R. Suryamurthy is a Contributing Editor at South Asian Herald. He has worked for The Telegraph, The Tribune, and Press Trust of India.
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India is fast running out of time to renew the landmark 1996 Ganga Water Treaty with Bangladesh, with less than a year left before the agreement expires and no formal…
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