A three-day special session of the Karnataka legislature begins Monday, with the Kasturirangan Committee report on Western Ghats eco-sensitive zones and the state's drought situation dominating the agenda. The Union government has…
A new study by India Meteorological Department (IMD) scientists and others, published in the International Journal of Climatology, has found that southern India is drying the fastest, with the most persistent drought…
The Karnataka government will declare 102 taluks drought-hit after reviewing assessment reports at its next Cabinet meeting, Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara said on Wednesday. Parameshwara said a comprehensive assessment was underway…
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav told the UNCCD COP17 in Mongolia on Tuesday that drought is no longer an occasional event but a defining development challenge. He called for a global shift…
Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara told the Karnataka Legislative Assembly that 175 of the state's 240 taluks face a rainfall deficit as of August 24, with 14 experiencing severe shortage. The state…
Karnataka Cooperation Minister Laxman Savadi on Sunday accused the BJP of deliberately disrupting Assembly proceedings and wasting public time over unnecessary issues. Speaking in Vijayapura, Savadi said the BJP, which had promised…
Gadag district has suffered crop losses worth Rs 219 crore due to drought, district in-charge minister Basavaraj Rayareddi said. He added that each of the over 180 drought-hit taluks in Karnataka needs…
Times of India reports that July was the driest month ever recorded in England and Wales, turning fields and lawns yellow. Droughts have affected parts of Britain in four of the last…
NDTV Profit reports that climate scientists expect 2026 to become the hottest year on record. The months-long El Nino weather phase is projected to bring severe drying to parts of Western and…
Record-low water levels in the Danube River near Prahovo, Serbia, have revealed the remains of Nazi-era warships deliberately sunk in 1944 as German forces retreated from the Soviet advance. The wrecks are…
