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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
TopicClimate risks

Topic: climate risks

India’s children are paying the price for climate change. Count them as citizens

Children are least responsible for the climate crisis, yet they suffer its most brutal effects. About 24 million children in India are impacted by climate-related emergencies every year.

Countries pledge to raise $12 billion to protect coral reefs from pollution, overfishing

However, experts warned the funding would only be a drop in the ocean unless broader climate risks are addressed.

‘A death sentence’: 3 July recorded as world’s hottest day ever

Average global temperature reached 17.01°C, surpassing August 2016 record of 16.92°C. Scientists said climate change, combined with an emerging El Nino pattern, were to blame.

US senators rebuke Treasury’s failure to act more swiftly to counter climate risks

In a letter, Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren, Sheldon Whitehouse and Edward Markey criticized John Morton’s work and urged Secretary Janet Yellen to appoint a new counselor.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.