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India News
Floods in Bengaluru: Is there a solution as yet?
Bengaluru rains had hogged all attention for the way they submerged India's silicon valley.
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India News
Amarnath Yatra: 13 people dead, over 40 missing due to flash floods
According to local police officials, teams from the J&K Police, NDRF, and SDRF are vigorously searching the location for the missing persons
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India News
In Pictures: J&K witnesses landslides, flash floods due to incessant rains
In view of the current scenario, authorities ordered the closure of all schools in as many as eight districts
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Lifestyle
Global warming could invite catastrophe; Nations need to brace for hot days, flash floods and raging storms
Rising temperatures are ushering in major catastrophe to weather conditions, and life on earth
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India News
Central War Room established to coordinate amid Maharashtra Floods
CM Uddhav Thackeray visited flood-affected Chiplun today to assess the extent of damage and ongoing relief operation amid Maharashtra floods. Pune, Maharashtra,
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Science & Nature
Climate change increases extreme rainfall, the chance of floods: Experts
Climate change influences extreme rainfall and how that combines with other factors to increase the chance of floods in many places Climate experts at the Newca
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World News
Hanoi, Vietnam floods: 55 dead, 7 missing due to heavy downpour
Floods and other natural disasters triggered by heavy downpours have killed 55 people and left seven others missing in central Vietnam over the past 10 days
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World News
Preparedness to tackle disasters inadequate, warns International Science Council
The increasing number of natural disasters is dragging many achievements in disaster mitigation.
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Press Releases
Shri Bhupender Yadav launches ‘Save Wetlands Campaign’ as a “whole of society” approach for wetlands conservation
Shri Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change launched the ‘Save Wetlands Campaign’ in the presence of the Chief Minister of G
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Press Releases
Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar-2023
For the year 2023, Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) and Lunglei Fire Station (LFS), Mizoram, both in the Institutional category, have been sel
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Finance
3 TN cities to deploy $125-mn ADB loan for improving urban services
India and ADB inked a deal for a loan of $125-mn loan
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Science & Nature
Singapore’s blueprint on carbon emissions needs to be seen as significant
Almost every country in the world is vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Know what Singapore has been doing
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World News
A quarter of the world’s population live under flood risks
Close to 90% of people exposed to flood waters live in lower or middle income countries
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Auto Tech
Combustion-engine cars could move off European streets by 2035
EU lawmakers vote for ban on combustion engines; Measures to make auto firms reduce CO2 emissions by 100% by 2035 receive a boost
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World News
China’s humongous Three Gorges Dam is making days longer
The Three Gorges Dam's reservoir can hold 42 billion tons of water when the dam is fully operational
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World News
Did you know this? Planet Earth is in for catastrophic flash droughts
Flash droughts are found to be coming on faster, as per a global study
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World News
Five world events that made history in 2021
From extreme climatic changes to the Taliban taking over Afghanistan, here are a few world events that helped 2021 to earn the title of a most eventful year.
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India News
A disaster similar to that of Uttarakhand might occur in J-K: Experts
According to scientists, rocks in the Chenab valley in Jammu and Kashmir have developed cracks as a result of periodic earthquakes and blasting.
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World News
Is Climate Conference the acceptance of an impending apocalypse?
As the denizens of the national capital splutter and wheezes, the climate conference in Glasgow has also ended without any tangible action plan. As the denizens
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India News
Why Global Warming must be kept within 1.5 degrees
According to the United Nations, if Global Warming rises above 1.5 degrees, heatwave conditions can occur more than four times in a decade.
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