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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... और पढ़ें


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... और पढ़ें


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 ... और पढ़ें


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... और पढ़ें


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... और पढ़ें


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 26, 2026)

India, Aug. 28 -- The National Green Tribunal heard a challenge to an August 7, 2026 amendment that redefines Ganga floodplains and replaces the earlier construction-free mandate with softer, aspirati... और पढ़ें


Daily weather tracker: Mercury crosses 41degC in Sri Ganganagar as Odisha braces for very heavy rain; showers likely across Northeast and several states

India, Aug. 28 -- Summary Odisha faces very heavy rain as a new low-pressure system develops over the Bay of Bengal, triggering widespread showers. Uttar Pradesh and Bihar may receive heavy rain, th... और पढ़ें


Data centre water consumption could triple to 644 billion litres by 2030

India, Aug. 28 -- Global data centre water consumption could nearly triple from 222 billion litres in 2025 to 644 billion litres a year by 2030 without significant efficiency gains, as rapid capacity ... और पढ़ें


Nepal-Tibet tragedy explained: 'Ice-rock avalanche' triggered flash floods

India, Aug. 28 -- Apocalyptic visuals are coming in from Nepal's Rasuwa region. A sudden ice-rock avalanche struck near the mountainous Nepal-Tibet border. A catastrophic flash flood roared down the ... और पढ़ें


There is poison everywhere in this central UP district

India, Aug. 27 -- A water body in the Rania industrial area of Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur Dehat lies covered with a thick layer of green algae and plastic waste. Kanpur Dehat is one of three central UP d... और पढ़ें