Geography
Physical geography, resources, disasters and urbanisation
Weaker monsoon prediction, Iran war cloud growth outlook
The ongoing US-Israel war on Iran has triggered the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market, with the Strait of Hormuz largely bloc...
India to start issuing permits for high sea fishing by companies, vessels
India is set to launch a Letter of Authorisation (LoA) scheme that will, for the first time, permit Indian companies and fishing vessels to operate in intern...
Iran offers to end chokehold on Strait of Hormuz, asks U.S. to end blockade
Iran submitted a new proposal to the United States, transmitted through Pakistani intermediaries, offering to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end its chokeho...
Mapping the fallout: Which Indian sectors face risks from the West Asia war?
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz since late February 2026, triggered by the US-Israel conflict with Iran, has created an acute energy crisis with cascadin...
Simply Put: India warming
India's landmass has warmed by approximately 0.9°C during 2015–2024 relative to the 1901–1930 baseline — above the global average land warming — with norther...
Indian Ocean heats up to dangerous levels, putting fish, reefs and livelihoods at risk, warns watchdog
India's ocean monitoring agency (INCOIS) has issued marine heatwave alerts across six ocean basins as of April 20, 2026, with sea surface temperatures crossi...
Mapped every village in country from space, says Isro; satellite data to help in better rollout of rural projects
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has completed high-resolution satellite-based land use and land cover mapping of all approximately 6.5 lakh (65...
NGT issues notice to Centre over risks from hanging glaciers in central Himalaya
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) took suo motu cognisance on 24 April 2026 of a news report titled "Study Flags Overlooked Danger Posed By Hanging Glaciers ...
Before the Iran war, how empires fought for the Strait of Hormuz
Since late February 2026, the Strait of Hormuz has been effectively blocked to commercial shipping following the outbreak of the Iran-US-Israel conflict, tri...
Trump’s Hormuz blockade has deepened a historic shipping crisis
The Strait of Hormuz has been the site of an unprecedented dual blockade in 2026 — the United States declared a naval blockade of Iranian ports from April 13...
Hormuz disruption, $100 oil pose risks to India's inflation, rupee: Union Bank
The ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz (since late February 2026) and the broader West Asia conflict pushed Brent crude oil prices above USD 100 per ba...
Shipping crisis exposes gaps in India’s maritime strategy
The ongoing conflict in West Asia triggered a severe shipping crisis in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, bringing into sharp focus long-standing st...
Updates on Key Sectors in View of Developments in West Asia
In response to the evolving situation in West Asia, the Government of India activated a coordinated inter-ministerial response spanning the energy, maritime,...
U.S. sanctions waiver on Chabahar port ends on April 26, could signal end of 23-year-old connectivity project
The US Treasury Department's sanctions waiver covering India's operations at Iran's Chabahar port expired on April 26, 2026, raising serious questions about ...
Explained: The Odisha-Chhattisgarh Mahanadi river dispute, amid new tribunal warning
The Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal issued a final warning to the two riparian states in its March 28, 2026 order, expressing dissatisfaction with the slow ...
India hikes wheat procurement target as farm-gate prices rule lower
The Central government has raised India's wheat procurement target for the 2026-27 Rabi Marketing Season (RMS) from 303 lakh tonnes to 345 lakh tonnes — an i...
El Nino may return by mid-2026 amid warming seas, says WMO
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has signalled a clear shift in equatorial Pacific conditions: sea-surface temperatures (SSTs) are rising rapidly,...
Rising temperatures put India’s rice farming at risk, says FAO-WMO report
A joint report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) — titled "Extreme Heat and Agriculture" — has f...
Trump says U.S. in no rush but 'clock is ticking' for Iran
The United States indicated it was in no hurry to resolve its military standoff with Iran, while simultaneously warning that "the clock is ticking" for Tehra...
Oil prices up 1% amid continued stalemate on US-Iran talks, closure of Strait of Hormuz
Brent crude oil prices rose above $106 per barrel as the stalemate in US-Iran negotiations continued, with the Strait of Hormuz remaining a flashpoint of geo...