Mr Ghosh said the Global South should press very strongly for action from the developed world. Much of the discourse around climate change tends to focus on technological "megafixes" and a renewable energy push may have, ironically, contributed to the landslides in Wayanad in which nearly 300 people have been …...Read More

The elephant damaged 10 to 12 non-cemented houses in the village. (Representational) A 55-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district, forest department officials said on Thursday. The incident took place in Dumardand village under Narayanpur police station limits on late Wednesday night, they …...Read More

In 2000, as I started my tech journalism career, everyone asked, "When will India have its own Google or Microsoft?" At the time, India's IT industry, then a robust but unglamorous sector worth $5 billion, was just beginning to emerge as the world's back office. Zoho and Tally stood out …...Read More

PM Modi and Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh held a joint press statement in New Delhi today. India and Vietnam today adopted an action plan to expand their strategic ties with Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowing to work jointly for a rules-based Indo-Pacific and asserting that New Delhi supports development …...Read More

The report uncovered shocking details of negligence and procedural lapses Alarming cases of tiger deaths and hunting incidents in Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve and its surrounding forest divisions have been reported by a top official. A report by the forest department based on an order by in-charge Principal Conservator …...Read More

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visited landslides-hit Wayanad in Kerala. Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday visited Kerala's Wayanad - Mr Gandhi's Lok Sabha constituency - and offered messages of support to people there struggling to recover from devastating landslides that have killed …...Read More

A cloudburst was reported this morning at Shimla's Rampur Twenty people are reported to be missing after a cloudburst in Shimla's Rampur. The district administration said the disaster management authority received information about a cloudburst near a hydroelectric power project at Samej Khad early today. A disaster response team has …...Read More

The weather office has issued a 'yellow' alert for Thursday and Friday. (File) Six weather stations across Delhi recorded over 100 mm of rain in a single day, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday, categorising it as an "extremely intense spell". During a press conference, Director General of …...Read More

Parliament on August 5, 2019, abrogated Article 370 that gave special status to J&K. The Amarnath Yatra from Jammu to Kashmir was suspended for a day on Monday as a precautionary security measure in the wake of the 5th anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370. No movement of Yatris …...Read More

Veena George described Amit Shah's statement as "unfortunate and misleading". In a rebuttal to Home Minister Amit Shah's statements in Parliament, Kerala Health Minister Veena George told NDTV that no red alert for landslides was issued by the Centre. This clarification comes in the wake of Mr Shah's remarks suggesting …...Read More