Fictitious body stings Dow

Rs 21 crore blunder

Will planting Causarina give protection against another tsunami?

'Aila was imperialist design'

Breach of duty

New laws Were written

But how sharp are the teeth?  

There will be fewer but stronger tropical storms in Ganga, Mekong basins in coming years: Report

Projections crucial for countries in these basins to prepare better mitigation & adaptation strategies

Three dead, 17 missing in Uttarakhand’s Gaurikund landslide; questions raised again on disaster management

People sleeping on the banks of the Mandakini river missing; the administration says they were prevented from sleeping here several times

Data gaps in heatwave deaths widen as India battles record-smashing temperatures

Human casualty is an important indicator of loss and damage due to heatwaves — a significant climate-related extreme weather event

Odisha braces for Cyclone Mocha, likely to hit around May 8

Eastern coast prepares disaster response; evacuations begin and relief materials stockpiled

Run-up to COP27: Here is how India counts loss and damage due to extreme weather

While the actual process of loss and damage assessment for a disaster in India varies from state to state, the procedure broadly remains the same

Cyclone Sitrang: ‘Unusual’ quickening of pace, say weatherpeople

T-20 in the last few overs of cyclonic system? Speed doubled within span of four hours between 2 IMD bulletins

Why cyclones like Sitrang stoke fear? Loss & damage worth billions due to Indian Ocean storms

Cyclone Sitrang made landfall on along the Chittagong-Barisal coast last night & killed at least 9 people 

A decade on, only 15% of Fukushima core area decontaminated: Greenpeace

The Japanese government’s own figures reveal this, the organisation says in a report to mark 10 years of the disaster

Cyclone Fani: Artisans to fishermen, trail of devastation has left none

Most traditional workers in Odisha have no means to sustain themselves after the storm pummelled the state

Uttarakhand flood of 2013 not an 'act of God', says NGT

The green court has asked Alaknanda Hydro Power Company to pay Rs 9.26 crore as compensation 

Chennai floods: Panel report highlights encroachments, faulty drainage system  

The committee asked Tamil Nadu government to check real estate mafia involved in illegal construction and usurping of water bodies

German company penalised for ‘Bhopal sister’ plant accident in US

A fatal explosion in the pesticide manufacturer’s plant in 2008 had led the US environment agency to draw a parallel with Bhopal gas …

Can Sendai Framework ensure a climate-resilient future?

Sendai agreement needs to be dovetailed with sustainable development goals and the new climate agreement that will be signed in Paris later this year

Catastrophe!

A super cyclone has left Orissa shattered and blown away India's claims of managing itself during a natural disaster

Flood fury

Floods claim hundreds of lives across India besides causing large-scale destruction, Bihar is the worst-affected

Blown out

A deadly cyclone causes large-scale devastation in Pakistan and despite early warnings the toll on the Indian side is as high

"The management did not adhere to safety norms"

It is 15 years since 60 tonnes of methyl isocyanate (MIC) leaked outfrom Union Carbide Corporation's (UCC) plant in Bhopal, killing 5,000 people …

‘How can India be a defendant, and not a claimant in the Bhopal case’

Union law minister, Veerappa Moily, on October 27, announced the government will not pursue the ongoing lawsuit in the US for compensating Bhopal …

SC begins hearing curative petition in Bhopal gas tragedy

Raps CBI for approaching court after a gap of 16 years