Officials said preparations for the programme began in 2025

Nation

Chhattisgarh forest authorities launch large-scale community-led water conservation drive

A street vendor shields himself and his cart from heavy rain on a drenched Chennai street.

Nation

Tamil Nadu: Heavy showers drench delta ahead of Vijay’s swearing-in

Villages that grow tonnes of water-guzzling sugarcane also clamour for tankers to supply drinking water

Opinion

Of sugar highs and water lows

A map of the project

Environment

An idea delinked from commonsense

Bad weather was reported across Bihar

Nation

Storms and lightning leave over 20 dead in Bihar

Spread across 14.7 lakh hectares, the Cauvery delta accounts for 45% of Tamil Nadu’s rice production

Environment

The river we’re fighting over is no longer the same

The message is loud and clear

Opinion

Time for India to go solar

On 24 April, 100 of the world's hottest cities were all in India, as per @WeatherMonitors

Opinion

A towering inferno of bad policies

Trees uprooted in a storm that lashed several districts of Bihar.

Environment

Relief from heatwave in Bihar turns deadly as storms, lightning claim 13 lives

The hatching had earlier been hailed as a major conservation milestone.

Environment

Great Indian Bustard chick born in Gujarat after decade goes missing, predation feared

Representative image

Nation

10,000 litres for a litre of fuel: Govt's ethanol push under scrutiny

Tropical forests support biodiversity and vital services like water, soil and pollination.

Environment

Forests on a knife’s edge: Deforestation slows, climate fires loom

Rahul Gandhi is received by party leaders in Sri Vijaya Puram, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

POLITICS

Rahul Gandhi terms Great Nicobar project a ‘gravest crime’