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Summary Heavy rainfall is expected across eastern and northeastern states, with thunderstorms, strong winds and yellow alerts issued by weather officials. Bihar’s flood crisis is worsening, affecting millions across 13 districts as the Ganga river continues rising toward dangerous levels. Delhi-NCR may remain mostly dry, with strong northwesterly winds offering slight relief from high daytime

The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the DRC, emerging in mid-2026, is spreading faster and wider than the 2013-2016 West Africa crisis, raising fears of a global epidemic. Weak surveillance, late detection, super-spreaders, porous borders, conflict and lack of vaccines or therapeutics are driving transmission. Urgent funding, real-time testing and community trust is needed to contain

If you want to know all about snow leopards, their range, food, love life, fight for survival in the fast changing high mountain landscape, impact of climate change and the struggle of scientists to get accurate figures on their population and spread, Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi’s The Ghost of the Mountains is a must read. It is

In a warming world, rising temperatures in high mountain regions are driving glacier retreat and melting, contributing to an increase in the number and area of glacial lakes. As glaciers retreat, they can create new lakes or expand old ones, sometimes contained by natural dams made of ice or moraines — ridges of rock, sediment

Deep in northern Telangana, Kawal Tiger Reserve covers a thick forest of teak and bamboo near the Godavari river. Geographically, it sits in an ideal location, connecting major tiger landscapes. It links Tadoba-Andhari in Maharashtra to the west and Indravati in Chhattisgarh to the east. Kawal supports large populations of spotted deer, sambar, nilgai, and

The Union Ministry of Education told NGT that it has issued an advisory to states and Union Territories on safety norms for cement-asbestos roofing sheets in schools. Uttar Pradesh submitted a report to NGT on the floodplain demarcation of the Solani river using a one-metre digital elevation model and a 100-year return period. The report

The news has been full of headlines about findings from a United Nations report: The world is set to exceed the 1.5 C global warming target set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement. The report has raised concerns and questions about what a 1.5 C increase could mean for our world. As an Earth system scientist who has

Researchers from Heidelberg University and HeiGIT have released the first global, multi-temporal road surface dataset, mapping pavedness, width and passability for 9.2 million km of arterial roads in 2020 and 2024 with 89.2 per cent accuracy. Using geospatial AI and PlanetScope imagery, the open dataset reveals global infrastructure disparities and supports planning, logistics, climate resilience