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Bihar faces unusual floods despite rainfall deficit, driven by Ganga's backwater effect and Farakka Barrage's siltation, affecting 40 lakh people.
India launches advanced ORV Sagar Manthan, built by GRSE, to boost indigenous maritime research, deep ocean exploration, and climate studies under Deep Ocean Mission.
Chinese experts link rising temperatures to significant glacial retreat on the Tibetan Plateau, warning of increased glacial lake outburst flood risks for India and Nepal.
Five critically endangered baby orangutans found in Odisha forest, prompting a major investigation into suspected international wildlife smuggling racket.
Nepal's catastrophe highlights urgent need for community-centric disaster preparedness, transboundary cooperation, and climate justice in vulnerable mountain regions globally.
Nepal demands climate compensation from major emitters like US, China, and India for devastating floods, citing moral and legal liability via UN fund.
CJI Surya Kant's bench denies extension to Aravali panel, mandating final report by November 30 on ecological definition and mining regulation.
Union Environment Minister leads International Vulture Awareness Day 2026, inaugurating a national workshop on vulture conservation and recovery efforts in Panchkula.
China advances its 1.2 trillion Yuan Yarlung Zangbo mega dam project, raising India's concerns over downstream water flow and ecological impacts.
India's striped hyenas, vital scavengers keeping ecosystems clean, remain misunderstood and lack a unified conservation plan despite legal protection.
Dragonflies, ancient insect predators, serve as crucial ecological bellwethers, with dwindling populations signaling environmental degradation from pesticides and climate change.
Union Home Secretary directs Himalayan states to boost GLOF and avalanche preparedness, stressing proactive monitoring and early warning systems after recent Nepal floods.
Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari initiative, launched in 2024, promotes community-led water conservation and groundwater recharge through various schemes and public participation.
Devastating Nepal floods highlight Himalayan dams' ecological risks amid climate change and geopolitical tensions, urging urgent transboundary cooperation for disaster mitigation.
Nepal's recent catastrophe underscores urgent need for India, China, and Nepal to establish a tripartite mechanism for environmental cooperation in the climate-vulnerable Himalayas.
UNEP outlines 'overshoot, peak, and decline' pathway to manage unavoidable 1.5°C global warming breach, urging rapid emission cuts and nature-based solutions.
J&K implements early flood warning systems, GIS-based multi-hazard risk atlas, and stronger disaster planning after recent cloudbursts and Nepal floods.
Nepal floods highlight extreme challenges in monitoring rapidly evolving Himalayan hazards, demanding integrated remote sensing and local community engagement for effective disaster preparedness.
Sikkim disaster highlights critical health system failures, urging a shift to long-term disease ecology, climate-proof hospitals, and extended post-disaster health surveillance.
Researchers uncover a universal eight-note alphabet underlying all bird songs worldwide, demonstrating how environment and evolution dictate avian communication patterns.
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