The biggest damage — apart from loss of lives — is the collapse of vital infrastructure, such as electric poles and mobile towers, cutting off affected areas from the rest. An extremely severe cyclonic storm (ESCS) ravaged all five states on the western coast, causing maximum devastation in Gujarat, through…

Not just their frequency, even the intensity of cyclones in the Arabian Sea has increased in recent years — Even as you read this, Cyclone Tauktae is brewing strong in the Arabian Sea. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has charted its path since May 14, when it was still a deep depression over the Lakshadweep area. The deep depression moved northwards and turned into a Cyclonic Tauktae (pronounced as…

Scientists have termed the disastrous glacier break that led to flash floods in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand as the largest contemporary mass movements in mountains at global scale and warned of similar events in future in view of the changing climate clubbed with increased anthropogenic activities New Delhi: A…

It has been more than 48 hours, but the villagers of Raini are still reeling from effects of the loud crashing sound that was followed by an almost deafening roar of the river, as it bolstered down the narrow gorge on February 7. From the cluster of glaciers of the…

India’s first cow dung paint, an innovation developed by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission, was launched on Wednesday, January 12, 2021 at New Delhi. Named as ‘Khadi Prakritik Paint’, it is an eco-friendly, non-toxic paint, a first-of-its-kind product, that is anti-fungal, anti-bacterial properties. …

After the construction of the Madhya Ganga barrage in 1984, the Haiderpur wetland took shape upstream of the barrage and is now the largest in Uttar Pradesh. Fed by the Ganga and Saloni rivers, the biodiversity-rich Haiderpur wetland is home to around 234 bird species as well as swamp deer…

26 Ice stupas were built by Villagers and on an average 3 lakh litre water was stored in each such stupa for the winter season of 2019–20. Known as cold desert, Ladakh is characterized by distinct geographical and climatic features. With reducing precipitation, increasing average temperatures, and reduced glaciers to…

India sets up an ambitious target of getting the coveted tag for 100 more beaches in next 3 years India’s Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday virtually hoisted the international blue flags in 8 beaches across the country. Flags were simultaneously hoisted on these beaches physically by ministers and senior…

It is also a key staging site in the Central Asian Flyway A freshwater lake and right next to it a hypersaline lake. These are the two principal waterbodies of the high-altitude wetland complex of Tso Kar Basin in Ladakh, India. …