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Orange alert for Kolkata, south Bengal as low-pressure system over Bay of Bengal intensifies
7+ hour, 56+ min ago (318+ words) Kolkata and several south Bengal districts are set for a wet week as a well-marked low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal triggers heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and gusty winds, said India Meteorological Department in a bulletin on Saturday. A well-marked…...
Tiger population in Assam's Nameri Reserve rises fourfold since 2022
14+ hour, 9+ min ago (204+ words) The tiger population in Assam's Nameri Tiger Reserve has risen from three in 2022 to 12 by 2025. Assam forest and environment minister Jayanta Mallabaruah on Friday described the surge as a "remarkable conservation success. In a post on his X handle on…...
Indian Meteorological Department signals heavy rain for Mumbai, as city's water reserves dip below 7%
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (618+ words) A man pulls a cart amid rainfall, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Monday, June 29, 2026. PTI In the corresponding period last year, the water stock in these seven dams was 39. 5 per cent. As per the data from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's Hydraulic Engineer's…...
Orange alert for Kolkata, Howrah as thunderstorms loom, wet spell set to continue through the week
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (269+ words) An orange alert has been issued for parts of Kolkata and North 24 Parganas as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned of moderate thunderstorms, lightning, heavy rain and gusty winds over the next few hours on Monday afternoon. According to the Regional…...
India witnesses slow start of summer monsoon, but Calcutta logs excess rainfall
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (501+ words) Commuters amid rain on JL Nehru Road on Sunday afternoon. Picture by Sanat Kr Sinha" The city has logged excess rainfall even as India witnessed the weakest start to the summer monsoon in more than a decade and a half....
Strong tremors rock Delhi after 6. 2-magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan, Pakistan
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (140+ words) Strong tremors were felt in Delhi and surrounding areas after a 6. 2 magnitude earthquake hit Afghanistan Saturday evening. The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said that a strong earthquake struck Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region on Saturday, sending out tremors that could be…...
India launches world's first nuclear heat-based hydrogen production facility in Tamil Nadu
1+ week, 1+ day ago (260+ words) In a major boost to India's clean energy and advanced nuclear technology programme, the Department of Atomic Energy on Friday established the world's first hydrogen production facility using nuclear process heat at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research in…...
IMD warns of landslides as heavy rain to lash north Bengal till June 30
1+ week, 1+ day ago (324+ words) Indian Army personnel check commuters crossing a temporary Bailey bridge constructed at Dudhia to restore connectivity between Siliguri and Mirik, in Darjeeling district, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. PTI The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall across sub-Himalayan…...
Europe's record-shattering heatwave "virtually impossible' without climate change, scientists say
1+ week, 1+ day ago (351+ words) The record-breaking heatwave engulfing Western'Europe'would have been "virtually impossible" without human-caused climate change, which has made this week's soaring night-time temperatures 100 times more likely than they would have been just two decades ago, scientists said on Friday. "Over the region…...
Leaky century-old pipe floods deer home at Alipore zoo
2+ week, 14+ hour ago (310+ words) The waterlogged deer enclosure at the Alipore zoo on Friday. Bishwarup Dutta A portion of the Alipore zoo that houses the enclosures for herbivores was waterlogged on Friday as water gushed from a leaking supply line running beneath it. The…...