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2 days ago · A man drinks water at a roadside stall serving free drinking water to commuters as a heatwave continues to grip the Indian capital, New Delhi, India, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. There’s no fresh ...
5 days ago · About 0.42 million square km of India’s landmass, or about 13% of its area, spread over 15 states and four Union Territories, is prone to landslides, according to the Geological Survey of India (GSI). This covers almost all the hilly regions in the country.
May 21, 2020 · The India-Australia-Capricorn plate is breaking in two, slowly but surely, at a rate of about 2 millimeters per year. ... a magnitude-8.6 and magnitude-8.2 earthquake hit beneath the Indian Ocean ...
Natural calamities in India, many of them related to the climate of India, cause massive losses of life and property. Droughts, flash floods, cyclones, avalanches, landslides brought by torrential rains, and snowstorms pose the greatest threats. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslides ...
Oct 28, 2021 · 10/28/2021. Despite several steps in a positive direction, India's efforts are widely seen as a long way from the drastic measures needed to respond to the climate emergency. Unlike other major...
Jan 7, 2024 · When blistering extreme heat gripped India’s capital this summer, Ramesh says he felt faint but had no option other than to keep on toiling under the burning sun to provide for his family.
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Jan 17, 2024 · In a new discovery that could reshape our understanding of the forces shaping the Earth's highest mountains, researchers have unveiled new seismic data indicating that the Indian tectonic plate is splitting in two beneath the Tibetan plateau. This revelation was presented at the American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco and offers ...
