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Daily weather tracker: Monsoon retreat begins, but rain, thunderstorms and strong winds continue across India

India, Sept. 15 -- Summary Monsoon retreat begins from northwest India, but heavy rain and thunderstorms continue across several states, keeping weather conditions unsettled. Low-pressure systems ov... Read More


New legless amphibian species discovered in village backyard in Western Ghats

India, Sept. 15 -- Scientists have described a new legless amphibian, Gegeneophis chandgadi, from backyard leaf litter in Buzawade village in Maharashtra's Western Ghats. The species is a caecilian, ... Read More


How MCD's Karol Bagh Zone built a model to keep Delhi's roads dust-free

India, Sept. 14 -- MCD's Karol Bagh Zone implemented the Dust Free Delhi campaign across major Public Works Department roads more than 60 feet wide. The 41-day campaign covered about 122 km of road n... Read More


Himalayan blunders and beyond

India, Sept. 14 -- As I write this, over 1,300 lives are confirmed lost and many thousands are still missing in the floods in Nepal, as the mighty Himalayas came down as rubble. This is an enor-mous a... Read More


Daily weather tracker: Low-pressure system triggers heavy rain alert across Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh

India, Sept. 14 -- Summary Gujarat faces very heavy rainfall as a low-pressure system moves west-northwestwards, prompting an orange alert across several vulnerable districts. Rajasthan and Madhya P... Read More


Africa's climate services need local detail and knowledge, say people who use the information

India, Sept. 14 -- Researchers interviewed 530 people involved in nature-based projects across Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar and South Africa and found that existing climate services often lack l... Read More


When civic sense becomes a crime

India, Sept. 14 -- The article examines two recent killings in Delhi and Kanpur, where men were murdered for objecting to noise and public urination, arguing these are symptoms of a deeper civic and s... Read More


How solar-powered water access helped bring 96 acres under cultivation in a Maharashtra village

India, Sept. 14 -- In Tulyachapada village in Maharashtra's Palghar district, solar-powered drip irrigation has helped farmers access water that was earlier close by but difficult to bring to their fi... Read More


BRICS 2026: Key takeaways from the New Delhi Declaration

India, Sept. 14 -- BRICS has wrapped up its 18th summit in New Delhi. But beyond the handshakes and headlines, what did the grouping actually agree on? From pushing back against carbon border measure... Read More


The Sunita Narain Show: What is India's unfinished tiger agenda?

India, Sept. 13 -- Twenty years ago, the tiger population in India was gravely threatened. The last tiger had disappeared from the Sariska National Park. The pug marks of tigers were being counted and... Read More