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Australia to $6 billion on climate adaptation through 2030
The money is earmarked for flood mitigation, bushland conservation,...
Entire Himalayan range facing ecological crisis: SC
A report filed by Himachal Pradesh said the recent devastations in...
Climate Change: The Era of Super-Wild Weather Is Already Here
Erich Fischer, a climate scientist at ETH Zurich, has been trying to do for heat something similar to what US researchers want to do for precipitation. His work in recent years has helped demonstrate that temperature records around the world are falling by greater and...
Bengal train mishap again brings ‘Kavach’ safety system under spotlight
Senior Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) official said, “Kavach has not been installed yet in the section where the accident occurred. However, this is part of the High-Density Network (HDN) and Highly Used Network (HUN) routes identified for the implementation of...
13 people killed and 30 injured as Sealdah-bound Kanchanjungha Express collides with a goods train
"Unfortunate accident in NFR zone. Rescue operations going on at war footing. Railways, NDRF and SDRF are working in close coordination. Injured are being shifted to the hospital. Senior officials have reached site," posted Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on X...
IRDAI asks insurers to fast track cyclone Remal claims
Insurers have been advised to settle claim payments/on account payments at the earliest and also encourage policyholders to use electronic communication wherever possible for correspondence Hyderabad: As the cyclone Remal have caused widespread loss of lives, property...
Provide compensation to families of those killed in heatwave: Rajasthan HC to govt
The court said there was a need to declare heatwaves and cold waves "national calamities" and looking at the fact that a large number of people have lost their lives due to extreme heatwaves and heatstrokes during summers and chilling cold during winters, it was high...
Remal weakens into cyclonic storm, expected to move northeastwards: IMD
Scenes of widespread devastation were evident across West Bengal's coastal areas, with extensive damage to infrastructure and property, a day after Cyclone Remal tore through the coasts of Bangladesh and West Bengal with winds reaching speeds of 135 km per hour New...
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...
India and Bangladesh brace for year’s first cyclone
According to the Indian Meteorological department, 'Remal' has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and is poised to make landfall between Bangladesh and the adjoining West Bengal coasts by midnight on Sunday, with sustained wind speeds ranging from 110-120 km per...
South Asia faces extreme weather with heatwave in India, cyclone in Bangladesh
Extreme temperatures throughout Asia last month were made worse most likely as a result of human-driven climate change, a team of international scientists said. India's summer temperatures often peak in May, but scientists have predicted more heatwave days than usual...
Kerala flood: Heavy rains wreak havoc, 11 dead
Revenue Minister K Rajan today said parts of Kerala received over 20 cm of rain in the last 24 hours and added that a total of 11 people have lost their lives in the state in various recent rain-related incidents Thiruvananthapuram: Heavy rains continue to lash Kerala...