Koll, awarded Vigyan Yuva in 'Earth Sciences’, says rainfall and landslide forecasts must be connected. He also emphasises the importance of a robust early warning system for India.
A panel discussion, ‘Women as Agents of Climate Action’, at the German Embassy was a plea and a battle cry to engage more women in government, boardrooms and at the grassroots level.
Issue of sanctions also raised at Voice of Global South Summit in context of energy security & volatile markets, said Jaishankar. References to Gaza were much more frequent than Ukraine.
Global media also talks about impact of climate change in India against backdrop of Wayanad landslides & how an art gallery in Bengaluru is bringing science into the public space.
The WWA, in its report, said that the landslides that killed at least 350 people in Kerala were a direct result of extremely heavy rain within a very short period of time.
The IARI has been working on climate-resilient seeds since 2014. Currently, it is testing 2,380 varieties of field crops and 487 varieties of horticulture crops, ThePrint has learnt.
Indonesia's blue carbon ecosystems house 22% of the world’s mangroves and 5% of seagrass meadows, making it one of the most important countries for ocean-based climate change mitigation.
Focus of this year’s march was on promoting scientific temper, advocating the importance of scientific research, spreading awareness about climate change, and fighting pseudoscience.
The panellists included Justices Surya Kant, PS Narasimha, Sanjay Karol, and KV Viswanathan, who discussed the issue of climate change and the problems it presents.
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.
Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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