New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has constituted Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCTs), each for Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir to assess damage caused by heavy rainfall, flood, flash flood, cloudbursts and landslides, an official said on Sunday.
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) As several parts of the country continue to face floods, landslides and cloudbursts, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday released its monthly report forecasting a wetter September with above normal rainfall.
Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 30 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday conducted an aerial survey of flood-affected areas in Ghazipur district.
Hyderabad, Aug 29 (IANS) The Army safely rescued eight people trapped in floodwaters in Medak district of Telangana on Friday, an official statement said.
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Even as climate change is severely impacting India, the need is to explore moonshot technologies for sustainable development, said B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, CEO, NITI Aayog.
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Despite a slowdown in early August, the rainfall from India’s South-West monsoon in the year is 4 per cent above the long-period average (LPA), a report said on Thursday.
Hyderabad, Aug 27 (IANS) Heavy rainfall in Kamareddy and Medak districts of Telangana triggered flash floods on Wednesday, inundating a few towns and villages and bringing road and rail traffic between Hyderabad and Kamareddy to a halt.
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has appointed Akash Tripathi, a 1998 batch IAS officer, as Managing Director, the state-owned solar body said on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have developed a cost-effective and indigenous alkaline seawater electrolyser that can produce hydrogen without relying on hard-to-find rare metals.
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) India has been making significant progress in the transition to green energy and electrification as the nation has a total of 56.75 lakh registered electric vehicles (EVs) till February this year, according to government data.
