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To curb spiralling air pollution, three Indian Tier-2 cities to take a leaf out of London’s playbook

Polluting vehicles are restricted or regulated in low emission zones. Earlier, Delhi, Agra have taken piecemeal measures to address air quality issues by regulating vehicular flow.

Taiwan rattled by quake, no immediate reports of damage

TAIPEI (Reuters) -A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck just off Taiwan's sparsely populated east coast county of Hualien on Monday, the island's weather administration said, with no immediate reports of

Taiwan rattled by 5.5 magnitude quake, no immediate reports of damage

TAIPEI (Reuters) -A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck just off Taiwan's sparsely populated east coast county of Hualien on Monday, the island's weather administration said, with no immediate reports of

Africa faces steep costs as temperatures soar, says WMO

(Reuters) - Africa faces an increasingly heavy toll from climate change with many countries having to spend up to 9% of their budgets battling climate extremes, a World Meteorological Organization (

Gujarat flooded, eastern India parched & no ‘monsoon breaks’. IMD predictions hit the mark

Rainfall map of India from 1 June to 29 August is largely blue & green—a sign of either excess or normal rainfall. ThePrint looks at rainfall data and analyses the overall impact.

Australian volunteers fight deadly disease threatening wombats

By Cordelia Hsu MEGALONG VALLEY, Australia (Reuters) - Armed with medication to treat mange, conservationist Melina Budden quietly trails a wombat called Hope who is infected with the skin disease

White hydrogen could solve the hydrogen industry’s financial challenges

White hydrogen’s superpower is that—unlike alternatives such as green or blue, which require inefficient conversion processes—it comes ready-made and at a much lower cost.

Factbox-How Trump would seek to dismantle Biden’s climate legacy

(Reuters) - Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has laid out an energy policy platform centered around maximizing U.S. fuel and power output, in part by dismantling the Biden administration’s

Bangladesh garment industry short on cotton as floods worsen protest backlog

By Anmol Choubey and Ruma Paul (Reuters) - Garment factories in Bangladesh, one of the world's biggest clothing production hubs, are struggling to complete orders on time as flooding disrupts their

US regulator finds banks have work to do on climate risk, sources say

By Isla Binnie and Nupur Anand NEW YORK (Reuters) - A top U.S. banking regulator has found that major lenders are in the early stages of assessing and managing the risks climate change poses to their

On Camera

Indian influencers reclaim desi aesthetics at Coachella—jhumkas, dupattas to mehendi

By mixing Indian maximalism with Western minimalism, desi influencers are using the hippie Met Gala to bring about a quiet revolution in festival dressing.

Recovery of energy flows will be ‘gradual rather than immediate’ as Hormuz re-opens post ceasefire

The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.