Gurinder Kaur

After two weeks of extremely hot and long dry weather, the monsoon winds brought heavy rains to the hilly northern states of India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand) and the south-west coastal states (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, and Kerala). Cloudbursts and landslides have wreaked havoc.

On May 26, Cyclone Yaas from the Bay of Bengal hit the coast in Bhadrak district near the Bahanaga block north of Dhamra port

On May 17, 2021 Cyclone Tauktae, the first extremely severe cyclone from the Arabian Sea in over two decades, barrelled up the country’s western coast, making its landfall in Gujarat.

The Leaders’ Summit on Climate hosted by the United States President Joe Biden has come to a successful conclusion.

Earth Hour is observed on the last Saturday of March each year in almost all countries to raise people’s awareness of natural disasters due

The recent catastrophe in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, where a large part of the Nanda Devi Glacier fell into the Alaknanda stream near Joshimath, caused severe flooding. The rapid flow of water caused mountain slides that fell into deep ravines destroying all the houses and structures that came in their path.

On January 4, 2021, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) released a report titled

Government of India has recently released the data of the first round of National Family Health Survey-5, 2019-20.

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