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    2023 Driest Year in Over Three Decades for Rivers Around the World: WMO

    The surge in extreme hydrological events has been influenced by naturally occurring climate conditions including the transition from La Niña to El Niño weather...
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    Climate change

    Nepal’s Deadly Flash Floods: What Went Wrong?

    The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority — facing intense backlash for its inability to act effectively to minimize losses — reported by...
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    Energy

    India Charts Course Towards Maritime Decarbonization at High-Level Conference

    A call for continued collaboration among government bodies, industry leaders, and international organisations was underscored, emphasizing the need for innovative financing models and regulatory...
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    Climate change

    Nepal’s Prime Minister Calls for National Unity as Flood Death Toll Rises to 224

    The floods, which began last Thursday and continued for 48 hours, have caused extensive damage across Nepal, particularly in the capital, Kathmandu, which experienced...
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    Disaster Management

    Nepal Floods and Landslides Claim 132 Lives, Rescue Efforts Intensify

    Floods and landslides have inundated major highways, stranding thousands of passengers and disconnecting all road links to Kathmandu, the national capital. Hundreds of houses...
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    Rising Temperatures Devastate Agricultural Eden of India’s Kashmir Region

    Nearly 60 per cent of Kashmir's agriculture relies on rainwater for irrigation, but this year the rainfall has been poor and the heat tremendous....
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    Disaster risk reduction

    India: Govt. Pushes for Unified Water Conservation Efforts

    The meeting brought together senior officials from various ministries, emphasizing a coordinated approach to prioritize the construction of rainwater harvesting systems designed to enhance...
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    Climate change

    Greenpeace India Welcomes India’s Leadership in signing the Historic UN Ocean Treaty

    This year, India has again suffered from extreme weather events causing too many casualties, meanwhile industrial overfishing, pollution and climate change impacts, such as...
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    Bhutan’s Long-Deferred Mines and Minerals Bill Set for Parliamentary Return this Winter

    If enacted, the Mines and Minerals Management Bill 2026 would mark the most significant overhaul of Bhutan’s mineral governance in three decades.
    Animals and wildlife

    China’s Solar Boom Creates ‘Green Dilemma’ for Birds

    Without deliberate ecological planning, the green transition risks creating new biodiversity deficits even as it reduces greenhouse-gas emissions.
    Climate change

    Glacier Collapse Triggers Deadly Nepal-China Border Floods as Blame Game Erupts

    This disaster is the latest reminder that the “Third Pole” of the Himalayas is warming and becoming more hazardous.

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    Bhutan’s Long-Deferred Mines and Minerals Bill Set for Parliamentary Return this Winter

    If enacted, the Mines and Minerals Management Bill 2026 would mark the most significant overhaul of Bhutan’s mineral governance in three decades.
    Animals and wildlife

    China’s Solar Boom Creates ‘Green Dilemma’ for Birds

    Without deliberate ecological planning, the green transition risks creating new biodiversity deficits even as it reduces greenhouse-gas emissions.
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