Flood rescue enters fourth day in Nepal-China border as weather hampers air operations
The Independentby Shristi Kafle·29 Aug 2026
Poor weather hampered aerial rescue operations in Nepal on Saturday as the search for hundreds of missing people in areas devastated by catastrophic flash floods along the border with China entered...
Polavaram left canal water to flow into North Andhra on September 2
New Indian Expressby Usha Peri·29 Aug 2026
VISAKHAPATNAM: Godavari water is set to reach North Andhra through the Polavaram Left Canal on September 2, with the State government working on a plan to store and distribute up to 27 TMC of the...
Make fund allocation for dredging PAP canals permanent: Farmers
New Indian Expressby P Srinivasan·29 Aug 2026
TIRUPPUR: Farmers benefiting from the Parambikulam-Aliyar Project (PAP) are expecting a permanent allocation of funds like in delta districts for dredging of the PAP irrigation canals.
When the mountain breaks: Nepal’s disaster and the failure to act together
Down To Earthby Soumyajit Bhar·29 Aug 2026
We are living through another great crisis in the Himalaya. On August 26, a mass of rock and ice collapsed high above the Nepal-Tibet border and became a devastating debris flow along the Bhote...
Himachal Pradesh is introducing Australian Merino sheep in its hills to ‘enhance’ its wool economy. But at what cost?
Down To Earthby Vinay Kumar·29 Aug 2026
In Himachal Pradesh, a wool development programme has been underway since 2021, with a target of achieving 3,000 tonnes of wool production by 2027.
Nepal floods: Death toll climbs to 584 as thousands remain missing
National Heraldby NH Digital·29 Aug 2026
Nepal floods: Death toll climbs to 584 as thousands remain missing Disaster has devastated villages and buried roads, bridges and hydropower facilities under mud, ice and rock A devastating flash...
Nepal and China resume flood rescue as death toll nears 600
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff·29 Aug 2026
Rescuers are continuing efforts in the flood-ravaged Nepal-Tibet border region after a brief pause over fears of a second glacial flood.
What is Climate Injustice? Why CJI Surya Kant Says the Poor Are Paying Twice for a Crisis They Barely Created
Open Magazineby Open Bureau·29 Aug 2026
What is Climate Injustice? Why CJI Surya Kant Says the Poor Are Paying Twice for a Crisis They Barely Created The smoke rose in Manchester. The bill can arrive in Mumbai.
Updates: Toll in Nepal-China flash flood rises to 586, over 80 Indian tourists rescued
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·29 Aug 2026
The toll due to the flash flood and mudslide in Nepal rose to 586 on Friday, while the country’s Prime Minister Balen Shah said that over 4,400 persons had been rescued, The Hindu reported.
Thiruvananthapuram Corporation set to procure 40 vehicles to plug garbage transportation gaps
New Indian Expressby Shainu Mohan·29 Aug 2026
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Despite launching a door-to-door non-biodegradable waste collection system, Thiruvananthapuram corporation continues to grapple with inadequate transportation for carting away...
India’s wildlife lodges are making a case for monsoon nature walks
The Hinduby Barry Rodgers·29 Aug 2026
The first signs of the monsoon are not always found in the sky. They may hang from the tapered end of a half-built baya-weaver’s nest, pulse from the blue vocal sacs of a breeding Indian bullfrog...
10 people from Assam, including hydropower workers, missing after Nepal floods
Hindustan Timesby Utpal Parashar·29 Aug 2026
10 people from Assam, including hydropower workers, missing after Nepal floods Ten people from Assam have been missing since devastating floods hit Nepal, with the state government making efforts...
Floodwaters of Indravati river submerge 3,000 hectare cropland in Koraput district
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·29 Aug 2026
JEYPORE: Floodwaters of Indravati river have inundated nearly 3,000 hectare (ha) of standing crops in 17 villages under Kotpad block of Koraput district, leaving hundreds of farmers staring at...
The Hindu Morning Digest: August 29, 2026
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·29 Aug 2026
Nepal flood toll rises to 579; nearly 2,000 still missing The death toll in the Nepal flash floods touched 579 on Friday (August 28, 2026), even as the search for nearly 2,000 missing people...
India’s ‘oldest tigress’ Mehak completes 23 years
New Indian Expressby Rajesh Asnani·29 Aug 2026
JAIPUR: Mehak, the star attraction of Abheda Biological Park in Kota, celebrated her 23rd birthday on Friday, with forest officials claiming that she is the oldest surviving tigress in the country.
Flash floods in Nepal leave families of plumbers worried in Kendrapara district
New Indian Expressby Ashis Senapati·29 Aug 2026
KENDRAPARA: Families in several villages of Kendrapara district are worried about the safety of their relatives who are working as plumbers in Nepal following the devastating flash floods in the...
Entitled travellers and bad influencers test outback hospitality
ABC News Australiaby Vanessa Mills and Mikki Cusack·29 Aug 2026
West Australian sheep station owner and tourism operator Tim Meecham is used to dummy spits, but not from the flock of 10,000 Damaras he runs in the Gascoyne region.
Rethinking bluegreen aphid control as insecticide resistance spreads
Phys.orgby AgriFutures Australia·29 Aug 2026
Rethinking bluegreen aphid control as insecticide resistance spreads When an insecticide application fails to control bluegreen aphid, application conditions may not be the only cause.
Kiwi scientists trying to fathom why Nepal flash floods generated so much water
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·29 Aug 2026
Kiwi scientists trying to fathom why Nepal flash floods generated so much water This week devastating flash flooding hit the Nepal-China border, leaving at least 600 people dead and around 2500...
‘Firefly’ farmer’s green thumb turns sandy wasteland ‘golden’
New Indian Expressby Unnikrishnan S·29 Aug 2026
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: On the coastal fringe of Thumba, Thiruvananthapuram, where salt winds sweep over nutrient-starved loose sand, S V Sujith has turned nearly 20 acres of barren land into a...
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