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Daily weather tracker: Monsoon retreat brings rain and thunderstorms to North India, heavy showers in south

North India braces for thunderstorms, gusty winds and rain, while southern states face heavy showers and weather warnings.Heavy rain ale ...
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Tigress translocated to West Bengal, but prey density, staff shortage a challenge

A three-year-old tigress has been successfully translocated from Bihar’s Valmiki Tiger Reserve to West Bengal ...
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Pneumonic plague fears in Siberia after lab worker’s death

A laboratory worker in Siberia has died after developing severe pneumonia symptoms, prompting authorities to place nearly 200 ...
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2026 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for elusive particles at the South Pole

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2026 to Francis Halzen of the University of ...
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Extreme heat-related pregnancy complications rising, putting pregnant women, new-borns at risk

Extreme heat is already increasing health risks for pregnant women and new-borns, with nearly three-quarters of maternal ...
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Favourable weather gives Kashmir’s paddy farmers their best harvest in years

Around 25 kilometres south of Srinagar, in the Kakapora area of Pulwama district, farmers are cutting paddy with a sense of ...
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Six states sign Kishau water agreement, but experts question dam’s risks and utility

Six states — Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Haryana — have signed an agreement on the long-pending Kishau Multipurpose Project in the Yamuna basin. The project, ...
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2026 Medicine Nobel awarded for discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics

The 2026 Nobel Prize for medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries ...
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India’s UNESCO Tentative List now has 78 entries. What changes on the ground?

India’s UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List has reached 78 entries after five additions announced on September 29: Bagh Cave ...
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Plague scare in Siberia’s Irkutsk after lab worker dies, 200 placed under medical observation

Nearly 200 people have been placed under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague in Siberia’s Irkutsk ...
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Daily weather tracker: Weather set to shift across North India as rain brings relief

Rain is expected across several states from October 6, bringing cooler conditions after days of persistent heat and humidity.D ...
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Daily weather tracker: Monsoon retreat gathers pace as South and Northeast brace for heavy rain

The southwest monsoon is steadily withdrawing from several parts of India, signalling the gradual transition towards the post ...