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Pakistan's leadership missing in action as climate emergencies escalate
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Pakistan is lacking in integrating its climate governance and social protection systems to survive the escalating pace of climate disasters, experts cautioned during the Fifth Annual International Conference, A New Global Order, Yet Again, organised by the IBA.
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Pakistan among top countries with "inefficient" agricultural water use: Wo
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Pakistan is among six countries with the highest inefficient agricultural water use, worsening freshwater loss. The World Bank report notes 324 billion cubic metres are lost annually, driven by water-intensive crops, poor management, and droughts, intensifying water stress in already drying
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Bundelkhand's Water Crisis Eases with Powerful Groundwater Recharge by The
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 10: For years, Bundelkhand has stood as a stark symbol of India's agrarian distress. Straddling Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, the region is marked by rocky terrain, erratic rainfall, and a history of extreme climatic swings. From 2003 to 2010, Bunde
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UN urges Pakistan to boost disaster preparedness amid monsoon risks
Updated : 7 months ago IST
UNOCHA has urged Pakistan to strengthen disaster risk strategies as heavy monsoon rains threaten floods, landslides, and glacial lake outburst floods in vulnerable regions, including Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan. The report highlights climate change, droughts, and past flood losses, st
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The Art of Living's Powerful Water Warriors Are Rewriting India's Future
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], August 12: India, the land where rivers once sang through the seasons, is now grappling with a hard truth: water scarcity is no longer a distant threat - it's here. From villages to districts, swathes of the country are grappling with dangerously low groundwate
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J&K: Italian Pear orchard sparks self-reliance boom in Jammu's Bhaderw
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The once poverty-stricken villages of Bharova, Khalo, and Shanatra in Jammu and Kashmir's Bhaderwah, long affected by recurring droughts, are now emerging as shining examples of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India) through their remarkable success in horticulture, especially the cultiva
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Mushfiqur, Shanto end century droughts with gritty tons in Galle
Updated : 8 months, 4 weeks ago IST
After a prolonged wait for Test centuries, Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mushfiqur Rahim couldn't have wished for better circumstances to turn things around.
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WTC Final 2025: South Africa batter Aiden Markram aims to end SA ICC troph
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Markram hopes a run of sporting trophy droughts broken in 2025 rings true at the World Test Championship 2025 Final, with the Proteas taking on defending champions Australia from June 11.
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Extreme climate events in 2024 disrupted 242 million students: UNICEF
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
At least 242 million students in 85 countries or territories had their schooling disrupted by extreme climate events including heatwaves, tropical cyclones, storms, floods and droughts in 2024, exacerbating an existing learning crisis, a new UNICEF analysis revealed today.
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"Agadhi wale boond boond ke liye tarsayenge," says PM Modi in Maharashtra
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack at Maha Vikas Agadhi on Thursday, saying that the alliance will bring back the droughts, and the water crisis in Maharashtra.
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Congress' Dinesh Gundu Rao attacks Nirmala Sitharaman over drought issue i
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Karnataka minister and Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao hit out at Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and alleged that after 10 months of one of the most severe droughts that Karnataka has seen and all reports having been submitted, she has been callous to address the issue.
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USSEC's Sustainasummit Drives Discussions on Advancing Food Security throu
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Dubai [UAE]/ New Delhi [India], February 21: Agribusiness leaders and industry visionaries gathered in Dubai to attend the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC)'s annual Sustainasummit 2024 conference. Discussions revolved around smart conservation initiatives, sustainable agricultural practic
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