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Nepal floods expose climate finance delay: GCF took seven years to approve glacier-risk project while lenders backed hydropower in vulnerable basin

India, Sept. 1 -- The Green Climate Fund took seven years to approve Nepal's $49.9m glacier flood resilience project, which aims to protect about 2.4 million people from Glacial Lake Outburst Flood ri... Read More


Low pressure areas, western disturbances cause most rainfall in one of the warmest August months

India, Sept. 1 -- Most of the intense rainfall in eastern, east-central and northwest India in August 2026 occurred because of low pressure systems (LPS) / low pressure areas (LPA) from the Bay of Ben... Read More


660 children acquired HIV every day in 2025, while 200 died from AIDS-related causes: UNICEF

India, Aug. 31 -- About 660 children acquired HIV every day in 2025, while around 200 died from AIDS-related causes, UNICEF estimates. Some 1.26 million children aged under 15 were living with HIV, n... Read More


India on e-wheels: Maharashtra has second-largest EV fleet, but official said numbers mask adoption gaps

India, Aug. 31 -- Maharashtra has India's second-largest registered electric vehicle fleet after Uttar Pradesh, but officials say headline numbers do not show how deeply EVs have entered mainstream tr... Read More


Antimicrobial resistance in children rises globally, threatening life-saving antibiotics, finds study

India, Aug. 31 -- A global study in JAMA Pediatrics finds antimicrobial resistance in children is rising, undermining life-saving antibiotics for infections like sepsis and pneumonia. Analysing over ... Read More


Nearly 160,000 women and girls affected by Nepal flash floods, UN Women warns

India, Aug. 31 -- Nearly 160,000 women and girls have been affected by flash floods in Nepal's Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts, UN Women says. Survivors face shortages of food and water, disrupted healt... Read More


Daily weather tracker: Very heavy rain alert across Odisha, Chhattisgarh and several states as low-pressure system strengthens monsoon activity

India, Aug. 31 -- Heavy to extremely heavy rainfall likely across Odisha and Chhattisgarh, with thunderstorms, lightning, gusty winds and widespread disruptions expected. Low-pressure system over Bay... Read More


US gas power proposals linked to data centres nearly doubled in the first half of 2026

India, Aug. 31 -- US gas-fired power proposals linked to data centres nearly doubled in early 2026, pushing America ahead of China in new gas generation. Global Energy Monitor reports 378 GW of gas c... Read More


Coral bleaching events becoming more frequent, leaving reefs little time to recover

India, Aug. 31 -- Coral reefs are facing bleaching events more frequently, leaving them less time to recover between periods of severe heat stress. Global hard coral cover has declined by an estimate... Read More


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