🔆Melting Himalayan Glaciers: Cascading Effects on India’s Water Resources (UPSC 2020, 2013)
✅Accelerated glacial melt, driven by climate change, threatens India’s water security ✅ Himalayan glaciers feed Ganga, Brahmaputra, Indus – vital for agriculture, hydropower, and drinking water ✅Initial melt may cause flooding (e.g., Uttarakhand 2013) ✅Long-term effects: reduced river flows during dry seasons
✅ May trigger: • Water shortages • Crop failures • Interstate water conflicts • Decline in groundwater recharge, esp. in Indo-Gangetic Plain • Disrupted monsoons → strain on water systems
🔁Urgent need for: ➡️ Sustainable adaptation strategies ➡️ Efficient water management practices
🔆Melting Himalayan Glaciers: Cascading Effects on India’s Water Resources (UPSC 2020, 2013)
✅Accelerated glacial melt, driven by climate change, threatens India’s water security ✅ Himalayan glaciers feed Ganga, Brahmaputra, Indus – vital for agriculture, hydropower, and drinking water ✅Initial melt may cause flooding (e.g., Uttarakhand 2013) ✅Long-term effects: reduced river flows during dry seasons
✅ May trigger: • Water shortages • Crop failures • Interstate water conflicts • Decline in groundwater recharge, esp. in Indo-Gangetic Plain • Disrupted monsoons → strain on water systems
🔁Urgent need for: ➡️ Sustainable adaptation strategies ➡️ Efficient water management practices
The messaging service and social-media platform owes creditors roughly $700 million by the end of April, according to people briefed on the company’s plans and loan documents viewed by The Wall Street Journal. At the same time, Telegram Group Inc. must cover rising equipment and bandwidth expenses because of its rapid growth, despite going years without attempting to generate revenue.
At a time when the Indian stock market is peaking and has rallied immensely compared to global markets, there are companies that have not performed in the last 10 years. These are definitely a minor portion of the market considering there are hundreds of stocks that have turned multibagger since 2020. What went wrong with these stocks? Reasons vary from corporate governance, sectoral weakness, company specific and so on. But the more important question is, are these stocks worth buying?
