How normal were the rains? IMD chief wants to study more factors to know

With climate change causing changes in annual precipitation and ocean temperature levels, these parameters need to be included in …

‘Government schools imparting poor quality education’

More than a fourth of rural students opt for private schools for better education, says Annual State of Education Report by non-profit Pratham

Human activities do cause extreme precipitation events, says UCLA study

Before the study, research had been conducted regionally; but the UCLA research team used machine learning to create a global data set

Top 5 global risks in next decade environmental: WEF report

The document also found a ‘generational shift’ in climate perception and warned about increasing health burden due to diseases

Where does the water go during a drought? Germany researchers try to find out

Researchers examined how the process of evaporation and groundwater recharge differed under various kinds of soils and land uses

Fruit consumption reduces heart-related health risks by 40%

Study shows compared to those who never ate fruit, daily consumers of fruit cut their overall risk of death by 32 per cent

Floods cost India Rs 4.7 lakh crore in last 6 decades

At least 90% of the Assam’s districts are flooded and more than 50,000 people are in relief camps

Uttarakhand safest for newborns: first annual health survey

Survey will help measure progress of development goals and formulate district-level plans better, says health ministry

Nagpur has 200 bird species, reveals bird-spotting exercise

60 to 65 of the species were found in MIHAN-SEZ area earmarked for industrial development

A step-by-step guide on how Union budget is formulated

To start the process, the budget division issues an annual budget circular around the last week of August or the first fortnight of September …

2001-2010: Warmest decade on record

Climate change is happening now and is not some distant future event: World Meteorological Organization general secretary

ADB’s flawed water programme promotes scarcity

As the annual meet of the board of governors of Asian Development Bank gets under way near Delhi, a critique of the bank’s approach to …

Extreme weather events of 2013 a result of human influences: WMO

Typhoon Haiyan, heatwave in Australia, frigid polar air in parts of Europe and the US are a few events mentioned in the World Meteorological …

South Asia

IFC’s green claims ring hollow

Analysis of media reports on Indian projects financed by the World Bank arm