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Daily weather tracker: Bay of Bengal stirs again; Orange alert in Rajasthan and Odisha, rain expected across more than 18 states

India, Aug. 8 -- Rajasthan and Odisha face orange alerts as intense rainfall may cause flooding, waterlogging and rising river levels. Bay System Strengthens: A fresh low-pressure system may develop ... Read More


On International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, meet Assam's second-largest plains tribe that lives in harmony with floods

India, Aug. 8 -- Assam's Mising community, the state's second-largest plains tribe, has long lived in harmony with the Brahmaputra's floods. Settled along riverine belts, they use stilted Chang Ghar ... Read More


Roselle: The indigenous crop helping Odisha's tribal communities adapt to climate change

India, Aug. 8 -- In Odisha's Malkangiri district, the indigenous crop Roselle, or Bhenda Dal, is helping tribal communities adapt to climate change. Thriving on rainfed uplands with minimal inputs, i... Read More


The silent burden of Adivasi women: Development must begin with dignity and justice

India, Aug. 8 -- Adivasi women in Andhra Pradesh's Scheduled Areas bear the invisible burden of sustaining households, farms and forests while facing unequal wages, insecure land rights, poor healthca... Read More


India updates disaster list to include heatwaves and lightning after Finance Commission push

India, Aug. 7 -- India has added heatwaves and lightning to its list of notified natural disasters, making states eligible for financial assistance under the Disaster Management Act, 2005. The decisi... Read More


In Kuttanad, Kerala's 'rice bowl', an arterial road is symbolic of the state's changing relationship with its wetlands and floodplains

India, Aug. 7 -- The arterial Changanassery-Alappuzha Road, known across Kerala simply as the AC Road, has once again exposed how expensive it can be when engineering fails to understand ecology. The... Read More


India on e-wheels: Himachal Pradesh bets on electric buses to clean up mountain transport

India, Aug. 7 -- Himachal Pradesh has inducted 297 new electric buses in a single rollout, taking its operational e-bus fleet to 407. Officials say the new buses will operate on 318 routes and cover ... Read More


Study shows disproportionate burden of water fetching on girls in Ghana

India, Aug. 7 -- A new study examined the gendered patterns of children's participation in household water fetching in Ghana and found the practice still heavily gendered, placing a higher burden on g... Read More


After Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra, Gujarat bans analogue 'paneer', cheese and butter

India, Aug. 7 -- Gujarat has become the third Indian state, after Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra, to ban the production, storage, transport and sale of non-standardised analogue paneer, cheese and butte... Read More


Daily weather tracker: Heavy rainfall hits Delhi-NCR and several states; Orange alert issued for Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Kerala and Odisha

India, Aug. 7 -- Heavy monsoon rains hit several states, with orange alerts issued for Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan due to intense rainfall. Delhi-NCR receives refreshing s... Read More