Communities in southern Africa are facing acute hunger due to an El Nino-induced drought. Neighbouring Namibia, too, last month distributed elephant meat among those affected.
Prompt action has been initiated by authorities to minimise impacts on agriculture, water and energy supplies. Harsh weather conditions likely to continue until end of next week.
On reverse side, 31 percent of tehsils saw increase of four or more days of heavy rainfall per year over last decade, according to Council on Energy, Environment, and Water.
August saw nearly 60% deficit in terms of avg rainfall. Reservoir levels have depleted, crops damaged, number of tankers being used to supply water to villages has increased manifold.
Some people think of plants as passive, but all organisms use whatever sources of information are available to them to adapt themselves to their environment.
Highlighting the need to improve efficiency of Italy's water network, the energy & environment minister said the priority was to make enough water available to households and businesses.
The warning comes as Venice faces unusually low tides, making it impossible for gondolas, ambulances to navigate its canals. Last year, Italy suffered its worst drought in 70 years.
Like tree rings, their layers record the region’s rainfall history. They also carry a warning about the potential for multiyear droughts in the future.
Three years into the war, Europe’s sanctions regime now resembles a policy of managed hypocrisy: Moral rhetoric for public consumption, exemptions for industrial preservation.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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