Karnataka pinning hopes on unseasonal rain to tide over drought, water crisis
The state is staring at a severe drought for second consecutive year with coastal Karnataka experiencing a shortfall in southwest and northeast …
Two successive fires in Bandipur National Park; officials suspect role of tribals
The residents of a small tribal village are known for setting dried elephant dung on fire which might have caused the flame to spread
Analysing climate change in 2016
Last year was bad for our planet. Here’s a round-up of things that jeopardised us
Adaptation finance for agriculture is the need of the hour
Efforts for adaptation finance will have to be multiplied greatly as the needs of today are not being met, leave alone the needs of a more …
Supreme Court issues directive for implementing MGNREGA, food security Act to tackle drought
In a bid to provide relief to households in drought-hit areas, the apex court directed the Centre to release funds to states for providing …
Stalled monsoon to make little progress before June 25
In spite of unfavourable conditions, IMD expects a major progress of the monsoon in Central India
Dousing flames
The Uttarakhand forest fires that lasted for over 100 days should come as a warning to the rest of India since half of its forests are vulnerable …
Reaping organic
Karnataka was the first state to adopt a policy on organic farming in 2004. Since then, several initiatives have helped farmers fight drought, …
Will El Nino strike?
Australian Met department says climatic indicators for the phenomenon have eased
Digging their Destinies
Villages in arid areas of Vidarbha and Marathwada fight back drought by reviving natural depressions along stream beds
As wetlands in Kenya dry up, locals opt for alternative livelihood options
Under Ramsar Convention, Kenya is obligated to ensure wise use of wetlands by including wetland conservation considerations in national …
How is fodder crisis rendering livestock vulnerable?
Today, India faces an acute fodder shortage that has left drought-hit farmers and livestock vulnerable. Jitendra finds out how fodder crisis has …
It's emergency
बाढ़ और सूखा जैसी आपदाओं के चलते भारत सहित दुनिया में बढ़ रही हैं हिंसक घटनाएं
भारत में जलवायु से जुडी आपदाओं के चलते सबसे ज्यादा हिंसक संघर्षों के मामले सामने आये हैं
Melting to extinction
Biodiversity in the UK threatened due to climate changes
COVID-19: The world scrambles for food
The Indian government announced a Rs 1.7-lakh crore package for the poor and needy
It is not a drought but a cumulative outcome of decades of policy sins
It is not deficit monsoon, rather the lack of policies and mechanisms to drought-proof susceptible areas that turn the situation into a crisis
Public–private partnerships can help achieve sustainable agricultural development goals
Public–private partnerships in agriculture have the potential to modernise the sector and provide numerous benefits to smallholder farmers
Rainmaker
पेरिस समझौते के फेल होने पर दुनिया को होगा 600 ट्रिलियन डॉलर का नुकसान
आईपीसीसी के अनुसार 2030 से 2050 के बीच वैश्विक तापमान में हो रही वृद्धि 1.5 डिग्री सेल्सियस की सीमा को पार कर जाएगी।
Drought but why
It is time we understood that since drought is human-made it can be reversed
Marathwada's dry story
How poor policies pushed the region into one of its worst droughts ever
पूर्वोत्तर में बिगड़ा मौसम का मिजाज: कहीं बाढ़, तो कहीं सूखा
असम के कुछ जिलों मसलन धेमाजी और डिब्रूगढ़ में काफी बारिश हुई है, जबकि मणिपुर और मिजोरम में सामान्य से कम बारिश दर्ज की ...
Mr Prime Minister good news
The finance minister has said that the government is committed to double farmers' income in five years. Here are a few villages across the …
If only cities can see wetlands
It is time we realised that a water body is not an ornamental luxury or a wasted land
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