For this Kashmiri geoscientist, Nepal tragedy offers a case to understand emerging GLOF risks in the Western Himalayas

India, Aug. 30 -- Kashmiri geoscientist Irfan Rashid is using satellite imagery of Nepal's recent catastrophic floods to decode how massive glacier-ice collapses trigger deadly downstream events. By ... Read More

'Energy created by Nepal flood was bigger than the atom bomb dropped in Hiroshima'

India, Aug. 30 -- A catastrophic August 26 flood in Nepal's Lhende Khola system unleashed energy greater than the Hiroshima atom bomb, according to geohazard expert Basanta Raj Adhikari. Triggered by... Read More

UN expert explores seismic linkage to Nepal disaster, warns of cascading effects and holds climate change responsible

India, Aug. 30 -- Seismic activity might have played a critical role in the unfolding of the major flash flood that struck Nepal's Rasuwa district on August 26 morning killing at least 734 so far, sai... Read More

Combat desertification COP17: Rangelands finally get a seat at the table

India, Aug. 30 -- Rangelands, long sidelined in global policy, took centre stage at UNCCD COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, where delegates launched a US$1.2 billion Rangelands Flagship Initiative and broader US$... Read More

Daily weather tracker: Bay of Bengal low-pressure system triggers heavy rain alert across several states

India, Aug. 29 -- Summary Low pressure over Bay of Bengal may bring heavy rain to Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand and neighbouring states during next 48 hours. Odisha receives orange alert as very he... Read More

When the mountain breaks: Nepal's disaster and the failure to act together

India, Aug. 29 -- We are living through another great crisis in the Himalaya. On August 26, a mass of rock and ice collapsed high above the Nepal-Tibet border and became a devastating debris flow alon... Read More

Western Uttar Pradesh is now as much a leopard landscape as it is an agricultural one

India, Aug. 29 -- On August 3, 2026, an adult woman entered a sugarcane field in Lalapur Pipalsana village of Thakurdwara tehsil in Moradabad district to collect fodder for her livestock. The village ... Read More

Himachal Pradesh is introducing Australian Merino sheep in its hills to 'enhance' its wool economy. But at what cost?

India, Aug. 29 -- In Himachal Pradesh, a wool development programme has been underway since 2021, with a target of achieving 3,000 tonnes of wool production by 2027. Initiated under the National Livel... Read More

Chitrakoot, in the heart of the country, flooded as Mandakini river overflows after torrential rain

India, Aug. 29 -- Torrential rain over 14 hours has caused the Mandakini river to overflow and flood the pilgrimage town of Chitrakoot in Madhya Pradesh's Satna district, breaking a 23-year record as ... Read More

Combat desertification COP17: Experts question why nutrition and land are treated as separate disciplines globally as report reveals soil degradation to be worsening

India, Aug. 28 -- At COP17's Food Systems and Soil Health Day, scientists warned that 95 per cent of our food depends on increasingly degraded soil, yet policies still treat land and nutrition as sepa... Read More

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