Geography
Physical geography, resources, disasters and urbanisation
The 'little boy' in the Pacific, India's monsoon and the big test ahead
India's 2026 southwest monsoon season has begun with a significant rainfall deficit, with below-normal precipitation recorded across large parts of central I...
Food inflation projected to average 6% in FY27 amid rainfall deficit concerns: CareEdge Ratings
CareEdge Ratings has projected food inflation to average 6% for the full financial year FY27 (2026-27), driven primarily by a significant monsoon rainfall de...
Iran warns oil tankers to use approved routes in Strait of Hormuz or face a ’forceful response’
Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya joint military command issued a statement, broadcast by Iranian state television, declaring that all oil tankers and vessels transiti...
Around 41% of sowing area under drought by June end; Kharif sowing sees sharp drop
As of June 25, 2026, kharif sowing area stood at 18.27 million hectares (mha) — a 23% decline from 23.65 mha recorded in the same period in 2025, representin...
El Nino effect: Challenges to adaptation and resilience
A developing El Niño event in the tropical Pacific has suppressed the 2026 southwest monsoon, with India recording a 40–45% rainfall deficit in June 2026 — o...
PM Modi marching to 'environmental disaster' in Great Nicobar: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh
The Great Nicobar Island Development Project, a ₹81,000 crore infrastructure initiative spearheaded by NITI Aayog, continues to face sustained legal and publ...
Beyond the sky: India’s Gagan now finds uses in other fields like marine navigation
India's GAGAN (GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation) system, originally developed for civil aviation, is being actively applied in marine navigation, telecommu...
In the Strait of Hormuz, Iran draws its red lines
The Strait of Hormuz — the world's most critical energy chokepoint — was effectively closed to international shipping from late February 2026 following the o...
Global daily sea surface temperature breaks record in June 2026, hints at global marine heatwaves
Global average sea surface temperatures (SST) set new June records on June 21, 2026, reaching 20.98°C — surpassing the previous June peak of 20.83°C recorded...
A severe El Niño could threaten something essential to half of humanity — rice
A strengthening El Niño, amplified by climate change, is disrupting monsoon rainfall patterns across Asia, threatening production of rice — the staple crop p...
Why is the Indian Ocean Dipole in the news
With a "Super El Niño" now forecast for 2026, meteorologists have raised a key open question: whether the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) could recur in a positive...
Super El Nino threat unseen since 1950 shaping up, says Australian Met body
Forecasts from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) indicate that a strong to very strong El Niño event is develo...
Kharif sowing slumps 23 pc amid delayed monsoon; key reservoirs level at 26 pc storage
Kharif crop sowing across India stood at 182.72 lakh hectares as of late June 2026 — down 23% from 236.46 lakh hectares in the same period the previous year ...
Indus Waters Treaty remains ‘valid, binding and operative’: Pakistan Deputy PM
Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister, speaking at an International Seminar on the Indus Waters Treaty (2026), declared the treaty "valid, binding and operative,"...
Imprint of El Nino, other weather patterns on India’s deficit June 2026 rainfall
India's June 2026 southwest monsoon opened with a steep 40% rainfall deficit against the long-period average, the worst June performance in recent memory, wi...
Shipping conglomerate MSC group acquires 49 pc stake in Vizhinjam Port for over Rs 13,000 crore
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) Group, through its terminal arm Terminal Investment Limited (TiL), has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a ...
Switzerland’s MSC to acquire 49% stake in Adani’s Vizhinjam port in Kerala for ₹13,220 crore
Terminal Investment Limited (TIL), a unit of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) — the world's largest container shipping line — agreed to acquire a 49% sta...
India plans to add strategic fuel reserves after Iran war shock
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has constituted a committee to examine the expansion of India's Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR), prompted by sup...
Strait of Hormuz: Strategic chokepoint in shadow of geopolitics
The Strait of Hormuz has emerged as a central flashpoint in ongoing negotiations to end the Middle East conflict, even after a preliminary agreement was reac...
Strategic importance of Bangladesh’s Mongla Port, as Dhaka hands key project to China, ending India deal
During Bangladesh's Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's first state visit to Beijing in June 2026, Bangladesh signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China Civ...