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Ladakh is saving 90 million litres of glacier water daily that once flowed into Pakistan through Indus river by diverting it to irrigate 1,000 acres of parched landLadakh now uses ninety million litres of glacier water daily for irrigation. This water previously flowed untapped into the Indus River sys...- Britain and France swelter again as western Europe is hit by another heat waveBritain recorded its hottest day of the year with temperatures reaching 38.1 degrees Celsius. Western Europe is experiencing its fifth heat...
- France Heatwave Shock: What’s really driving the €15 billion economic toll?France faces enormous economic costs from ongoing summer heatwaves and drought. These combined direct and indirect losses are estimated bet...
- In 1976, famously hot European summer gave hints about intense heatwave, now deadly warning about global warming issued as weather scientists predict dangerous new patternWorld Meteorological Organization's head of climate information said the current pattern of heat across Europe, the world's fastest-warming...
- Dry, hot summers are putting Dutch dikes at risk and threatening German river tradeEuropean drought weakens Dutch dikes, requiring constant monitoring by volunteers. Cargo ships face reduced loads on shallow Rhine and Danu...
- Wildfires in southern Spain kill 12, emergency agency saysA devastating wildfire in Almeria, Spain, has claimed twelve lives. One hundred fifty firefighters battled the blaze, which officials calle...
- If you can read this in one unbroken goIn today's fragmented digital world, sustained attention is becoming a rare and valuable commodity. From sports to streaming, content is in...
- US Open returns to Shinnecock Hills, where the wind keeps scoreThe 126th US Open is set for Shinnecock Hills. Golfers will face a demanding course. Aaron Rai aims to complete a rare double. Rory McIlroy...
- Where the past curls up everywhere: A Balkan journey through time and memoryExploring the Balkans is like stepping into a living museum, where the aroma of tobacco and traces of post-communism paint a vivid portrait...
- SpaceX’s IPO success may rub off on AmbaniInvestor interest in major tech offerings remains strong. Mukesh Ambani's Jio Platforms is preparing for a significant IPO in India. Howeve...
- Heavy rain alert for north, coastal KarnatakaThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued yellow alert for three districts — Bidar, Vijayapura and Kalaburagi. The three distric...
- India's women water warriors transform parched landsThe world's second-most populous country is struggling to meet the water needs of its 1.4 billion people -- a problem worsening as climate ...
- Need to get rid of description that 'farmer means poor': Union Minister Kailash ChoudharyEven in any story (literary work) on farmers, it always starts with 'a poor farmer used to live in this village', he said, adding that the ...
- PM Modi inaugurates development projects worth Rs 3,240 crore in UP's MahobaThe prime minister who arrived in Mahoba in Uttar Pradesh this afternoon inaugurated Arjun Sahayak Project, Ratauli Weir Project, Bhaoni Da...
- Ukraine keen to set up aircraft MRO facility in Andhra PradeshWhile promising all assistance from the government, the Chief Minister asked the Ukraine delegation to come up with a detailed project prop...
- Humanitarian crisis in Marathwada as drought forces families to migratePeople are forced to migrate to cities in search of jobs, but what makes the situation poignant is that they are sometimes forced to leave ...
- Monsoon to weaken till August 20 over entire country, says Indian Institute of Tropical MeteorologyThe current forecast says, "A fresh spell of good rainfall will propagate from Indian ocean to Southern Peninsula around August 20".
- Hope for Marathwada: Private companies seed rains in Maharashtra's parched landsThe state government has signed a MoU with Khyathi Climate Modification Consultants (KCMC) to execute cloud seeding over the next three mon...
- New land bill may hold up infrastructure projects in North IndiaSources said some district collectors consulted in the build-up to the draft law had already put forth their reservations about the blanket...
- Nuanced sloganeering: Jai ho to our conflicting realitiesThey are a bouncy coda to Slumdog Millionaire that contains many codes dissonant with the emerging superpower tag we gleefully wear.
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