NEW DELHI: The year 2024 is coming to an end, but the extreme weather conditions that have led to the world witnessing nature’s fury in almost every part are far from ending any time soon.Like the last few years, in 2024, the world witnessed several instances of extreme climate change, …
NEW DELHI: A senior scientist at the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Dr Naresh Kumar, predicted that temperatures may start falling owing to thunderstorms and rainfall activity in North interior Karnataka, with one or two weather stations recording heat wave conditions.“If you talk about the last five-six days, there were heatwave …
NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department on Saturday has issued a warning stating that certain regions in peninsular and eastern India are likely to experience “heatwave conditions for the next two days”. The areas expected to be impacted include Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Vidarbha, North Interior Karnataka, Coastal Andhra …
BENGALURU: In a breakthrough, a multi-institutional team of Indian scientists has unveiled critical insights into the evolution and origins of the Lumpy Skin Disease Virus (LSDV) strains fueling the outbreak.“In May 2022, cattle across India began dying of a mysterious illness. Since then, about 1 lakh cattle heads have been …
NEW DELHI: Close to 50,000 additional deaths globally are estimated between 2020 and 2030 due to pandemic-related disruptions to immunisation, new research published in The Lancet Global Health journal has found. The study assessed the impact of Covid-19 on the coverage of measles, rubella, humanpapillomavirus (HPV), Hepatitis B, Meningitis A, …
NEW DELHI: The IMD on Monday warned that India will suffer extreme heat from April to June, with the central and western peninsular regions anticipated to be worst affected. “For the month of April 2024, above-normal maximum temperatures are likely over most parts of the country,” IMD said in a …
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said parameters used to measure progress are detrimental to climate and suggested developing the concept of a green gross domestic product. In an interaction with philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, he also said that climate action has gained momentum since the …
NEW DELHI: Isro has unveiled a new introductory-level online training programme called ‘Space Science and Technology Awareness Training (START)’ which is aimed to attract youngsters to the field of space science and technology. It is particularly targeted at postgraduate and final-year undergraduate students who are pursuing physical sciences and technology.The …
NEW DELHI: In a big step to prepare for its first orbital space launch, Hyderabad-based space-tech company Skyroot Aerospace has successfully test-fired the stage-2 of Vikram-1 space launch vehicle, called Kalam-250, from the Sriharikota spaceport.Stage-2 is a critical stage in the ascent of the launch vehicle, as it propels it …
NEW DELHI: Globally, 1.05 billion tonnes of food waste generated (including inedible parts) in 2022 which was almost one-fifth of all food available to consumers, and each person, on average, wasted 79 kg of food annually in households in the world compared to 55 kg per capita per year in …