Voter burnout: Is India’s general election process seeing its last summer?
While the Election Commission of India has constituted a ‘task force’ to help voters deal…
Climate and Environment
Heatwave: Bengal, Odisha on red alert, even Kerala backwaters, Ooty and Bengaluru sizzle
Heatwaves have spread across the country with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) sounding a ‘Red…
Asia is world’s most disaster-prone region: WMO report
Asia is warming faster than the global average. The warming trend has nearly doubled since…
Monsoon to be ‘above normal’ in India: IMD
India may receive “above normal” monsoon rainfall between June and September, the India Meteorological Department…
Expect more than double the number of heatwaves this summer: IMD
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned that most of India will face “extreme heat” between…
Destruction of mangrove forests can emit 50,000% more carbon by the end of century: Study
Mangroves in regions such as southern India, southeastern China, Singapore and eastern Australia are particularly…
India has increased risk of extreme heat during Holi: Report
Warming trends in India are a clear sign of the impacts of human-led climate change,…
2023 hottest year on record, state of climate “off the charts”: WMO Report
With the global average near surface temperature at 1.45 °C above the pre industrial baseline,…
Bengaluru’s man-made water crisis to get worse as temperatures expected to rise: Experts
Shortage in rainfall in 2023 has exacerbated the water crisis in Bengaluru, India’s Silicon valley…
Drought in over 90% districts in Karnataka, state reports farmer suicides, water theft
Karnataka is grappling with drought in 223 of 236 talukas, there’s little water for drinking…