This story appears in the May 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. A few years ago I was on an assignment in India. I had a day off, so I went to the Mullick Ghat flower market in Kolkata.

Kolkata: On the occasion of World Water Day, the Sea Explorers' Institute (SEI), in collaboration with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the National Cadet Corps (NCC), conducted a pilot river clean ...

A meeting of the technical teams of the Joint Rivers Commission of India and Bangladesh began in Kolkata on Thursday (March 6, 2025) on the Ganga Water Treaty, which is due for renewal in 2026, an ...

A meeting of the technical teams of the Joint Rivers Commission of India and Bangladesh began in Kolkata on Thursday on the Ganga Water Treaty, which is due for renewal in 2026, an official said. The ...