Amitabh Sinha is Deputy Editor at The Indian Express. He writes on Environment, Climate Change, Water, Science and Technology, Space and Nuclear affairs, and related stuff. He has worked with PTI, Reuters, and BBC before joining The Indian Express in 2007. Amitabh has a PG Diploma in Journalism from IIMC, New Delhi, and a Masters in Public Administration from National University of Singapore.

May 02, 2015 03:53 IST
‘No fault of media but you should find out why only one embassy’s data being used,’ says Javadekar.
Sat, May 02, 2015
April 30, 2015 03:58 IST
Cabinet gave its approval to the bill that will create an “appropriate institutional mechanism, both at the Centre and the states” to utilise these funds for afforestation.
Thu, Apr 30, 2015
April 30, 2015 02:28 IST
"The devastation in India could be much larger 'not because of large urban populations but because buildings in India are in general very fragile,' Bilham said.
Thu, Apr 30, 2015April 29, 2015 03:53 IST
All eight members and the vice-chairman of the NDMA were asked to resign when the NDA government came to power last May.
Wed, Apr 29, 2015
April 29, 2015 01:13 IST
El Nino, which is known to have an adverse impact on India’s monsoon, has strengthened further.
Wed, Apr 29, 2015
April 28, 2015 00:56 IST
Toll from the Nepal earthquake is past 4,000. Over the last 114 years, 48 quakes have killed 5,000 people or more.
Tue, Apr 28, 2015
April 27, 2015 02:17 IST
10 teams, 45 personnel each, of India’s National Disaster Response Force are in Nepal. Their capability and the challenge
Mon, Apr 27, 2015
April 27, 2015 02:07 IST
Just like any other earthquake, neither the timing nor the strength of these aftershocks can be predicted.
Mon, Apr 27, 2015
April 26, 2015 03:19 IST
At 7.9 on the Richter scale, releasing energy “equivalent to about 100mn tonnes of TNT”.
Tue, May 12, 2015
April 25, 2015 14:31 IST
The region is earthquake prone because of an interaction between the Himalayan and the Eurasian tectonic plates.
Sat, Apr 25, 2015
April 24, 2015 02:01 IST
The Ford Foundation, on its part, had said it was aware of the inquiry into Sabrang and had responded “swiftly and thoroughly” to the queries of Gujarat police.
Sun, Apr 26, 2015
April 23, 2015 00:00 IST
MONSOON | If the rainfall follows the forecast, this would be the second successive year of below normal rainfall.
Thu, Apr 23, 2015
April 22, 2015 14:21 IST
INDIA MONSOON | If the rainfall follows the forecast, this would be the second successive year of below normal rainfall.
Wed, Apr 22, 2015
April 22, 2015 01:15 IST
The Indian Meteorological Department will announce on Wednesday its first forecast for the rainfall the country is likely to receive from June to September.
Wed, Apr 22, 2015
April 20, 2015 02:43 IST
India submitted its proposal for amending the Montreal Protocol to bring HFCs within its ambit.
Mon, Apr 20, 2015
April 19, 2015 00:00 IST
Jairam Ramesh asserts that UPA’s land Bill wasn’t given a ‘fair trial’, says that everybody in Congress knows the buck stops with Sonia Gandhi.
Sun, Apr 19, 2015
April 18, 2015 05:10 IST
Used in fridges, ACs; HFCs cause global warming
Sat, Apr 18, 2015
April 11, 2015 03:42 IST
There is a now a 70 per cent chance that an El Nino event will continue till the summer of Northern Hemisphere.
Sat, Apr 11, 2015
April 09, 2015 02:26 IST
El Nino, describes a condition in which ocean in equatorial Pacific regions becomes unusually warm, is known to have an impact on the Indian monsoon.
Thu, Apr 09, 2015
April 07, 2015 04:48 IST
PM launches national air quality index; Javadekar assures new construction norms in 15 days.
Tue, Apr 07, 2015
April 06, 2015 01:45 IST
Deadline to install effluent discharge meters extended to June 30, defaulters to face shutdown.
Mon, Apr 06, 2015
April 05, 2015 00:00 IST
In Delhi, the city with worst air quality in the world, monitoring the level of pollutants is a continuous exercise for seven CPCB stations.
Sun, Apr 05, 2015
March 31, 2015 03:36 IST
India received an area weighted average of 50 mm rainfall till March 25, against a normal of 24.4 mm.
Tue, Mar 31, 2015
March 28, 2015 01:58 IST
The report came in after a 12-day review of Indian nuclear regulatory framework.
Sat, Mar 28, 2015
March 26, 2015 01:38 IST
PM will sit with concerned ministers and chief ministers to take stock of the work done so far.
Thu, Mar 26, 2015




