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Nidhi Jamwal is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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In Sikkim, a spring rejuvenation scheme is helping villages tide over summer water shortage
Dhara Vikas involves villagers in reviving springs and streams that provide drinking water to over 80% of the state’s rural households.
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Human-wildlife conflicts are on the rise in Sikkim – and climate change may be partly to blame
There’s no established cause-and-effect relation between the two, but various reports of the state government point towards such a linkage.
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In India, it is a ‘normal’ monsoon so far – with droughts in some states and floods in others
There is a high chance of 2018 being an El Nino year, but experts are divided about its effect on the southwest monsoon in India.
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Trending
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China targeted Indian power grid after Galwan Valley clash, suggests study: NYT
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Will you marry her?: CJI asks man accused of raping minor, grants protection from arrest
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Covid-19: Little evidence for surface transmission – so you can stop disinfecting every object
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Ramachandra Guha: Despite denouncing the Mughal and British empires, Modi is imitating their hubris
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Can god be disproved using the laws of physics? An expert explains how it depends on perspective
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In a Bihar village, residents have to keep relocating to avoid being swallowed by the Gandak river
As the river keeps changing course, villagers in Naika tola fear they’ll soon have nowhere to go.
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Changing rainfall patterns in India are posing a threat to food and water security
An IMD study has analysed trends across the country from 1961 to 2013.
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What’s behind the intense storms battering North West India? Experts divided, call for more research
Some believe the ‘peculiar’ thunderstorms and dust storms are because of a change in the pattern of winter storms, or rising heat.
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Video
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On camera: Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vandra go dancing in poll-bound Tamil Nadu, Assam
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Watch: Workers of Paris’s unique zinc rooftops from 19th century fear their iconic trade is ‘dying’
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Watch: On Tamil Nadu visit, Rahul Gandhi takes on class 10 student in a push-up challenge
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Watch: From relatives to Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh, animating old photos with AI tool is a new trend
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As North India braces for thunderstorms, vague weather alerts are of little help
The storms – common for the region at this time of the year – have killed 150 people over the past month.
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India’s Met department has forecast normal monsoon this summer – but don’t start celebrating yet
The margin of error in its model is too big to offer a clear picture at the regional level. Some regions may get too much rain, others may receive too little.
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Hailstorms pelt more troubles on Maharashtra’s farmers reeling from drought and pest attacks
Sudden hailstorms have extensively damaged the winter crop in Marathwada and Vidarbha.
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The Reel
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Golden Globes 2021: ‘Nomadland’, ‘The Crown’ among top winners
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Watch: A documentary revisits S Sukhdev’s life and career
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‘A Married Woman’ writer Manju Kapur: ‘Prejudices can be stoked so easily’
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‘Own the Room’ trailer: Five student entrepreneurs compete for a $100,000 prize
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Himalayan Rhododendron flowers are blooming in winter instead of spring. Is climate change to blame?
The changing pattern of western disturbances is leading to warmer and shorter Himalayan winters.
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India’s criteria for classifying drought-hit regions are causing many cases to go unreported
Strict parameters set by the Centre has made it tougher for the states to declare a drought and seek relief funds from New Delhi.
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A disease in Dhanbad has left children without smiles
High fluoride content in groundwater is crippling entire generations in several Dhanbad villages, leaving them with weak bones and stained teeth.
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The Field
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Former president Josep Bartomeu among several arrested as police raid Barcelona offices: Reports
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Tennis: Novak Djokovic ties Roger Federer’s record for most weeks as world No 1
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Virat Kohli is the pinnacle of the game: Glenn Maxwell keen to learn from RCB captain in IPL 2021
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India vs South Africa: From Shikha Pandey to Shafali Verma, talking points from ODI and T20I squads
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