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October 23, 2025 3:32 PM

Japan’s Mount Fuji sees snow for first time this winter, 21 days later than usual

The peak of Japan's Mount Fuji was capped with snow for the first time this winter on Thursday, reaching the milestone 21 days later than the average since records began in 1894, the meteorological agency said. This year's snowfall came two weeks ea...

October 22, 2025 5:23 PM

IMD forecast: heavy rain alert for Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Andhra Pradesh

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday issued warnings of extremely heavy rainfall and squally winds over several parts of South India and adjoining seas. The alert comes as a well-marked low-pressure area over the southwest Bay of Be...

October 22, 2025 1:08 PM

Fierce winds stoke fires, send temperatures soaring in Australia and New Zealand

Wild, hot winds swept across Australia and New Zealand on Wednesday, fuelling wildfires and sending spring temperatures soaring past 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of Sydney. Australia's weather bureau said a powerful mass of h...

October 21, 2025 2:31 PM

Heavy rainfall forecast for southern India; foggy mornings ahead for Delhi-NCR

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall across parts of south peninsular India over the next few days, while Delhi-NCR is expected to experience foggy mornings and mild haze until October 24. Accord...

October 20, 2025 2:04 PM

Australia’s weather bureau casts doubt on prospects for La Nina

Australia's weather bureau is not convinced that a La Nina weather pattern is forming that could change rainfall patterns and bring wilder weather to parts of the Americas, Asia and Oceania, affecting crop production, a senior climatologist sai...

October 20, 2025 9:25 AM

Delhi’s air quality deteriorates to ‘poor’ category; CAQM enforces stage 2 of GRAP

Amid the festive fervour across the National Capital Region (NCR) and the rest of the country, Delhi continues to struggle with deteriorating air quality. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 411 near the ...

October 19, 2025 4:16 PM

NCL highlights ‘Waste to Art’ and sanitation efforts under Special Campaign 5.0

Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd based in Singrauli, is actively participating in the Government of India's Special Campaign 5.0, focusing on cleanliness, record management, scrap disposal, and sustainability initiati...

October 18, 2025 11:18 AM

DoPT drives special campaign 5.0 to boost cleanliness and efficiency across offices

The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, is actively engaged in Special Campaign 5.0, a nationwide initiative to promote cleanliness and enhance workplace efficiency. Runnin...

October 18, 2025 10:19 AM

France will not give up on World Bank climate goals, minister says

France will keep pressing the World Bank to maintain its climate finance agenda despite the Trump administration's pressure on the global lender to abandon it, the new French development minister Eleonore Caroit said on Friday. Efforts to address cl...

October 17, 2025 4:58 PM

US, Singapore call on UN to delay carbon shipping price vote amid splits

The United States, Singapore, Liberia and Saudi Arabia on Friday called on the U.N. shipping agency to postpone adoption of a carbon price on ships, as states failed to find consensus during talks in London this week. The U.S. and Saudi Arabia have ...

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