Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
with Russia's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, the treaty to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is back on track. But, what collective action can be expected in the future to combat climate change? At the Tenth Conference of Parties (cop-10) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (unfccc) …
researchers from Germany-based Max Planck Institute for Chemistry have recently found that the Indian Ocean region is adversely affected by nitrogen oxide (nox) pollution from Africa and Southeast Asia during the periods between the summer and winter monsoons. nox can adversely affect atmospheric chemistry because it catalyses the production of …
ERRATIC monsoons always make good news copy in India. It is the official weather forecasting agency, the India Meteorological Department (IMD), that bears the brunt of criticism. Sometimes justifiably so, for often its take on the southwest monsoon goes off the mark, as it happened in July this year. IMD …
Scientists at the Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Science (iisc) have put to test a simple yet innovative forecasting model, which uses past rainfall data to predict monsoon. The model, developed by R N Iyengar and S T G Raghukanth, has been used for the first time this year to forecast …
At a time when water levels in most of the country's reservoirs have plummeted below their 10-year average, the Union government still seems to be on the high it got from last year's monsoon-propelled 8 per cent-plus gdp growth. A normal monsoon has been predicted for this year, too; that …
scientists at the Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Science (iisc) have devised a new method to forecast the monsoon, that too eight months ahead of the rainfall season. The statistical method, developed by R N Iyengar and S T G Ravikanth, is much less complicated than the existing forecasting models, as …
A bountiful monsoon brought cheer across the country this year. But a few areas, particularly in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, were not as lucky as the rest. Governments of these states decided to change their fate with the help of an artificial rainmaking technique called
ACT APPRAISED: Members across the political spectrum participated in a constructive debate on the Panchayati Raj Act during the otherwise stormy monsoon session of parliament. They reviewed 10 years of the act's implementation. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha was even asked to extend the day's sitting by two hours …
FIRST there was the mounting suspense. All of India awaited with bated breath the arrival of the south west monsoon. Would it arrive? Miraculously, politicians went into intricate calculations: would the bounty be enough to sustain the GDP growth projected in the Tenth Five Year Plan? Then came the rains. …
Extreme climate events such as aridity, drought, flood, cyclone and stormy rainfall are expected to leave an impact on human society. They are also expected to generate widespread response to adapt and mitigate the sufferings associated with these extremes. Societal and cultural responses to prolonged drought include population dislocation, cultural …
the column width dedicated to rain in the mainstream print media has hit an all-time high. A few days ago, tv news reporters with that special ability to capture (and re-create) frenzy planted themselves on Kerala's beaches, not chasing a vacationing prime minister but waiting for the monsoon. Urban India …
a new method that used the Bangladesh monsoon to make a monsoon prediction model could end the woes of millions of farmers. The method was used for the first time to produce forecasts of 20-25 days for the Ganges valley of Bangladesh during the summer of 2002. Unlike the predictions …
Every year, the month of May ends. India enters June, and expectations of rain. Small farmers scan the sky, reading the clouds (the big ones have subsidised irrigation pumps, and undemocratic canal water-sharing clout). Politicians begin to place calls to the New Delhi-based Indian Meterological Department (imd). Within the imd, …
The Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX) was sponsored by research agencies within Europe, India and USA, and was mainly concerned with the haze over south Asia and the adjacent Indian Ocean. It excluded other equally or even more polluted areas in Asia. The Asian Brown Cloud is a follow on international …
in what is turning out to be an annual ritual, trawler owners in Goa tried to water down the monsoon ban on fishing. But their efforts proved futile. The trawler owners, agitated over the ban which prohibits the use of mechanised vessels for fishing during the rainy season, had threatened …
• Part I: Untapped data • Part II: Lessons learnt How long have you been driving an auto in Ahmedabad? Just about a fortnight now. I came about 25 days ago from Lucknow. You live in Lucknow city? No. Who lives in the cities? People come to the cities to …
