Plug-in solar panels could save households up to $370 a year – if Australia made them legal as in the UK
World news | The Guardianby Petra Stock·29 Aug 2026
Millions of Australians could be saving up to $370 a year on energy bills and doing their bit for the climate crisis if Labor followed the UK’s lead in legalising plug-in solar panels, an advocacy...
Fears mount as more Aussies missing in flood-ravaged Nepal
PerthNowby Chloe Maher·29 Aug 2026
Nepal-Tibet flood disaster wrap: Fears grow as number of missing Aussies climbs to 41, death toll hits 626 The number of Australians unaccounted for in Nepal has risen to 41 as rescuers battle...
Country diary: We’re going on a nurdle hunt | Richard Smyth
The Guardianby Richard Smyth·29 Aug 2026
My son spots the first one. It’s about the size of a lentil, and half-buried in the dry sand. We’re on the beach at the seaside town of Whitley Bay.
The Himalaya serves another warning
National Heraldby Pankaj Chaturvedi·29 Aug 2026
The Himalaya serves another warning We continue to behave as though the mountains will endlessly absorb our mistakes. They will not. And Nepal is further proof.
32 Canadians unaccounted for after Nepal floods: Foreign affairs minister Anita Anand
Hindustan Timesby Anirudh Bhattacharyya·29 Aug 2026
32 Canadians unaccounted for after Nepal floods: Foreign affairs minister Anita Anand At least 32 Canadian citizens and permanent residents are unaccounted for after devastating flash floods hit...
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.
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