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Nepal’s Rasuwa floods expose how a rapidly warming Hindu Kush-Himalaya has outgrown 20th-century dam design and disaster planning. Experts warn…
Global data centre water consumption could nearly triple from 222 billion litres in 2025 to 644 billion litres a year by 2030 without significan…
Flash floods on the Nepal‑Tibet border and Sri Lankan landslides reveal how disasters striking before full recovery turn crises into catastrophe…
The deadly flash flood that hit Rasuwa district of Nepal bordering Tibet on August 26, 2026, has brought Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF) acr…
A torrential flash flood swept through Nepal’s Rasuwa district near the border of Tibet on the morning of August 26. Early reports suggest many…
SummaryHeavy rain is expected across more than twelve states, with authorities urging residents to remain alert and take necessary precautions.M…
Viruses are lethal and nearly impossible to conquer. If one strain of a particular virus is controlled by a vaccine, a new strain emerges, posin…
For the farmers of Ekanapuram village in Tamil Nadu’s Kanchipuram district, the announcement came after years of waiting, protesting and refusin…
When ALTÉRRA was launched at COP28 in 2023, media headlines portrayed it as a major United Arab Emirates (UAE) effort to help bridge the global…
There is a particular kind of anxiety that now accompanies education in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). It is not merely the old anxiet…
A landmark South African court case questions the use of AI-driven systems to decide who qualifies for social grants, warning that opaque algori…
Lithium’s role in the clean energy transition is drawing investors to the Sahel, but weak governance is allowing jihadist and criminal groups to…
Fiji is facing a rapidly escalating HIV outbreak now declared a public health emergency, exposing gaps in testing, treatment and stigma reductio…
Around 30 tribal youth leaders from different Scheduled Areas of Andhra Pradesh gathered at Addateegala in Andhra Pradesh’s Polavaram district o…
Every year on August 9, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples recognises the knowledge, cultures and traditions that Indigenou…
For centuries, maps have shaped how we see world, from mythical ranges like Africa’s Kong Mountains to today’s satellite imagery. Google Earth e…
The arterial Changanassery-Alappuzha Road, known across Kerala simply as the AC Road, has once again exposed how expensive it can be when engine…
Orchids are one of the largest and most beautiful plant families in the world and are often affectionately referred to as the ‘royal family’ of…