After killing at least 12 in Tamil Nadu and Andhra, cyclone Vardah moves to Karnataka

The cyclone not only uprooted trees and affected power lines but also destroyed several houses, especially in coastal districts

World Health Assembly agrees to new ‘Health Emergencies Programme’

Programme aimed at providing rapid and comprehensive support to countries and communities for tackling crises hazardous to human health

Forget Fukushima: Chernobyl still holds record as worst nuclear accident for public health

The meltdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 exposed 572 million people to radiation. No other nuclear accident holds a candle …

‘There will be a day when we will be able to predict quakes’

Enough strain has accumulated in the Nepal region to cause a great earthquake. But how big it is going to be and when it is going to occur is a …

Gassing the truth

More than a decade after the Bhopal gas disaster, the data collected from those exposed to the gas remains shrouded in mystery

Bhopal revisited

The government department to provide relief to the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy may be closed down

New study can help improve earthquake prediction

An equation developed by researchers brings back focus on earthquake prediction

If disaster strikes

Is India ready for a Japan-like catastrophe?

COVID-19, floods and landslides: What Uttarakhand needs to brace for

An above-normal monsoon, as predicted by IMD, may cause the state to experience interweaving challenges of flooding or landslide events  

Built to last

A Rajasthan village has cylindrical houses that help people cope with extreme weather events

Scale of disaster unfolds as rescue work intensifies

Survivors say hundreds stranded in Kedar valley will starve to death if rescue teams do not reach them soon. Next 48 hours crucial

Mocha and the ever-growing fiasco we are pushing ourselves into

Will the Anthropocene be the shortest era in history?

Cyclone Vayu: NDRF teams evacuate people from 15 Gujarat districts

The very severe cyclonic storm is expected to hit the Gujarat coast on June 13 morning

Run for cover: 100 days, 44 storms, 16 states, 423 deaths

An unprecedented storm season challenges India's scientific community

Bundelkhand: drought, miseries and hope

What needs to be done to overcome environmental challenges of the region

Petition seeks to protect Bhopal evidence

Court raps CBI

Disaster preparedness

Five steps to recovery

Panchakarma , an ayurvedic treatment, holds the key to Bhopal gas victims' recovery

A year later

...Orissa's coastal districts still lies in ruins

Volatile threat

Andaman archipelago on alert, following warnings of possible volcano eruption

Serious setback

Fresh row breaks out in Bhopal gas tragedy

More evidence?

Pastoralists are an asset to the world — and we have a lot to learn from them

Pastoral areas face constant shocks and stresses ranging from drought, floods, heavy snowfalls, diseases, conflicts and more

2022 saw the sharpest rise in people forcefully displaced due to violence, climate crises

Over 108 million people displaced by end of 2022, driven by war in Ukraine, climate disasters