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May 24, 2025 3:47 PM

Monsoon sets in over Kerala ahead of schedule

The long wait is over. Kerala has officially welcomed the South West Monsoon, marking the onset of the country’s crucial four-month rainy season. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) confirmed the onset of monsoon on Saturday, noting that the...

May 23, 2025 11:02 AM

Death toll in Australia floods rises to four, tens of thousands stranded

The body of a man was found in a car trapped in floodwaters in Australia's southeast on Friday, raising the death toll to four, after three days of incessant rain cut off entire towns, swept away livestock and destroyed homes. Police said the man w...

May 22, 2025 5:19 PM

India’s major cities to embrace electric bus under PM E-Drive Scheme

Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel, H.D. Kumaraswamy on Thursday chaired a meeting to advance the rollout of electric buses under the PM e-Drive Scheme. The initiative is set to transform urban transit in key cities, including Delhi, Benga...

May 22, 2025 12:47 PM

Torrential rain ravages Australian towns, thousands brace for isolation

Torrential rain pummelled Australia's southeast on Thursday, triggering flash flooding and forcing officials to issue fresh evacuation orders, while 50,000 residents were warned to prepare to isolate with more downpours expected over the next 24 hour...

May 21, 2025 11:14 AM

Amazon fires drive unprecedented global forest loss in 2024, report says

Massive fires fueled by climate change led global forest loss to smash records in 2024, according to a report issued on Wednesday. Loss of tropical pristine forests alone reached 6.7 million hectares (16.6 million acres), an 80% spike compared to 20...

May 19, 2025 7:11 PM

Landslide at gold mine in Indonesia’s Papua kills six; 14 missing

Torrential rains forced a halt on Monday to Indonesia's search for 14 missing in its easternmost region of Papua after a landslide killed six workers at a gold mine and injured four, officials said. The rains had triggered Friday's landslide, which ...

May 19, 2025 5:55 PM

IMD issues alerts for heavy rainfall and heatwave across India

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a weather advisory forecasting intense rainfall over several regions of the country and heatwave conditions in parts of northwest India. According to the IMD, heavy to very heavy rainfall is expec...

May 19, 2025 3:20 PM

Record 6.98 lakh Olive Ridley turtles protected by Indian Coast Guard’s ‘Operation Olivia’

In a significant achievement for marine conservation, the Indian Coast Guard’s (ICG) annual initiative, Operation Olivia, has successfully protected over 6.98 lakh Olive Ridley turtles during their mass nesting at the Rushikulya river mouth in Odis...

May 19, 2025 10:31 AM

Indonesia raises alert to highest level for Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano

Indonesia raised the alert level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki to the highest after it erupted eight times over the weekend, its volcanology agency has said. Lewotobi Laki-laki, located on Flores island in eastern Indonesia, spewed volcanic ash betw...

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