Ahmedabad’s beat-the-heat plan
Civic body to send weather alerts, create public awareness and train medical officials
Union Cabinet approves disposing of Bhopal waste in Germany
Actual disposal of waste may take up to a year
Disaster fund for cold wave
Decision likely after Madhya Pradesh incurred huge crop losses in January
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Bhopal to get Rs 110 cr memorial
Landslide dams Tsangpo river
Over $9 trillion investments in infrastructure resilience, Net Zero needed by 2050 to mitigate climate impact: CDRI
Climate change may lead to an global average annual loss of over $700 billion in infrastructure sectors and buildings
Seven disasters have cost the US $19 billion in 2023: NOAA
Each disaster caused damages of over a billion dollars; only 2017 and 2020 had more disasters in this timeframe
How to use free satellite data to monitor natural disasters and environmental changes
Increasing availability of open-access data from government satellites have made it possible for everyone to gain insight into …
Subterranean Leak
The CSE tests had found high levels of groundwater and soil contamination in and around the Union Carbide factory
The Himalayan waters: complex challenges and regional solutions
Countries in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region should recognise the potential of water resources for sustainable development
High standards for high-risk projects
We need to vigorously defend our remaining rivers from over-damming and strengthen the laws and standards that protect them
Cyclone Helen hits Andhra coast
Makes landfall close to Machillipatnam; people evacuated from vulnerable areas; 130 relief camps opened in Krishna district
Cyclone Hudhud makes landfall on Andhra coast; three killed
People are warned to stay indoors as trees, poles and hoardings risk being uprooted
Phailin fallout: people face acute drinking water shortage
200 people in Ganjam get diarrhoea after drinking contaminated water
Yesterday once more
Unsafe cleanup of the Carbide factory revives memories of Bhopal's tragedy
Lying low
Johan von Schreeb on humanitarian aid
Johan Von Schreeb, a surgeon who has worked for the group Medicins Sans Frontieres, is a public health scholar with the Karolinska Institutet, …
2 days after Amphan landfall, Sagar island still left in the lurch
Local administration in the island struggle with limited resources in the aftermath of cyclone Amphan
Inheritance of loss
Economic losses due to extreme weather events reach record high while nations spar over liability
Floods in north and east India kill 120 people
Release of flood waters from Nepal affect large parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
At atom's mercy
A treaty that prevents WHO from reporting on effects of nuclear radiation
Course correction
On the trail of tsunami
Since the 2004 tsunami, scientists have moved closer to understanding and predicting its trigger, the tectonic earthquake. Are governments …