From ethanol blending to data centres to power generation, we must wisely generate, store, and use water -- With India's major reservoirs holding less than one-third of their live storage capacity in the early weeks of the monsoon, the country is confronting a crisis that has been building for years. As the world's largest user of groundwater, India is depleting aquifers much faster than they can naturally recharge. Building long-term water resilience is, therefore, becoming

India’s Midsummer Reckoning with Climate -- On 27 April 2026, something happened that should have rattled every boardroom in Mumbai and every desk in North Block. Every single one of the planet’s top 50 hottest cities was in one country: India. Average peak temperatures across those 50 cities hit 112.5°F. Banda, in Uttar Pradesh, touched 115.16°F — the hottest spot on Earth that day. The air-quality platform that compiled the data put it plainly: “no modern precedent.” This i