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Nearly 50,000 women and girls in Gaza have been killed or severely injured since October 2023, according to UN Women. The agency says this amounts to one in 21 Gazan women and girls losing their life or living with lifelong disabilities. Nearly one million women and girls have been forced from their homes after more

Summary Heavy rainfall alerts issued for southern states as Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka brace for thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds. Fresh snowfall across higher Himalayan regions intensifies cold conditions, while Uttarakhand faces heavy rainfall warnings and possible disruptions to highway connectivity. Delhi-NCR to experience dry weather with partly cloudy skies as temperatures hover around

A new paper documents the first known record of a moth using the umbilicate lichen, Lasallia pertusa, as a camouflage background. Published in the journal Arthropod-Plant Interactions, the observation was made in July 2025 at Duggi, in Kugti Wildlife Sanctuary, Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh, at about 3,200 m elevation. Lichen-associated camouflage has been documented before,

India is promoting deep-sea fishing with the promise of better incomes for the country’s traditional fishers. Government schemes have sought to accelerate this transition by providing financial support for deep-sea fishing vessels. Yet the move into deeper waters has proved far more complicated than policy documents suggest. Across the coastal states of India, fishing communities

This story is the first in a series on deep-sea fishing in India, produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. The first story examines India’s Deep Sea Fishing Vessel Scheme and finds a mismatch between its ambitions and the realities of fishing. Shaju Antony, a traditional fisherman from Kerala, was encouraged by

When extreme weather events occur, the damage is usually measured in collapsed buildings, damaged roads and flooded homes. But the aftermath also brings a less visible threat. Heatwaves, droughts, erratic rainfall and flash floods, in combination or alone, also reshape the ecology of diseases. They can affect how long pathogens survive, change the distribution of

Arunachal Pradesh is witnessing protests over the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP), an 11,200-MW hydropower project planned on the Siang river. What began as opposition to survey, and pre-feasibility work has escalated into clashes between protesters and security personnel. The project is proposed to have around 9.2 billion cubic metres of live storage. The

Summary Heavy rain hits Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, while snowfall is likely across higher Himalayan peaks amid strong winds. Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Sikkim face heavy rainfall alerts, with thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds threatening several areas. Delhi-NCR sees cooler mornings and nights, but daytime temperatures remain high, with isolated