when the power goes out, how can the architecture keep a house cool?
architecture archivesby kat barandy I designboom·5 Sept 2026
COOLING MOVES BACK INTO THE HOUSE At Jalmanjar Farmhouse outside Ahmedabad, cooling begins with a perforated facade of compressed earth blocks.
BBC weather expert delivers September heatwave verdict as Europe hits 40C
Daily Express :by Adam Toms·5 Sept 2026
A weather expert has issued their verdict as to whether the UK could experience heatwave conditions at the start of September.
Suvendu Adhikari unveils new West Bengal tourism logo; faces criticism
The Hinduby Shrabana Chatterjee·5 Sept 2026
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday (September 4, 2026) unveiled a new State tourism logo and highlighted his Government’s push towards better infrastructure development.
India news: 275 Indians still missing in Nepal floods
DW Englishby Dharvi Vaid Dhulia·5 Sept 2026
What you need to know - India's Ministry of External Affairs says 275 Indians are missing while 169 have been rescued following the August 26 Nepal-Tibet floods - India is celebrating Teachers' Day...
Gurugram under orange alert as heavy rain floods roads, disrupts traffic
Hindustan Timesby Sampurna Panigrahi·5 Sept 2026
Gurugram under orange alert as heavy rain floods roads, disrupts traffic IMD, on Saturday at 10.38am, forecast heavy rainfall exceeding 15mm per hour within the next two to three hours Gurugram was...
Nepal flash floods: Indian tunnel rescue team makes progress at flood-hit Chilime hydropower site
The Hinduby PTI·5 Sept 2026
The Indian tunnel rescue team, who are continuing to work alongside with Nepalese Army have made a temporary track inside the Chilime tunnel in flood-hit Rasuwa district to allow more heavy...
Plea to give Thames seals space for everyone's safety
BBC Newsby Thomas Magill·5 Sept 2026
- Published Marmalade the harbour seal was a familiar visitor to the River Thames, often popping up at Greenwich and Rotherhithe in south-east London.
As waters rise, Bihar and UP brace for more rain
National Heraldby NH Digital·5 Sept 2026
As waters rise, Bihar and UP brace for more rain Swollen rivers have put both states on alert, with lakhs affected and more rain forecast across the region Heavy rain has intensified the flood...
Government To Allow Rs 5,000 Device To Cut Pollution From Old Diesel Vehicles By Up To 90 Per Cent, Gadkari Says
Swarajyaby Arun Dhital·5 Sept 2026
Old diesel trucks and buses in India could soon be fitted with a low cost pollution control unit developed at IIT-Delhi, with Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari announcing on Thursday (3...
Urban water quality pose challenges to low-income communities in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital
Mongabay Globalby Dilrukshi Handunnetti·5 Sept 2026
- Most urban poor living in Colombo, Sri Lanka’s commercial capital, rely on pipe-borne water for their daily needs.
Karnataka Vet Spends Life Savings to Build a 600-Tree Gene Bank for Rare Mangoes
The Better Indiaby Hiren Kumar Bose·5 Sept 2026
At the edges of forests, along village boundaries, and in old backyard orchards across Karnataka, wild mango trees cling to a shrinking place in the landscape.
Manx space group urges election election candidates to back treaty
BBC Newsby Josh Cann·5 Sept 2026
- Published Candidates standing in the Isle of Man's general election have been sent letters asking them to back the island signing up to an international space treaty.
Inside the world's most extraordinary hotel rooms
Mail Onlineby Nicole Gray·5 Sept 2026
- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source &Beyond Nxabega Camp, Botswana Comprising just three tents, this intimate camp gives you a front-row seat to nature right in the...
Elephant smashed its way into safari lodge and trampled guide to death
Irish Mirrorby news@irishmirror.ie (Emilia Randall)·5 Sept 2026
Elephant smashed its way into safari lodge and trampled guide to death WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Mark Lautenbach was a beloved ranger and his partner also worked on the game reserve - she was...
Nepal flash floods: Himachal man who worked at Trishuli-1 hydropower project recalls ordeal
New Indian Expressby Harpreet Bajwa·5 Sept 2026
CHANDIGARH: 50-year-old Gain Singh, who worked as a foreman at the 216 MW Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower project in Rasuwa when flash floods struck Nepal, returned to his native Maloh village in Mandi...
Climate Crisis and Farm Distress Push Indian Farmers Out
Frontlineby Abeer Athar·5 Sept 2026
In some ways, Jiyalal, once a farmer dependent on the vagaries of the monsoon, is a much-relieved man. Hailing from Mahua village in Uttar Pradesh, he has left his fields behind for the city.
Two years, two floods: A vulnerable Himalayan corridor faces growing risk
Down To Earthby Debasmita Majumder·5 Sept 2026
The devastating flood that struck Nepal’s Lhende-Bhotekoshi corridor in Rasuwa District on August 26,, 2026, was not simply another flood in the Himalayan region.
Who will grow India’s food in the future?
Down To Earthby Puli Nageswara Rao·5 Sept 2026
India’s food security faces a hidden risk: an ageing farming workforce in a young country. With average farmers aged 50-55 and only a tiny share of rural youth aspiring to farm, intergenerational...
The geography of forgetting: Can Guwahati survive its own growth?
Down To Earthby Ankita Borkakoty·5 Sept 2026
The piece reflects on how Guwahati’s rapid urban growth is erasing its hills, wetlands and beels that once absorbed monsoon rains.
The perils of ‘greenwashing’
National Heraldby Herjinder·5 Sept 2026
The perils of ‘greenwashing’ ‘Green’ is not a licence to do away with rigorous environmental assessment On the morning of 26 August, the Himalaya delivered another warning.
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