If a new report is to be believed, India is swimming in its own sewage and turning its rivers into drains for its ever-expanding cities.

The Center for Science and Environment, a 22-year-old New Delhi-based advocacy and research organization, has just released its seventh report—this one entitled, “Excreta Matters: How urban India is soaking up water, polluting rivers and drowning in its own excreta.”

THE U.S. BAN ON some medicines made by India's largest pharmaceutical company adds a black mark against India's booming drug and drug-testing industries, which already have been under pressure over the country's lax monitoring of drug safety.