Big road, rail links set to spur Andhra's Nellore growth
New Indian Expressby S Guru Srikanth·23 Aug 2026
VIJAYAWADA: While heavy freight trains are already rolling along Rs 2,212 crore worth of newly completed port-rail links, a massive Rs 16,000 crore road grid is now racing against time to bridge...
Veligonda Phase-I will be inaugurated on Aug 31: CM Chandrababu Naidu
New Indian Expressby S Guru Srikanth·23 Aug 2026
VIJAYAWADA: Marking the end of a three-decade wait for the drought-prone regions of Prakasam, Markapuram, Nellore and Kadapa districts, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has announced that Phase-I...
4K TN water tanks completely dry, farmers forced to deepen borewells
New Indian Expressby S Guruvanmikanathan·23 Aug 2026
CHENNAI/ THANJAVUR: Tamil Nadu is facing a severe water crisis as 4,208 of its 14,141 water tanks have completely dried up.
‘India’s Forests, Real and Imagined’: Forests as literary-political figures across three millennia
Scroll.inby Ankush Pal·23 Aug 2026
India’s Forests, Real and Imagined: Writing the Modern Nation by Alan Johnson is an ambitious work of literary ecocriticism that attempts to trace the figure of the forest across approximately...
India’s monsoon weakens, IMD predicts below-normal rain for next two weeks
Hindustan Timesby Jasjeev Gandhiok·23 Aug 2026
India’s monsoon weakens, IMD predicts below-normal rain for next two weeks Despite some weather systems developing, rainfall is expected to remain below normal across the country in both weeks of...
A Herd Day’s Night
New Indian Expressby Khursheed Shah·23 Aug 2026
About an hour after sunset, the countryside around Odisha’s Kantamila village belongs entirely to the frogs. Their chorus swells from every direction during the monsoon.
Keeping Company With Trees
New Indian Expressby Sheila Kumar·23 Aug 2026
Studies have repeatedly shown that being near trees lowers our blood pressure, slows our heart rate and reduces stress hormones; the activity cuts down cortisol, the main chemical our body makes in...
Sowing the seeds of a solar power intervention
The Hinduby Vanita Bhatnagar·23 Aug 2026
Kojadmal Jat’s solar farm is different from those surrounding it. In Kundanpura, a village in Bassi block, nearly an hour’s drive east of Jaipur, Rajasthan’s capital, the sight of fields dotted...
Heathrow expansion ‘is threat to England’s largest surviving medieval barn’
World news | The Guardianby Dalya Alberge·23 Aug 2026
Six hundred years after it was built, England’s largest surviving medieval timber-framed barn could now be “shaken to pieces” by aircraft vibrations, campaigners warn.
Frustration mounts for thousands still without power after deadly Indiana storms
CBS Newsby Ash-har Quraishi·22 Aug 2026
Like so many in Gary, Indiana, Shatiya Hardin has been waiting for the minute her power finally turns back on. "It's been absolutely horrible," Hardin told CBS News.
Why Australia risks losing iconic animals
PerthNowby Nathan Schmidt·22 Aug 2026
Bird flu threatens to wipe out Australia’s iconic black swans, experts warn Australians could expect to see lakes without iconic native animals such as the black swan “or large numbers of carcasses...
Energy UK says struggling households need more support with bills
BBC Newsby Lucy Hooker·22 Aug 2026
- Published Higher energy bills this winter mean the government should step in to provide more help for households most in need, the body representing energy firms in the UK has said.
Tropical Storm Moke advances towards Hawaii with heavy rain, strong winds
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff·22 Aug 2026
Tropical Storm Moke is grinding towards Hawaii, bringing gusts of wind and heavy rain only a week after the islands faced similar conditions from Hurricane Lala.
‘This is our home’: The women fighting a company’s land claim on Indonesia’s Pari Island
Channel News Asiaby Kiki Siregar·22 Aug 2026
‘This is our home’: The women fighting a company’s land claim on Indonesia’s Pari Island Pari Island is at the centre of a decade-long land dispute which has seen local residents attempting to...
Burnham's 'climate tsar' racks up 250,000 air miles in just two years
Mail Onlineby Gabriel Millard-clothier·22 Aug 2026
- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Andy Burnham is under mounting pressure to sack his 'climate tsar' after she racked up more than enough 'air miles' to get to the...
13 best beer gardens to have a sunny pint in as summer winds down
Daily Express :by Brian Dillon·22 Aug 2026
The Bridge, Chertsey The Bridge, Chertsey, is one of the many lovely beer gardens to enjoy the cooler summer weather The UK's best beer gardens have been named as summer winds down and the days...
Major sports event announces huge cancellation as heatwave turns water toxic
Daily Express :by Sarah Barltrop·22 Aug 2026
Ironman Leeds was the latest major sporting event to be impacted by the heatwave after toxic algae meant the swim had to be cancelled.
Traditional owners relieved they won't have to watch another Juukan Gorge disaster
ABC News Australiaby Jay Carstens and Lachlan Ford·22 Aug 2026
In short: Three generations of Wangkamadla people have gathered on country to celebrate Pilungah Reserve's protection as a special wildlife reserve.
‘Devastating’: Western Australia fears a black swan moment as bird flu threatens flagship species
The Guardianby Narelle Towie·22 Aug 2026
When the black swans start dying, Western Australians will know that bird flu has truly arrived. The birds are an “indicator species” because once they are infected with the H5N1 virus they are...
Park Bill: Move aimed at facilitating takeover of Lalbagh land for Tunnel Road, say environmentalists, city BJP MPs
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·22 Aug 2026
The Karnataka Cabinet clearing a Bill to amend the Karnataka Government Parks (Preservation) Act, 1975, to allow 5% of parks and garden lands to be alienated for public purposes, drew severe...
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