NGT issues notice to Centre over hanging glacier danger in central HimalayaThe National Green Tribunal has sought responses from the Centre and other bodies concerning the danger posed by hanging glaciers in the ce...
26 Apr, 2026, 02.21 PM IST
India accounts for 25% of global groundwater use, says committee, flags over-extractionIndia faces a critical challenge with excessive groundwater extraction, contributing 25 percent to global withdrawals. A parliamentary comm...
05 Apr, 2026, 07.47 PM IST
A Deluge for the Sahara: Satellites Tracked Extreme Rain Where It Feels ImpossibleIn September 2024, intense rainfall, exceeding 200 millimeters in some areas, transformed parts of the Sahara Desert, filling dry basins an...
20 Feb, 2026, 03.11 PM IST
China defends plan to build world's largest dam over Brahmaputra River in Tibet; says will not affect lower reachesChina is planning to build the world's largest dam on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet. The project, estimated to cost USD 137 billion, has r...
04 Jan, 2025, 06.25 PM IST
World's rivers faced the driest year in three decades in 2023, the UN weather agency says2023 marked the driest year in over three decades, with record-high temperatures contributing to severe droughts and reduced river flows, a...
07 Oct, 2024, 02.38 PM IST
Mullaperiyar dam found to be hydrologically, structurally & seismically safe: Tamil Nadu to SCIn a response to an affidavit filed by the Kerala government on the Mullaperiyar dam matter, the state of Tamil Nadu has told the apex cour...
13 Nov, 2021, 07.01 PM IST
India ends goodwill gesture, stops sharing hydrological data with PakistanThe agreement, a result of an earlier India’s goodwill gesture, was renewed every year.
22 Aug, 2019, 10.57 AM IST
China, India on alert as landslide blocks river flow in TibetThe Chinese side will closely monitor situation of the barrier lake, and continue to notify the Indian side the follow-up developments thro...
20 Oct, 2018, 07.46 PM IST
China shares with India information on Brahmaputra landslide"On the early morning of October 17th, a landslide took place near Jiala Village in Milin County in the lower ranges of Yaluzangbu River in...
19 Oct, 2018, 11.53 PM IST
Brahmaputra dam not to affect flow to India: ChinaStating that Brahmaputra is rich in water the Chinese Foreign Ministry said "the development of the Chinese side at present is just one per...
12 Jul, 2018, 08.33 PM IST
Status quo in Doklam: Sushma SwarajSushma Swaraj said that India had consistently maintained that it was only through diplomatic channels that differences on such matters cou...
08 Feb, 2018, 06.59 PM IST
Earth's internal heat driving Greenland's ice to meltGreenland's lithosphere has hot depths which originate in its distant geological past and cause the island's ice to rapidly flow and melt f...
08 Apr, 2016, 03.57 PM IST
Shoulder responsibility to secure Arunachal Pradesh's future: Governor in Republic Day speech"Let us realise our dreams and give shape to our aspirations. Let development and progress be the key to good governance," Lt Gen (Retd) Ni...
26 Jan, 2015, 12.56 PM IST
Increasing power import of Hydropower rich Bhutan is a concern for IndiaDespite its existing generation of around 6500 MU(Million Units), much higher than average domestic demand of near 1500 MU.
30 Dec, 2014, 04.31 PM IST
Winter time power import of Bhutan is going up increasing concern of IndiaIt is not clear how far this project will be able to fulfill the expectation,” senior West Bengal state Power department official.
16 Dec, 2013, 03.34 PM IST
Bhutan's mega hydroproject Punatsangchu I: A concern for IndiaBhutan is at present on a mission to establish 10,000 MW additional installed capacity by 2020 in co-operation with the Government of India.
27 Sep, 2013, 04.45 PM IST
- Bhutan's present power production profile may become a concern for India
Increasing hydropower need of Bhutan during dry winter season and overall diminishing annual power production of this hydropower giant may ...
11 Feb, 2013, 05.35 PM IST