AP govt clears infra hurdles, backs small firms
New Indian Expressby S Guru Srikanth·14 Sept 2026
VIJAYAWADA: From unblocking legacy land litigations in Tirupati to laying dedicated industrial water pipelines in Kurnool, targeted administrative interventions across Andhra Pradesh are helping...
Hyderabad groundwater has high nitrate, fluoride levels
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·14 Sept 2026
HYDERABAD: The water beneath Greater Hyderabad may be carrying a hidden health risk. Elevated nitrate and fluoride levels in groundwater have been detected in several parts of the city, with...
Super El Nino: 80% of cotton crop withers in Nalgonda
New Indian Expressby A Seshacharyulu·14 Sept 2026
NALGONDA: Severe drought-like conditions have prevailed across the district since the beginning of the monsoon season.
Rural Andhra Pradesh reels under power outages
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·14 Sept 2026
VIJAYAWADA: Severe heat and dry weather driven by El Niño conditions have triggered widespread power disruptions across rural Andhra Pradesh, leaving farmers, patients, and households facing...
Soaring temperatures, humidity drive up snakebites in Kerala; 18 fatalities recorded since April
New Indian Expressby Unnikrishnan S·14 Sept 2026
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A worrying cocktail of soaring temperatures, high humidity and acute 27% rainfall deficit has drastically disrupted Keralam’s ecological calendar, forcing venomous snakes out of...
Karnataka’s growth roadmap for ’37 goes beyond Bengaluru
New Indian Expressby Bansy Kalappa·14 Sept 2026
BENGALURU: Karnataka is set to launch a consultation process to chart a roadmap for 2037, with strong emphasis on decentralising growth beyond Bengaluru, and developing multiple regional economic...
HT consumers ask why no nod to purchase power from open market
New Indian Expressby S Guruvanmikanathan·14 Sept 2026
CHENNAI: Even as Tamil Nadu grapples with power shortages due to high demand, industrial consumers are asking why they are being prevented from buying electricity directly from the power exchange...
Biodiversity corridor payments boost household incomes in Vietnam’s Annamite mountains
Mongabay Globalby Isabel Esterman·14 Sept 2026
- A recent study in Vietnam’s central Annamite mountains found biodiversity corridors linking protected areas can significantly boost the income of households living inside them.
Mettur Dam level below 90 ft, no pause in outflow, says Water Resources Department
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·14 Sept 2026
SALEM: Even as the storage level at Mettur Dam has fallen below 90 feet, the water resources department (WRD) has said the discharge into the Cauvery for delta irrigation will continue as...
Tamil Nadu awaits Wapcos report to desilt reservoirs
New Indian Expressby S Guruvanmikanathan·14 Sept 2026
CHENNAI: The TVK government is keen to expedite desilting works in major reservoirs, including Mettur, Vaigai, Amaravathi and Pechiparai, once the Water and Power Consultancy Services Limited...
Hebbal short tunnel work picks up pace
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·14 Sept 2026
BENGALURU: Despite the legal challenge, concerns over about 893 trees to be affected, and proposed use of 3.45 acres of Hebbal Lake land, work on the 2.2-km short tunnel project connecting Esteem...
Electric mobility brings Africa’s energy transition into the wild
The Independentby Allan Olingo·14 Sept 2026
Joshua Kijape eases his motorcycle through the tall grass, listening for movement in the bush. There is no engine rumble, no exhaust and little warning for anything ahead.
Japan’s biomass energy boom threatens further deforestation in Indonesia
The Independentby Victoria Milko·14 Sept 2026
A surge in Indonesia’s wood pellet and chip production is driving a new wave of deforestation, threatening the vast archipelago’s remaining tropical forests, vital biodiversity hot spots and the...
Vanuatu ferry disaster exposes gap between warnings and action
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·14 Sept 2026
Vanuatu ferry disaster exposes gap between warnings and action The Vanuatu ferry disaster has exposed a critical gap in how weather warnings are turned into action across the Pacific, according to...
Villagers say giant solar park which will create a 'crystal desert'
Mail Onlineby Andy Dolan·14 Sept 2026
- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Surrounded by rolling farmland and boasting thatched Tudor cottages, pub and a church recorded in the Domesday Book, one could say...
12 state parks that are just as beautiful as U.S. national parks — and they’re free
The Independentby Ted Thornhill·14 Sept 2026
Discover the unsung heroes of America’s outdoor landscape: its state parks. They’re home to some of the USA’s most beautiful terrain, many are free to enter, and they’re generally far less crowded...
10 natural spectacles in the US that you must see at least once
The Independentby Ted Thornhill·14 Sept 2026
With so many natural spectacles packed into the U.S., planning sightseeing trips can be a conundrum — the choice is bewildering.
UK Weather: Turning cooler, wetter and windier this week
BBC Newsby Sarah Keith-Lucas; Matt Taylor·14 Sept 2026
- Published Changeable autumnal conditions are set to continue through this coming week, with spells of wetter and windier weather developing at times.
A clownfish’s last stand
Mongabay Globalby Rhett Butler·14 Sept 2026
- A clownfish’s defense of her eggs became one of the final recorded moments on a Singapore reef buried by land reclamation.
Mumbai on ‘orange’ alert as IMD warns of heavy rain in parts of Maharashtra
The Hinduby Yohaan Varghese·13 Sept 2026
Mumbai remained on an orange alert on Sunday (September 13, 2026) with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places, even as several other...
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