliament and said the water in the Ganga at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj ...

A study conducted by a prominent scientist has discovered that the Ganga is the only freshwater river in the world where 1,100 types of bacteriophages naturally cleanse the water, removing ...

The government also said it had provided a total of Rs 7,421 crore to the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) for cleaning the river in 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 (until March 9) In this ...

CPCB concluded that the Ganga's water quality was fit for bathing. However, the CPCB noted significant "variability in data" in water quality. A report by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB ...

A study by Padma Shri awardee Dr. Ajay Sonkar has claimed the Ganga’s self-cleaning mechanism eliminates bacteria 50 times faster than other rivers. While experts dispute this, the BJP and the ...

According to U.P. government figures, over 58 crore people have taken a dip in the sacred waters of Triveni Sangam, the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati, at the ongoing Maha Kumbh in ...

ST. GERMAIN, Wis. (WSAW) - One person has died following a snowmobile crash in Vilas County. It happened around 5 p.m. Saturday on a trail near Sweet Fern Lake in St. Germain. The snowmobiler ...

A new study has revealed that the Ganga River possesses a unique self-purification mechanism, eliminating harmful bacteria at a rate 50 times faster than any other freshwater river in the world ...

A debate over blind faith and health concerns has erupted after a Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) report detected alarming levels of faecal coliform bacteria in the Ganga at Prayagraj.