Melting glaciers: We need to keep an eye out on these states, Union Territories

There are 25 glacial lakes and water bodies in India, China, and Nepal that have seen a 40% increase in water spread area since 2009. They pose a …

No pension for 5,000 Bhopal gas tragedy widows for 18 months

Endless wait for Rs 1,000 a month; victims unable to protest due to COVID-19 pandemic  

Climate change in India: Odisha all set to redraw its map

People in the state struggle to find their feet as the Bay of Bengal washes away one after the other village in Satabhaya

Explosion at nuclear plant in northern France injures at least five

The explosion took place in the engine room of the plant owned by a French energy giant Électricité de France

Environmental collapse before Soviet’s fall

Exactly 25 years after the fall of the USSR, let’s take a look at its ‘consumeristic’ policies for exploiting natural resources …

This Bangladeshi woman can tell you why the latest round of climate talks matter

Those who have lost much due to environmental disasters would want the Paris agreement to be a success

Floods affect over 30,000 in Assam

Parts of Manas National Park, a world heritage site, have also been submerged by the flood water

The new extreme reality of floods

Floods are destroying vast parts of the country because of how we have mismanaged our floodplains

Chaotic response to calamity

The killer quake struck unexpectedli in the still of the night. Entire villages were flattened and thousands perished. Though rescue and relief …

The eye in the sky

India is one of the few developing countries to have its own space satellite systems. And, now Indian planners are depending increasingly on …

Dealing with disasters

For appropriate disaster management, it is essential to give due importance to political, social, economic as well as environmental aspects. …

Eye on the storm

Cyclone Phailin has not taken many lives but has left behind a trail of destruction that severely cripples people’s livelihood. What did it …

Still life in waves

The visual media is into the business of producing images. Sometimes, just sometimes, they become iconic. For disasters there is a recognisable …

Review: ‘The Railway Men’ fails to elevate from soggy soap opera to crackling survival thriller on Bhopal Gas Tragedy

Multiple character arcs, unnecessary storylines turn The Railway Men into a YRF drama that thrives on high use of glycerine, misplaced suspense …

Under siege

A deadly cyclone causes large-scale devastation in Orissa. Authorities fail on all counts

As heavy rains lash, dam outflows too increase in Karnataka

Mismanagement by dam officials leave state staring at worrying scenario

Bhopal's nightmare of green and apathy

Picking up the pieces

Memory's nemesis

An 'anniversary' story changes tack, a tragedy continues unabated

Assam flood worsens, 15,000 hit

15,000 hit by worsening Assam flood situation

Red tape and corruption delay compensation

DECEMBER 2-3 marks the eighth anniversary of the Bhopal gas leak - the world's worst industrial disaster. More than 4,000 lives were lost and 6.…

G20 Summit: Weather at Bharat Mandapam being monitored for meet where DRR on top of agenda

A new automated weather station has been installed near the site to ensure that movements of heads of states and other delegates go on smoothly …

A change in scene

Victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy have filed a lawsuit in the US against Union Carbide Corporation and its former head Warren Anderson

Make pandemic preparedness in Africa affordable: WHO

New regional strategy prepared by UN body on disease surveillance and response says investing in pandemic preparedness is an affordable public …

Heatwave kills 36 people, most in Andhra Pradesh

Churu, which saw the temperatures soar beyond 50 degrees Celsius, has not registered even a single death