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Kazakhstan presses on with $4.4 billion fine against global oil majors for ecological violations
Kazakhstan's government originally fined NCOC 2.3 trillion tenge -...
J-K: Five killed, 14 injured as landslide hits Mata Vaishno Devi route
The hill state of Himachal Pradesh, already reeling under the...
Extreme heat causes income loss for 50% of Delhi street vendors: Study
"Data from over 700 respondents highlight the devastating impact on their health, productivity, and livelihoods. We demand immediate government intervention, including the establishment of heat shelters in markets with essential facilities, safety kits, and...
Urbanisation’s influence on climate change increasing in recent decades, study finds
Researchers analysed land temperatures from all over the world and discovered that, although contributing only 2 percent of land warming between 1992 and 2019, urbanisation is still not the primary driver of climate change. It was discovered that India's urban areas...
Major world economies seek to halt new private sector coal financing
If approved, the draft proposal by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, would be the first move by a multilateral institution to curb financing for coal, one of the biggest causes of climate change, which produces more carbon dioxide emissions...
Climate change made deadly Brazil floods twice as likely
Factors besides climate change — such as poor flood-control infrastructure and deforestation — played a role in making the floods more destructive. But it was the interplay between climate change and El Niño, the occasional warming of the eastern equatorial Pacific,...
HC takes note of 52.3 deg C temperature in Delhi says city could become ‘barren desert’
"Judicial notice is taken of the fact that as recent as on May 30, the official temperature recorded in Delhi was 52.3 degrees Celsius. It is not far to see the day when this city may be only a barren desert, in case the present generation continues an apathetic view...
Sweltering heat directs attention at ‘disappearing’ spring in country
Such extreme heat has wide-ranging consequences on public health, electricity, water and the economy.Vimal Mishra, Vikram Sarabhai Chair Professor, Civil Engineering and Earth Sciences, IIT Gandhinagar New Delhi: Sweltering heatwave in north India that have caused...
Tackling Air Turbulence: Cabin Crew’s new lessons
"While variations in climate can cause variations in Clear Air Turbulence (CAT), a robust increase in CAT over decades is very likely to be because of climate change," Manoj Joshi, a Professor of Climate Dynamics at the University of East Anglia, UK, said New Delhi:...
ADB commits $2.6 billion in sovereign lending to India
"ADB's portfolio in 2023 supported the government's priority agenda. We will continue to focus on projects and programmes that accelerate India's structural transformation, create jobs, address infrastructure gaps, promote green growth, and foster social and economic...
Cyclone Remal wreaks havoc in West Bengal, Bangladesh after making landfall; 1 killed
Arup Biswas, the minister for power in West Bengal government, said the power infrastructure was heavily battered. Reports of at least 356 uprooted electricity poles and damage to scores of transformers were received during the first hour of the landfall process More...
Crippling heat wave in India peaks at 50 degrees Celsius in Rajasthan’s Phalodi
The punishing heat in India is straining power grids and drying up water bodies, triggering drought-like conditions in parts of the country. According to the Central Water Commission, water storage in 150 major reservoirs in India plunged to its lowest level in five...