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Study finds El Nino linked with making daily extreme rainfall more likely in India’s wetter regions
Researchers from City College of New York and Columbia University...
“Learning from disasters, Himachal govt to frame strict building norms for rural areas”: HP Minister Rajesh Dharmani
Attributing the increasing devastation to climate change and rising...
Climate change may up health risks, exceed $1.5 trn productivity loss by 2050: Report
“We are entering an era in which protecting worker health is proving essential to business continuity and long-term resilience,” said Eric White, Head of Climate Resilience, World Economic Forum Geneva: The rise in global temperatures is likely to cause severe health...
GST on renewable energy devices rationalised to 5%, to accelerate India’s clean energy transition
By making renewable energy more affordable and accessible, this reform aligns with India’s international commitments under the Paris Agreement while advancing the nation’s target of 500 GW of non-fossil fuel capacity by 2030. It firmly positions India as a leader in...
Droughts increasingly occurring in sync across India’s rivers due to climate change: IIT study
The findings provide critical insights into long-term trends in droughts across Indian rivers and “underscore the growing risk of large-scale water scarcity”, a study from the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar said Climate change could be driving a...
India steel exports face EU carbon tax hit, US tariffs impact minimal, offic says
Indian steel is predominantly produced using blast furnaces, where emissions are high, Sandeep Poundrik, steel secretary , said, adding that further addition of blast furnace capacity is an area of concern New Delhi: India's steel industry will not see much direct...
Australia to $6 billion on climate adaptation through 2030
The money is earmarked for flood mitigation, bushland conservation, supporting the agriculture sector to transition to net zero, and managing health impacts across society, among others, according to the National Adaptation Plan. That was released alongside a report...
SC takes suo motu cognisance of discharge of industrial waste in Rajasthan’s Jojari river
“This court is taking suo motu cognisance with respect to river Marudhara Jojari, Rajasthan, where a lot of industrial waste primarily from textile and tile factories is being discharged making hundreds of villages and the drinking water for animals and humans both...
Ethanol-blended fuel has no impact on vehicles: Minister Puri reassures
Hardeep Singh Puri,Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas India got its first second-generation ethanol plant on Sunday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the Numaligarh Refinery Ltd's bamboo-based refinery unit in Assam. The Numaligarh Rs 5,000...
Entire Himalayan range facing ecological crisis: SC
A report filed by Himachal Pradesh said the recent devastations in the form of high-intensity rainfall, cloudbursts, flash floods, landslides, variations in snowfall patterns, and receding glaciers were manifestations of climate change, an undeniable global phenomenon...
Fossil-Fuel Demand: Myth of peak is crumbling
For now, the world isn’t performing an “energy transition” but an “energy addition,” where renewables top up oil, gas and coal. Regardless of well-intended green aspirations, that will remain the case for years, if not decades, unless governments impose significant...
Experiments of blending ethanol with diesel unsuccessful; new tests with Isobutanol on: Gadkari
"Experiments were carried out to blend 10 per cent ethanol with diesel, but they turned out to be unsuccessful. Now efforts are being made to blend diesel with isobutanol, which is a derivative of ethanol," Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari...