'Mission Mausam, launched by the government last month, aims to not just improve weather forecasting in the country but also ‘manage’ certain weather events, and on demand, enhance or supp Read More...
'Countries are currently meeting in Cali, Colombia, for the 16th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, which aims to protect global biodiversity and restore natural ecosyste Read More...
'The IMD said that the low-pressure system over the East-central Bay of Bengal would likely intensify into a severe cyclonic storm, and is expected to cross into north Odisha and West Bengal.' Cycl Read More...
'Seven people were killed in Jammu and Kashmir when suspected militants targeted the workers of infrastructure company APCO Infratech, which is constructing the Z-Morh tunnel on the Srinagar-Sonamarg Read More...
'The Union Cabinet approved classical status for five more languages earlier this month — Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Pali, and Prakrit — by tweaking the criteria for the declaration.' Read More...
'The number of railway accidents dropped from 1,390 per year in the 1960s to 80 per year in the last decade.' There were still 34 consequential accidents in 2021-2022, 48 in 2022-23, and 40 in 2023 Read More...
'The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) of the UNFCC to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22.' Climate finance refers to all financial flows addressing the causes and consequence Read More...
'The monsoon season this year in India has been one of the worst in recent times, with recurrent flooding impacting most States.' According to a 2021 study by the Council on Energy, Environment and Read More...
'The Supreme Court has unveiled a new statue of “Lady Justice”, reimagining the image — typically a blindfolded woman holding a set of scales in one hand and a sword in the other &md Read More...
