Geography
Physical geography, resources, disasters and urbanisation
Shift from traditional to technology-driven farming - UP sees surge in agricultural productivity
Uttar Pradesh has experienced a dramatic agricultural transformation, with productivity surging by over 42% since 2016-17, driven by technology adoption, hyb...
India's 'moist heatwaves' getting worse, says study
A new study published in the Journal of Atmospheric Sciences has found that moist heatwaves over India are intensifying, with Rossby waves originating off th...
West Asia Crisis: How the Strait of Hormuz threatens India’s economy
Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz amid the escalating West Asia conflict has placed India's economy under acute stress, threatening energy supplies, fe...
February saw lowest rainfall in northwest India in five years. Reason: weaker western disturbances
February 2026 recorded the lowest rainfall in northwest India in five years, with an 81% rainfall shortfall — one of the worst deficits in six decades for th...
Gulf Frustrated at Being the Center of War That’s Not Theirs
Gulf Arab states have been absorbing the majority of Iranian retaliatory attacks in the US-Iran conflict that began in late February 2026 Iran's Revolutionar...
Suspension of flights, shipping surcharge push exporters from south India to the edge
The suspension of Indian airline flights to West Asia — triggered by US and Israeli military strikes on Iran (late February 2026) and retaliatory Iranian thr...
Stranded West Asia cargo sees anchor in local market
Indian exporters are bringing back nearly half of their stranded containers from ports after the escalation of the West Asia conflict disrupted shipping rout...
Gulf conflict: LNG squeeze may impact urea output ahead of kharif season
The ongoing Gulf conflict has disrupted LNG (liquefied natural gas) flows through the Strait of Hormuz, threatening India's urea production capacity ahead of...
The promise of a bridge to development in Odisha’s Kalahandi
Tribal and Dalit families stranded on a landmass within the Indravati reservoir in Kalahandi district, Odisha, have been promised a new bridge for connectivi...
Not going, bananas: Ramzan ripe time for most-exported fruit but Iran war a spoiler
India's banana exports — the country's top fruit export — face severe disruption due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the US-Iran conflict Ap...
A ‘ballerina’ from Eurosiberia finds a new stage in India
On February 28, 2026, the first-ever sighting of a Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo) was recorded at Nemmeli salt pans near Chennai, Tamil Nadu The sight...
With 25,900 quintals of rice, foodgrains arrive in Mizoram via rail for the first time
The first-ever Food Corporation of India (FCI) foodgrain cargo train arrived at Sairang Railway Station in Mizoram on 3 March 2026, carrying approximately 25...
Strait of Hormuz disruption: Amid West Asian oil supply concerns, a few tankers with Russian crude divert to India
The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively disrupted since late February 2026 following military strikes on Iran, creating the most significant oil supply sho...
Storage in India’s key reservoirs drops further as level in South slips below 50%
Water storage in India's key reservoirs has dropped significantly, with the southern region slipping below 50% of capacity Over 70% of the country received d...
Oil leaps 3% on supply concerns as Iran conflict widens
Global oil prices surged sharply — Brent crude spiked by approximately 6–7.6% to around $78 per barrel, while WTI (West Texas Intermediate) rose by over 7% —...
India has options beyond choked Strait of Hormuz. But conditions apply
With approximately 50% of India's crude oil imports normally transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the 2026 Persian Gulf blockade has forced Indian refiners to ur...
Containers, rice & bulk cargo stranded at Kandla & JNPA ports as Gulf war disrupts trade
Nearly 20,000 West Asia-bound containers are stranded at India's two major western ports — Kandla (Deendayal Port) and JNPA (Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority,...
Can the US fill the gap? India scrambles for US LPG amid Persian Gulf blockade
The Strait of Hormuz — the 34 km-wide chokepoint at the mouth of the Persian Gulf — is facing effective disruption after Iranian forces warned vessels agains...
Strait of Hormuz tensions threaten 41% of India's tea exports: TAI
The Tea Association of India (TAI) warned that the prospect of Indian tea exports looks "grim" as Strait of Hormuz tensions threaten approximately 41% of Ind...
India looking at alternative markets to buy gas; Australia, Canada offered to sell amid West Asia conflict: Govt sources
India is actively scouting for alternative sources of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and crude oil as the West Asia conflict escalates, with Australia and Canad...