The Maharashtra government has declared drought in 265 of the state’s 358 talukas, along with a slew of relief measures. Based on conditions during the 2026 kharif season, the government order issued on September 26 identifies 265 talukas as drought-affected. These talukas are spread across 32 districts, including Beed, Latur, Nanded, Amravati, Akola, Yavatmal, Nashik,
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Felling has begun in Madhya Pradesh’s Dindori forest division after permission was granted to cut nearly 150,000 sal borer-affected trees. Officials said about 2,000 trees have been felled so far, with the Forest Department planning to complete the operation by March next year. Retired PCCF Ram Prasad has questioned the basis of the decision, saying
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Kerala’s roads are rapidly filling with electric scooters, cars and three-wheelers, but the state is adding new vehicles faster than it is replacing old ones, diluting environmental gains. Experts warn that electrification alone cannot solve congestion, non-exhaust pollution or rising motorisation without a broader shift toward efficient public transport, renewable-powered charging and reduced dependence on
Summary Delhi-NCR receives welcome relief as rain and cooler winds lower temperatures, bringing pleasant weather after days of lingering September heat. Monsoon withdrawal continues across northern India, with rainfall activity gradually declining over Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat. Heavy rainfall is expected in Uttarakhand, South Interior Karnataka and Andaman-Nicobar Islands, prompting weather alerts
Permission granted to cut more than 156,000 sal trees in Madhya Pradesh In September 2026, permission has been granted to fell over 150,000 lakh sal trees (Shorea robusta) in Madhya Pradesh’s Dindori district and the neighbouring Amarkantak region (Anuppur district), as it faces a grave threat from a finger-sized, dark brown insect pest called the
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Howdy, Before anything else: if you maintain WordPress sites, go update them. WordPress 7.1.2 shipped on September 22 to patch a single critical vulnerability in page template resolution, one that lets an unauthenticated attacker load a chosen PHP file from outside your active theme’s directories. Now let’s move on to better things. Anne McCarthy is
Tonight I started working on some Shortcode processing in WordPress. This is an historically nasty problem because the Shortcode syntax and parsing is wildly dynamic. Shortcode syntax is only technically recognized for shortcodes registered at the time of parsing. This means that there is not a general Shortcode grammar. Whether a shortcode has “content,” meaning
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As the depression that crossed India’s east coast moves north-northwest and weakens, its rainfall footprint is expanding. IMD warnings cover coastal Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana and Chhattisgarh, while neighbouring states brace for intense showers. Authorities are watching for flash floods, waterlogging and landslides as forecasts suggest the wet spell could persist for several days. This
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An hour spent watching a cap cloud over Kokthang becomes a meditation on mountain weather, scale and perception. The essay follows vapour as it rises over the Kangchenjunga massif, condenses into cloud, then vanishes as the air descends. What appears to be a still cloud resting on a summit is, in fact, moving air briefly
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