Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Flood hazard is one of the most severe problems in the Himalayan river basins. Although floods are essentially hydrological phenomenon, the uneven distribution of floods in the river basin highlights the control of geomorphological and geological factors. A proper understanding of these factors is critical for a successful flood management …
HITS • Clearing the air with CNG • Taking people along through Bhagidari scheme • Promoting rainwater harvesting to tide over water scarcity • Power privatisation to end capital's blackout blues • Facelift to capital via Metro, flyovers and hospitals. MISSES • Bogged down on the Yamuna cleanup plan • …
The state has suffered a loss amounting to Rs.309 crores due to cloud burst, flash floods and heavy rains during the monsoon this year. The loss includes damage to roads, bridges, buildings, drinking water and irrigation schemes and other important infrastructure facilities of public utility in the state.
Flash flood swept through a popular tourist resort on Indonesia's Sumatra Island, killing 66 people, five of them foreigners, and leaving dozens missing, local officials said on Monday.
If you thought of electromagnetism as something that only served to light up your home and run a thousand gadgets, think again. Our reality, be it natural, artificial or virtual, is completely electromagnetised. This reality is the theme of Electronetwork.org
On the night of September 24, residents of Uttarkashi in the Garhwal Himalayas were jolted by rumblings of rocks and boulders hurtling down the Varunavat parvat (hillock). Landslides have ravaged this ancient pilgrimage town ever since. Many buildings including high-rise hotels and houses have come under a steady stream of …
The Himachal Pradesh government has permitted the Shimla Municipal Corporation to hike water charges in the municipal limits and its adjoining areas. According to notification issued recently, the rates for domestic consumers have been increased from the present Rs 2.50 to rs 3.50 per kilolitre within the MC limit up …
The Central Government has finally agreed to survey the severe drought in Maharashtra. An eight-member team will visit the drought-affetced regions of the State from November 11 to 14.
• Anyone with a personal computer can now take part in an online experiment (Climateprediction.net) to generate a probable forecast of the climate of the 21st century. A collaborative effort of Britain's meteorological department, universities and other institutions, it would be the world's biggest climate science project ever. About two …
• Humanitarian aid tends to favour high-profile emergencies at the expense of less visible long-term suffering. Forced migration is one such invisible disaster • Forced migrants could be refugees, internally displaced persons, environmental migrants, development-induced migrants, human traffickers, and economic migrants • According to the United Nations, over 175 million …
with the southeastern parts of Bangladesh experiencing a number of mild-to-moderate tremors since July 27, it is feared that a major earthquake is set to rock the region in the near future. Significantly, Bangladesh
At the recent meeting of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) cotton was denied access into northern India. The committee disallowed cultivation of the genetically modified (GM) crop in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and western Uttar Pradesh due to its high sensitivity to the leaf curl virus. This …
In this paper, a review on worldwide literature on trends in tropical cyclone frequency, intensity, and impact, with special reference to the North Indian Ocean Basin, that is, the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea.
Middle-aged Bedunath wears saffron-coloured clothes and sets out daily with two snake baskets slung over his shoulders. He spends the entire day walking the streets of Delhi blowing on his flute, mesmerising snakes and passersby alike. Bedunath resides in a unique colony in Delhi called Mollarbandhgaon. This community, located next …
new mummies: Ancient Britons started mummifying their dead at the same time as the Egyptians. British archaeologist Mike Parker-Pearson has found four Bronze Age bodies showing signs of mummification in the remote Scottish isle of South Uist. The 3,000-year-old bodies are believed to be the first ever discovery of mummification …
