Thanks to increased accessibility to water and energy, the Thar Desert is now the most populated desert on Earth.

India’s Thar Desert, one of the hottest and driest regions on Earth, is undergoing a surprising transformation. Over the past ...

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar-led research suggests climate change, increased monsoon rainfall and expanded groundwater pumping have driven substantial vegetation growth in the Thar ...

Many deserts face worsening droughts, but India's Thar Desert has become 38% greener in the past 20 years due to increased ...

India will experience higher than normal number of heatwaves in the next two months The April-June summer season will be ...

Paddy was cultivated in the state in just 2.27 hectares in 1960. Rice was not a staple diet of the people and coarse grains, ...

Greening of India's Thar Desert could be due to the combined effects of climate change and human activities, such as groundwater pumping, a study has found.      Also known as the 'Great Indian Desert ...