India faces severe climate impacts, including heatwaves, cyclones, and water-related disasters, requiring urgent adaptation ...

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) have developed a Disaster Intensity Index (DII) to assess ...

A comprehensive 23-year study by IIT Bombay researchers, analysing data from 1995 to 2018, has revealed the immense financial burden that floods and cyclones im ...

How are the Sundarbans tackling natural and manmade threats, and can they keep doing this? How did the study arrive at its results? What does the study tell us about the functioning of mangroves?

The study cites the World Risk Index 2023, which ranks India third among 193 countries in terms of disaster risk ...

IIT Bombay study analyzes financial impact of floods and cyclones in India, offers solutions for disaster preparedness.

A study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) has analysed the financial burden of floods ...

Marine ecosystems, or blue carbon ecosystems, play important roles in supporting biodiversity and providing livelihoods. They ...

Family members of Hitesh Mondal, an 11-month-old child, brought him to a health camp in Lahiripur gram panchayat office in Sundarbans as he had difficulty in sleeping properly due to a “fragile neck” ...

A visiting press party to one of the 163 UNICEF camps in the riverine area found that these localised health facilities have ...

North-east monsoon ends in southern India, while easterly waves may bring more rain; focus shifts to Australian monsoon.