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Monsoon has turned normal, IMD says. But it really hasn’t if you see regional variations

While heavy rains have lashed parts of Assam and Meghalaya in the northeast, planting of rain-fed kharif crops has been delayed in Odisha, where the rain deficit is 39%.

Melting ice in Arctic ocean could transform international shipping routes: Research

Rhode Island , June 21 (ANI): A new study conducted by a team of researchers at Brown University have discovered a series of consequences...

A small lowering of groundwater level leads to weaker house foundations, says Study

Gothenburg , June 20 (ANI): According to research done at the University of Gothenburg, a small lowering of the groundwater level can destroy the...

Study analyses environmental impact of nuclear power generation

Kyoto , June 20 (ANI): In an ever-evolving world, a rapidly growing population, coupled with urbanization and industrialization, is driving ever-increasing energy demand. Today's...

How do we save our planet? A radical economic theory born in the 1970s might have a clue

While some argue that the practice of André Gorz's theory could detract important interventions, others say it's not that harmful.

Study shows that Invasive species are gaining charge over American forests

Ohio , June 19 (ANI): Invasive species introduced to the United States over the past century are found to be crowding out many native...

Study shows mangrove and reef restoration delivers positive returns for flood protection

California , June 19 (ANI): A new analysis shows that restoring mangroves and coral reefs can be a cost-effective solution to reducing coastal flooding...

Bhupender Yadav calls upon MEF members to launch global movement on LIFE

New Delhi , June 19 (ANI): Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav attended a virtual meeting of the Major Economies...

Research finds sharks may be closer to the city than we think

Miami , June 18 (ANI): The world's coasts are urbanizing rapidly, but how this increasing human presence may affect marine species, is not yet...

Study reveals more than 90 pc of world’s oil slicks occur due to humans

Florida , June 17 (ANI): A team of scientists from China and the United States created the first world map of chronic oil slicks...

On Camera

Gaza, Ukraine being fought on techno-battlefields. Indian military is 3 decades behind

My assessment is that the Indian armed forces are adopting emerging technologies for incremental change and not transformation—which is the need of the hour.

Even as SEBI lays down new curbs on F&O market, discount brokerages are changing business models

SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?