India, Aug. 19 -- The cloudburst intensity in the Himalayas, especially in the north-western parts, appears to have increased in recent decades, causing widespread destruction and loss of lives and pr... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- Close to 5,600 people have died in flash floods mainly caused by extreme rainfall events, cloudbursts and glacial lake overflows mostly in five districts of Uttarakhand since 1970... Read More
India, Aug. 5 -- On June 27, pictures of a river covered with logs in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district after a flash flood triggered angry reactions and fresh calls to save the Himalayas. The logs fr... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- On June 27, pictures of a river covered with logs in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district after a flash flood triggered angry reactions and fresh calls to save the Himalayas. The log... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- On June 27, pictures of a river covered with logs in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district after a flash flood triggered angry reactions and fresh calls to save the Himalayas. The log... Read More
India, Aug. 4 -- On June 27, pictures of a river covered with logs in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district after a flash flood triggered angry reactions and fresh calls to save the Himalayas. The logs fr... Read More
India, July 27 -- India lost an erudite climate negotiator and Right to Information (RTI) campaigner in Vijai Sharma, former union environment secretary, who after retirement from the Indian Administr... Read More
India, July 21 -- The environment ministry had issued a clarification on July 14 claiming that its July 11 order, exempting thermal power plants in India from using technology to trap sulphur dioxide ... Read More
India, July 7 -- India's lush forests have often been a source of greed for politicians and industrialists who see them, not as biodiversity hotspots, but as a revenue source. From pristine forest la... Read More
India, July 7 -- Flood magnitude has decreased in nearly three-fourths of the country in the 40-year period between 1970 and 2010 as compared to the previous 100 years even though flood intensity has ... Read More