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Will PM Modi convince his 'good friend' in US to not withdraw from Paris Agreement: Jairam RameshCarbon dioxide levels have skyrocketed to unprecedented heights. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh is sounding the alarm, directly challenging ...
Extreme weather is stress-testing India’s billion-dollar infrastructure driveEarly monsoons in India caused damage to newly built infra. Mumbai's metro line faced flooding, disrupting services. A highway section in K...
Bengaluru rains: 5 dead, public infrastructure crumbles in India's silicon valleyThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow warning for continued heavy rain, prompting the Karnataka Innovation and Technolo...
'Bengaluru mini Venice, floating into future: Social media reacts as India's IT capital faces flood-like situationBangalore Weather Twitter: As heavy rainfall led to significant waterlogging in India's IT capital, the Bellandur Traffic Police reported s...
Landslides in Kerala indicate climate change cannot be ignored: UDF oppositionThe Congress-led UDF opposition in Kerala urged the implementation of an early warning system after recent landslides in Wayanad and Kozhik...
Climate change threatens to reverse health gains: World Meteorological OrganizationA new report coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) highlights the impact of climate change on human health. The report...
HP worst-hit as rains continue to batter north India; PM takes stock of situation, Kharge seeks aid for affected statesTorrential rains in northern India led to floods in several states, with many roads and residential areas submerged. Delhi Chief Minister A...
UN climate agency picks Argentina's Saulo as first woman leaderThe World Meteorological Organization voted Thursday for Argentina's Celeste Saulo to become its first woman leader and steer the WMO's cri...
India lost over 1.3 lakh lives in disasters linked to extreme weather, climate change in 50 years: UN agencyThe WMO issued the new findings for the quadrennial World Meteorological Congress which opened in Geneva in Switzerland on Monday with a hi...
Next 5 years could be hottest ever globally, warns UN weather agencyGlobal temperatures are likely to surge to record levels in the next five years, making 2023-27 the warmest five-year period ever recorded,...
Ongoing vaccination drive slow, will take years to cover entire population: Par panel"The committee takes note of the ongoing vaccination process for COVID-19 and observes that, till now, less than 1 per cent of the Indian p...
Our weather forecast resolution has improved by 10 times in a decade: Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of Meteorology, IMDMohapatra is in Geneva to attend the World Meteorological Congress, where India has just won an election for a seat in the executive counci...
What to watch in commodity space this weekGlobal crude markets will be center stage this week in the final countdown to Opec’s next meeting.
- International body inducts renowned space scientist U.R. Rao in Hall of Fame
Bengaluru, Oct 4 (IANS) The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) on Tuesday said renowned space scientist U.R. Rao had been inducte...
Shailesh Nayak is India's candidate for top World Meteorological Organisation postShailesh Nayak, an Indian scientist and bureaucrat, is contesting the election for the top post at the Geneva-based World Meteorological Or...
- IMD D-G elected as member of WMO executive council
Laxman Singh Rathore, Director General, IMD, has been elected a member of the Executive Council of the World Meteorological Organization.
Beijing air pollution soars to toxic levelsChinese meteorological authority has issued a yellow alert for fog indicating dangerous levels of smog in China’s northern and western regi...
- Asia-Pacific's first world class aviation varsity to come up at Indira Gandhi Rastriya Udaan Academy in UP
An international aviation university and a helicopter training facility will soon come up at Indira Gandhi Rastriya Udaan Academy (IRGUA)in...
- Climate efforts facing attack in US elections
Unlike many fellow members of Barack Obama's Democratic Party, Senate candidate Joe Manchin does not support climate legislation restrictin...
- India frets over stalled monsoon
No one is saying the words "bad monsoon" yet, but the slow advance of India's crucial rainy season is being followed anxiously after a dry ...