Pune: Drought has crept up on people, especially farmers, like a slow disaster for centuries. The first sign is always the failing rains, followed by shrinking water in dams, which ultimately means reduced water for crops, and soon, a crisis unfolds.But a new study suggests that across Maharashtra, drought is increasingly behaving differently, arriving within…
Bengaluru: After granting Karnataka relief twice in recent weeks, Cauvery Water Regulation Committee Tuesday directed the state to release 3,500 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu every day for the next 15 days, totalling nearly 4 tmcft.The directive comes at a time when Karnataka is grappling with drought-like conditions, a faltering southwest monsoon and…
Kolkata: The renewed attempt to issue a no-objection certificate (NOC) to Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) will pave the way for Rs 500-crore project comprising a 950-capacity hostel building, a substation building, a service building, academic block and a food court. This is part of a phased modernisation plan of the business school campus…
zebra mussels (Representative image by Canva) In the late 1980s, an aquatic invader quietly entered North America through an unlikely route: a ship’s ballast water. That species was the zebra mussel, and within a decade it had spread across all five Great Lakes, triggering one of the most notorious invasive-species stories on the continent. More…
A farmer carries water in pots from a muddy pit to nourish his young paddy crop Hyderabad: El Nino is not just a weather phenomenon but a recurring economic shock that disproportionately impacts farmers, women labourers and poor households, potentially worsening food insecurity and child malnutrition in Telangana, professor Jeena T Srinivasan of the Centre…
Panaji: Goa, long a birdwatcher’s paradise with many endemic and migratory species in a small area, has crossed the 500-species milestone for the first time. The latest (eighth) edition of the Goa Bird Checklist records 502 species, including new additions such as greylag goose (spotted by Stephen Menezes in Santa Cruz) and red-crested pochard (seen…
Kalaburagi: With drought conditions deepening across Karnataka due to poor rainfall, Urban Development Minister Yathindra Siddaramaiah on Monday said the govt’s top priority would be ensuring drinking water supply, with water for crops being considered thereafter based on reservoir levels.Speaking to reporters in Kalaburagi, Yathindra said rainfall had been deficient across the state and chief…
First-ever brick stepwell from Sangam Age found in Karivalamvandanallur near Tenkasi Chennai: A little more than 10 years after Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) found the largest-ever brick structure from the early historic period (Sangam age) at Keeladi in Tamil Nadu dated to 2,500 years, excavators from the state archaeology department have found another major…
Jaipur: With Rajasthan facing rising temperatures, recurring heat waves, erratic rainfall and mounting water stress, the state govt plans to set up a Climate Change Centre in collaboration with IIT-Jodhpur to strengthen climate research, forecasting and policy planning.The proposed centre, details of which were shared in the Rajasthan Assembly on June 23, will function as…
Madikeri: With less rainfall in Kushalnagar town and surrounding places in Kodagu this season, still 33.35 feet is remaining to fill the dam for Harangi reservoir to reach its maximum level.Last year, during the same period, the Cauvery River flowing through Kushalnagara overflowed and exceeded the danger level, creating fear of flooding in the low-lying…
