Commuters struggle through a waterlogged street as heavy rain lashes Kolkata.

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Weakened cyclone ‘Montha’ to bring heavy rain in parts of Bengal

Commuters make their way through thick smog as air pollution grips Delhi.

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Delhi’s air turns ‘very poor’ as haze, fog envelop city, visibility drops

Andhra Pradesh battles nature’s onslaught.

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Cyclone Montha triggers deluge in parts of Telangana, hits road and rail traffic

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US, Australia, Canada, Norway blocking oil and gas phase-out: Report

Devotees take a dip in the Ganga during Chhath at Gandhi ghat in Patna. (Photo: Getty Images)

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As poll campaign heats up, parties remain silent on Bihar’s dying rivers

Representational cloud seeding image

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Cloud-seeding operation in Delhi postponed due to low moisture: IIT Kanpur

Cyclone Montha has made landfall

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Cyclone Montha crosses Andhra coast, weakens; heavy rains trigger landslides in Odisha

The layout of the Great Nicobar project takes over too much of the island

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Specious argument: Congress on Amit Shah’s defence of Great Nicobar Project

Plane carrying scientists takes off from Kanpur.

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Delhi readies for ‘artificial rain’ as cloud seeding plane flies in from Kanpur

Major emitters including China, India, EU, Indonesia, Iran & Saudi Arabia are yet to file updated plans.

Environment

UN warns progress too slow to avert worst climate impacts despite emissions drop

Rescue teams gear up in Bhubaneswar ahead of Cyclone Montha’s landfall on 27 October.

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Cyclone ‘Montha’ batters 8 southern Odisha districts with heavy rain

Rough seas due to Cylone Montha

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Cyclone Montha makes landfall along Andhra coast today; red alert issued

A farmer sets fire to paddy stubble in Amritsar.

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Punjab sees season’s sharpest surge of 147 farm fires, tally climbs to 890