'An under-construction tunnel on the Yamunotri National Highway in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district collapsed at dawn trapping 40 workers inside.' The proposed tunnel, which is part of the C Read More...
'The Kampala Ministerial Declaration on Migration, Environment, and Climate Change (KDMECC) is a significant agreement adopted by 48 African countries to address the complex relationship between human Read More...
'As around 2,500 people die due to lightning every year surpassing the death toll by any other disaster, a few states have demanded it to be declared a natural disaster.' According to present norms Read More...
'The 143-year-old cable suspension bridge that collapsed recently in the western Indian state of Gujarat in one of the country’s worst disasters in years was built using the latest technology av Read More...
'Cyclone Sitrang rapidly doubling its pace and making an early landfall in Bangladesh has been termed as ‘unusual’ by meteorologists.' Westerly winds might have played a role in the qui Read More...
'In a new report, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) indicated that in the next 28 years climate change-induced heat waves will become an unavoidable hazard and are se Read More...
'National Action Plan for Toys (NAPT) 2020 was introduced to promote the Indian toy industry including traditional handicrafts and handmade toys with the objective of establishing India as a global To Read More...
'According to a study, zombie ice from the massive Greenland ice sheet will eventually raise the global sea level by at least 10 inches (27 centimeters) on its own.' Zombie or doomed ice is ice t Read More...
'Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Read More...
'A powerful earthquake struck a rural, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan killing 1,000 people and injuring 1,500 more in one of the country’s deadliest quakes in decades.' Officials w Read More...
