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Daily weather tracker: Monsoon retreat brings dry heat as low-pressure system triggers heavy rain across states

India, Sept. 21 -- Monsoon retreats from northwest India as temperatures rise, while a strengthening Bay of Bengal system threatens heavy rain across several states. Low-pressure system over the Bay ... Read More


What does 'circular economy' actually mean?

India, Sept. 21 -- The World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) concluded in Gandhinagar last week. Across the week-long event, circular economy (CE) was the central theme in nearly every session, but ever... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 16, 2026)

India, Sept. 21 -- Greater Chennai Corporation told NGT that around 950 kg of dead fish were removed from the Kosasthalaiyar river on August 16, 2026, followed by another 1.45 tonnes on August 17. Su... Read More


Seabird chick found with almost 900 plastic pieces in stomach, setting new pollution record

India, Sept. 21 -- A 16-year study from Lord Howe Island found record levels of plastic ingestion in fledgling sable shearwaters. In 2025, one bird was found with 894 pieces of plastic weighing 64.21... Read More


Half of world's smallholder farmers, using just 12% of arable land, could meet additional food needs

India, Sept. 21 -- The world doesn't need to choose between feeding a growing population and restoring the planet's soils. According to a new book, it could do both - using just 12 per cent of the wor... Read More


Climate change likely intensified Nepal's cascading flood disaster: WWA

India, Sept. 21 -- World Weather Attribution scientists say fossil fuel-driven warming played a role in the occurrence and intensity of Nepal's August 26 cascading flood disaster. The disaster began ... Read More


Meghalaya, 'Abode of the clouds', has India's highest rainfall deficit

India, Sept. 19 -- Meghalaya is known for some of the heaviest rainfall on Earth. But this monsoon, the state has recorded India's highest rainfall deficit - 59 per cent below normal as of September 1... Read More


20 years of being an outcast

India, Sept. 19 -- Twenty years ago-on August 24, 2006-some 2,500 members of the International Astronomical Union in its general assembly in Prague, Czech Republic voted on a definition that earthling... Read More


One in three gender equality institutions weakened in two years, UN report warns

India, Sept. 18 -- One in three institutions set up to advance gender equality has had its power weakened in the past two years, according to UN Women and UN DESA. The Gender Snapshot 2026 report say... Read More


Daily weather tracker: Bihar, Rajasthan, Kerala, Odisha, Sikkim among states to receive heavy rainfall

India, Sept. 18 -- Bihar, eastern Rajasthan, Kerala, Odisha, Sikkim and several other states may receive heavy rainfall amid the monsoon withdrawal. Delhi-NCR weather: Delhi and surrounding areas may... Read More