The PepsiCo Foundation has committed to invest $3 million with the NGO ‘WaterAid’ to provide safe water access to agricultural communities and help women in high water-risk areas in West Bengal and
Two mild-intensity earthquakes hit Rajkot district of Gujarat on Monday afternoon, a day after a 5.3 magnitude earthquake shook the region. According to the National Centre for Seismology, an earthquake measuring 3.5
Average temperature of India experienced a rise of 0.7 degree Celsius, along with decline in rainfall, significant increase in frequency of very severe cyclonic storms and droughts in over a decade due
An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter Scale hit Beiram region in Iran’s southern Fars province on Sunday, according to Iran’s Seismological Centre. The epicentre of the earthquake, which took place at
In novel approach to understand natural variability factors behind five-decade long rainfall decline till the year 2000 in India, a group of scientists has now examined the differing trends in pre- and
After Chennai, Mumbai on Friday got India’s second state-of-the-art Integrated Flood Warning System (IFWS) which will make it possible to predict floods at least three days in advance, enabling more lives to
Women use more diverse modes of travel and generate lower greenhouse gas than men, despite men being more than twice as likely to travel by bike, say researchers. For the findings, published
Around 7,000 people have been evacuated while the inferno completely and partially burnt more than 35 houses as the fire fighters, NDRF, and engineers intensified their efforts to douse the oil well
An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia’s Maluku province on Tuesday, the meteorology and geophysics agency said. The quake struck at 11.56 a.m. with the epicentre at 126 km
Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri on Monday urged people who can to come out and support those who have lost a lot during Super Cyclone Amphan which lashed West Bengal last