The rainfall deficit is putting pressure on standing crops.

Environment

UN warns of ‘supersized’ El Niño as extreme weather risks rise

Nepal requires $4-5 billion to rebuild infrastructure — almost 10% of its economy.

Environment

Nepal seeks climate compensation from US, China, India over deadly floods

A man quenches his thirst amid scorching heatwave conditions in Jammu.

Environment

World has lost opportunity to stay below 1.5°C, warming could peak above 2°C: UNEP report

Heavy damage caused by landslide debris in Rasuwa district of Nepal

World

Foreign aid is Nepal's 'moral liability' not charity, says govt

Gomti river 

Environment

Scientist quits Lucknow Ganga panel, alleges ecological concerns ignored over Gomti projects

Turkmenistan's Darvaza crater, also called Door to Hell is a burning gas field collapsed into a cavern.

Environment

Turkmenistan begins fixing methane mega-leaks after years of scrutiny & criticism

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Nation

Himachal records 67 quakes in three years, government steps up monitoring

Relatives show photographs of five missing victims amid search operations in Nuwakot district, 30 August

World

Nepal’s hydropower rebuild faces a big question: where to build back

Nepal floods aftermath: Before and after the disaster.

Nation

Explained: Why Nepal’s rescue operation is so difficult

The ageing Mullaperiyar dam

Nation

Mullaperiyar: Dam nuisance

An adult male one-horned rhino at Kaziranga National Park

Environment

Assam Cong stages statewide protests against proposed Kaziranga ESZ reduction

The devastation caused by the flash floods at Trishuli Bazar in Nepal’s Nuwakot district

Environment

The Himalaya serves another warning

An ice-rock avalanche may have entered the Lende Khola

Nation

Nepal disaster exposes gaps in Himalayan hazard assessment and planning