The global climate is out of balance. All the current calamities are part of a constellation of extreme weather events and there's no doubt that it will get more warmer.
Enviornment ministry says its a result of cutting down needless processes and setting timelines for assessment panels. However, environmentalists say the pendulum may have swung too far.
Testifying before a Congressional committee Thursday, Jonathan Pershing, senior advisor to Special Envoy on Climate Change John Kerry, said US and India are committed partners on climate.
There are two favourable synoptic situations for heavy to very heavy rains in Mumbai today and in the next few days, Dr Jayant Sarkar, head of the Regional Meteorological Centre said.
China's Henan province is hit by the heaviest rainfall in 1,000 years requiring PLA to rescue those trapped amid fear of a dam's collapse posing flood risk to the provincial capital.
The Mekedatu reservoir project is proposed to be built at a deep gorge situated at the confluence of river Cauvery and its tributary Arkavathi in Karnataka’s Ramanagara.
In Himachal Pradesh's Dharamshala, flash floods triggered by heavy rains swept away cars and two buildings, and resulted in closure of the Kangra airport at Gaggal.
The words she wrote in our autograph book echo in my mind now: 'Mar kar bhi jo jeete hain, wohi jeete hain'—The only lives worth living are those remembered long after death.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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