A blistering heatwave swept parts of Delhi with maximum temperatures breaching the 46-degree mark on Monday, straining power grids and posing challenges to outdoor labourers, homeless people and......
India will launch its own composite index next year to quantify the impact of heat on its population and generate impact-based heat wave alerts for specific locations, the India Meteorological......
'All hydropower projects in the Himalayan region must be stopped.''Joshimath is not alone.' IMAGE: A red cross is marked on an unsafe building by the government due to the gradual 'sinking' of......
Land subsidence in Joshimath is primarily due to the National Thermal Power Corporation's Tapovan Vishnugad Hydro Power Project and is a very grave reminder that people are messing up with the......
As large parts of India and Pakistan experience scorching temperatures, the UN's specialised agency on weather has said while it is premature to attribute the extreme heat in the two countries......
Politicians and Twitter warriors around the globe have a new buzzword among them: Net zero. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Everyone appears to be keen to state their commitment to net zero,......
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (5thL) and Al Gore (6thL), former U.S. Vice President and Climate Reality Project Chairman, pose with representative of NGO's, during the World......
Since the US, the second biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after China, has shifted in a major way to shale gas, the focus of global environmentalists’ ire has fallen on India, which is the......
What should be the priorities for India, as the climate treaty is being redefined in Paris with a new framework? There are four outstanding political issues which must be dealt with says Mukul......
COP 21 is about how much carbon space is left and who gets how much of that space The world has used up two-thirds of its carbon space for a 2-degrees-Celsius temperature rise, consumed 35 per......
One Kannada film that is receiving uniform appreciation for its songs and promos is Love Guru. The film directed by debutant Prashanth, who worked as an assistant director in Hindi films like......
The International Indian Film Academy Awards, IIFA, began on a high note in Bangkok as the Bachchan Parivar arrived in the Thai capital to attend the annual event. Also See: Thailand beckons......
Reader Sameer Shaikh sent us this photograph from Mumbai. 'Can you guys believe who I met on my birthday?,' asks Sameer. 'It was my birthday on 10th June and I gave my friends a treat at......