SC notices on Bhopal gas disaster compensation

Issues notices to Union Carbide, Dow Chemicals on Centre's plea seeking enhancement in compensation 

Nepal earthquake: rescue brings some hope, but thousands still await relief

Thirty-nine of 75 districts are reported to be affected by the earthquake

Major past earthquakes in Nepal

Present earthquake the biggest to hit Nepal in 80 years

US $4 trillion lost in natural disasters over last 30 years

Disaster preparedness will reduce impact, adaptation will bring gains, says World Bank

Cyclonic rains ravage coastal Andhra; death toll rises to 25

Crops on 250,000 hectares destroyed, 60,000 people in relief camps

Once a victim

Tsunami warning system not in place

It's emergency

Bhopal waste is not safe

Reveals RTI reply

UN urges stronger response to address El Niño impacts

More than US $2.4 billion are needed for current El Niño responses and currently there is a $1.5 billion gap in funding

Japan made “significant progress” in decommissioning Fukushima nuclear plant

15-member IAEA team applauds the country’s “planned efforts” but warns a lot remains to be done

Pakistan braces for more floods

Standing crop over thousands of hectares in the country has been destroyed by the floods that have wreaked havoc in India as well

How Fukushima nuclear disaster affected monkeys

Macaques in Fukushima region found are low white and red blood cell levels and high on radioactive caesium, says study

The poison piles up

Ten winters since methyl isocyanate exhaled history's deadliest industrial disaster on Bhopal, action on toxicity remains agonisingly inadequate. …

Darkness at midnight

A devastating earthquake in the Chamoli region of Uttar Pradesh kills over 100 people, most of them in their sleep

Inviting disaster

DUI PAATAN KE BEECH MEIN (BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP RIVER) A documentary by Arvind Sinha Duration: 116 minutes

@110 km/hr

Planners are yet to recognize the Sunderbans is increasingly vulnerable to rising sea level and intense cyclones. Despite the early warning, it …

Evacuation leads to tragedy; two feared dead as boat capsizes in Odisha

Seaside village residents say boat was overloaded

Nilam lands at Mahabalipuram on Tamil Nadu coast

Over 4,000 people evacuated to relief camps

Victory dance of the impotent

It is sickening to see the Union home minister rejoice when dam oustees despair

Rising like the Phoenix

After suffering a spate of floods villagers regain environmental and economic vitality

Bhopal stirs far away EU

Mumbai geared for monsoon?

Death by inaction

Book>>Death by inaction

Hawaii’s devastating wildfire is linked with climate change

Mitigating the impact of wildfires requires a multifaceted approach that involves prevention, preparedness, response and recovery strategies