Climate

NEW DELHI: While we all love our summer vacation, the West Bengal government’s decision to extend the summer vacation for both primary and secondary boards evokes only mixed reactions from teachers, parents and even the students. Bengal’s School Education Department extended the summer vacation keeping in mind the heatwave condition prevailing in the state. In […]

NEW DELHI: While many of us cherished the ‘fresh air’ and ‘a clear sky’ during the lockdown days in 2020, the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) burst the bubble of myth. The EPIC India report stated that India remained one of the most polluted countries in South East Asia and the […]

DEHRADUN: There will be no respite from the heat as temperatures rose to 5-6 degrees above normal in the hills of Uttarakhand. “Normally, the temperature in the hill areas, especially at the altitude of 2,000 meters, remains at around 24-25 degrees. However, it is touching 29-30 nowadays. Hill stations like Mussoorie, Nainital, Mukteshwar, Tehri are […]

SHIMLA: Wear half-sleeve shirts, stay indoors in the afternoon and turn on the fan or the air-conditioner. It was an advisory usually seen for the Indian plains that scorched during the summer. But not anymore as the effects of global warming were seen on the alluring hill stations of Himachal Pradesh – that attract hordes […]

NEW DELHI: Amid impending climate change and the earth’s rising temperature, a team of 150 experts from 35 countries went on a ‘carbon negative expedition’ to Antarctica to emphasise the preservation of the ocean and raise awareness. Policymakers, environmentalists, climatologists, entrepreneurs and students, including 18 Indians, commenced the 12-day journey on March 17 this year […]