Climate and Weather
Serious efforts needed to curb carbon emissions
Posted on 07 May, 2021 07:45 PMThe Leaders’ Summit on Climate hosted by the United States President Joe Biden has come to a successful conclusion.
World must unite to tackle climate change immediately: UN
Posted on 29 Apr, 2021 10:15 AMUN report reminds the world to tackle climate change immediately
Over two crore children in India experiencing extremely high water vulnerability: UNICEF
Posted on 01 Apr, 2021 11:00 AMUNICEF’s analysis reveals over two crore children in India facing extremely high water vulnerability
Multi-purpose cyclone shelters in India
Posted on 06 Feb, 2021 03:53 PMAn ‘Extremely Severe Cyclone Fani’ made landfall during morning hours on May 3, 2019, near Puri in Odisha. The landfall location was forecast accurately much in advance by India Meteorological Department.
India faced with the onslaught of rising temperature
Posted on 18 Jan, 2021 11:14 AMOn January 4, 2021, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) released a report titled
75% districts and half of India’s population vulnerable to extreme climate events: CEEW study
Posted on 17 Jan, 2021 06:08 PMOver 75% of Indian districts, which are home to over 638 million people, are hotspots of extreme climate events such as cyclones, floods, droughts, heat, and cold waves, according to a first-of-its-kind independent study released by the Council on Energy, Environme
Embankments in Bihar: The inapt and futile defence against floods
Posted on 19 Oct, 2020 06:05 PMWhat is the history of floods in Bihar and why is it prone to floods?
A rainbow recovery post-COVID
Posted on 08 Oct, 2020 12:27 PMThere is a disquieting hush across the world as the linkage between the planet’s health and human well-being became pronounced during the times of the pandemic. The deepening socio-economic and ecological crises caused by patterns of production and consumption are being increasingly recognised.
Who is the thirstiest of them all?
Posted on 23 Sep, 2020 12:34 PMAgriculture uses as high as 85 percent of the available water in India of which the irrigated area accounts for nearly 48.8 percent of the 140 million hectare (mha) of agricultural land, while the remaining 51.2 percent is rainfed.
MNREGA helps a village in Bihar become flood proof
Posted on 20 Sep, 2020 07:08 AMHarpur Bochha is a village in Vidyapatinagar block of Samastipur district of Bihar. The village, which has a population of about 11.5 thousand people and 2349 houses, remained inundated with rain and floodwater throughout the year followed by waterlogging.