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A farmer stands on a parched paddy field near Jammu in 2014. Representative image. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

El Niño brings drought declaration into sharper focus

Simrin Sirur 3 Sep 2026
People walk past damage in the aftermath of flash floods in Devighat in Nuwakot district, Nepal on August 27. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepal disaster reinforces the need for regional preparedness

Joydeep Gupta 28 Aug 2026
A man wades through floodwaters after days of torrential rains in Kampur, Assam in June 2025. (AP Photo)

Going beyond the annual flood response with district level plans [Commentary]

Promit Mookherjee 27 Aug 2026

Assam floods expose a crisis beyond heavy rain

Nabarun Guha 11 Aug 2026
A woman is airlifted from a flood-affected area in Himachal Pradesh in August 2023. (Indian Air Force via AP)

July rainfall worsened August floods in Punjab in 2023, says study

Simrin Sirur 30 Jan 2026
A boy carries a gas cylinder to a rescue boat from his inundated kitchen in Mantripukhri, Imphal East district in June 2024. Image by Ningthoujam Victor.

Floods in Manipur worsened by human activities and climate pressures

Donald Takhell 1 Oct 2025
A physically disabled man rests as commuters cross a waterlogged street in 2013 in Guwahati. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Is India’s disaster preparedness inclusive enough?

Aisiri Amin 29 Aug 2025
Indian Navy personnel clearing a tree from a road in the aftermath of Cyclone Hudhud. Increasing natural disasters highlight the importance of insurance coverage to minimise loss. Photo by Indian Navy/Wikimedia Commons.

Insurance sector needs to redraw risk assessment framework as climate-related disasters multiply

Soumya Sarkar 19 Dec 2023
Millions of migrant communities rushed to return to their villages amid the pandemic-associated lockdown in India. Photo by Prerna Prasad.

No escape from environmental distress as migrants return home in pandemic lockdown

Sahana Ghosh 7 Apr 2020
A herd of elephants during floods in Assam. Photo by Arun Vignesh.

Kaziranga’s artificial highlands: Not the ‘real’ solution

Azera Parveen Rahman 26 Aug 2019

Indian Ocean tsunami: Nicobar Islands lost 97 percent of mangrove cover, uncovered unknown species

Sahana Ghosh 21 Aug 2018