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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


Adding an AI tool to Google Earth shook our trust in maps that has been centuries in the making

India, Aug. 7 -- For centuries, maps have shaped our understanding of the world, from mythical ranges like Africa's Kong Mountains to today's satellite imagery. Google Earth earned deep trust as a ne... Read More


India sees 68 major renewable sector grid disturbances, generation losses of up to 7 GW

India, Aug. 7 -- India recorded 68 major disturbances in renewable energy sector complexes between January 2022 and June 2025, with generation losses ranging from 1gigawatt (GW) to 7 GW in individual ... Read More


MNRE weighs support scheme for polysilicon to back 10 GW capacity in solar manufacturing

India, Aug. 7 -- The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is working on a Production Linked Incentive scheme to support domestic polysilicon manufacturing, a senior official said. India has mor... Read More


AI adoption in India's power generation sector to rise 65 per cent by 2030: ENCIS survey

India, Aug. 7 -- AI is poised to become a core capability in India's power generation, with adoption expected to rise 65 per cent by 2030, up from 35 per cent today, an ENCIS survey shows. Covering 2... Read More