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Space intel giant ICEYE chooses India for first Asia-Pacific satellite manufacturing hub
Rafal Modrzewski, CEO and co-founder of ICEYE The company's...
AI-enabled systems introduced by IMD to provide hyper-local weather forecasts: Jitendra Singh
Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for...
Climate change supercharge devastating South Asian floods
A trio of tropical cyclones battered the region from Sri Lanka to Indonesia in November, causing at least $20 billion of losses. The storms resulted in torrential rainfall and destructive floodwaters that swept through homes, businesses and tourist spots, damaged...
EU strikes deal to further weaken corporate sustainability laws after US pressure intensifies
The agreement reached, which also scales back the scope of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, represents an effort to “boost competitiveness and cut red tape,” the EU Parliament’s legal affairs committee said in a statement. The European Union...
Nearly 24 lakh households have adopted rooftop solar as of December 2025 under PM Surya Ghar
Over the past decade, India has seen a sharp rise in solar installations, helping double the country's total electricity capacity. Solar power now stands at 129 GW, while the overall non-fossil capacity has crossed 259 GW as of October 2025. This means more than half...
Deadly floods’ $20 billion toll shows Asia’s rising climate risk
“Climate change is undeniably fueling more severe flooding in Southeast Asia,” said Davide Faranda, research director in climate physics at the French National Center for Scientific Research who led a study on Vietnam’s November floods Devastating floods have killed...
Over 1,200 dead from floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand as rescue efforts intensify
The flooding and landslips killed at least 1,230 people, with 659 people confirmed dead in Indonesia, 390 in Sri Lanka and 181 in Thailand, authorities said Tuesday (December 2, 2025).In Indonesia, the hardest-hit nation, rescuers are struggling to access villages in...
Sri Lanka shuts offices, schools as 56 killed due to floods and landslides
More than 25 people were killed Thursday in landslides in the central mountainous tea-growing regions of Badulla and Nuwara Eliya, which is about 300 kilometres east of the capital, Colombo. Another 21 people were missing and 14 were injured in the Badulla and Nuwara...
India likely to cross $4 trillion economy mark this fiscal: CEA Nageswaran
Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran noted India is fully aware of the risks posed by climate change, including its impact on agriculture, the environment, and coastal regions New Delhi: Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran said on Tuesday that India’s...
Heavy rainfall unleashes deadly floods across Southeast Asia
Total number of confirmed dead in Vietnam is now 91.Flooding in southern Thailand has killed at least 13 people and swamped around 800,000 households and rubber- and palm oil-producing areas. In Peninsular Malaysia, more than 16,000 people have been displaced, while...
Delhi records worst air pollution, 447 Indian districts fail air quality test
The report by the independent research organisation Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air said Chandigarh recorded the second-highest annual average PM2.5 level at 70 micrograms per cubic metre during the study period from March 2024 to February 2025, followed...
UN climate deal increases money to countries hit by climate change, but no explicit fossil fuel plan
“I cannot pretend that COP30 has delivered everything that is needed. The gap between where we are and what science demands remains dangerously wide.”U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres BELEM, Brazil: After two weeks of negotiations, this year’s United Nations...