Oceans and Coasts

India escapes impact of cyclone Roanu while it creates havoc in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh

Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur are among the most vulnerable districts affected by cyclones and climate change in coastal Odisha. In the last few decades, the coasts of Odisha have witnessed three major devastating storms.

Chinna, 35, harvests fish and is engaged on a piece rate basis by the local contractor who has rights to fishing in the village tank in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. At times, Chinna also uses family labour to complete his work.

Government proposes to set up a National Water Commission

Activists stand against three proposed projects near Konkan coastline

Forest guards in India have fought many things over time in the course of their daily work--poachers, irate citizens, even animals at times! But they are now facing a threat that may well be beyond their capacity to overcome. A threat that is not just responsible for the death of individual animals, but for the destruction of entire groups of species--climate change.

Government comes up with new standards on water quality

Environment Ministry gets strict towards the compliance of green norms

50 more days of work under MGNREGA in drought-hit areas

Ganga catchment area has lost over 1500 billion cusecs of water flow: Study