Context: Contrary to the fact the Earth's inner core is solid, researchers from Australian National University (ANU) have found that it is comparatively softer. In a groundbreaking discovery, Associate Professor…
Context: India’s over-exploitation of groundwater is contributing to—as stated by NITI Aayog—“the worst water crisis in its history”. World Water Development Report: Groundwater is one of the most important water…
Context: OVER THE years, various citizens and political leaders have debated whether India should have two separate time zones. The demand is based on the huge difference in daylight times…
Context: Last week, Cyclone Titli became the third major cyclone to hit the Odisha-Andhra coastal zone in the last five years, all in October. What explains the similar timing, and…
Context: To resolve differences among States on sharing water from rivers that are common to them, the Union Water Ministry has proposed creating 13 river basin management authorities. The inter-State…
Context: We need a sector-specific environment impact assessment manual on exploration and production. On August 1, 2018, the Central government approved a far-reaching policy that allows private and government players…
What is an urban flood? How is it different from rural flood or any other flood? The term urban flood consists of two parts - ‘urban’ and ‘flood’. According to…
Context: The Inter-Linking of Rivers programme aims to connect various surplus rivers with deficient rivers. The idea is to divert excess water from surplus regions to deficient regions to help…
Context: IMD has launched systems for probabilistic weather forecasting known as Ensemble Prediction Systems (EPS). About the System: The India Met Department (IMD) has launched two “very high resolution” Ensemble Prediction…
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