Chennai, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tamil Nadu Water resources department has commenced a pre-feasibility study to increase the depth of Poondi reservoir. The reservoir is the drinking water source for Chennai and adjoining areas. The…
Seoul, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) South Korea on Saturday issued the third-highest alert against a scorching heatwave on Saturday, 18 days earlier compared to last year. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety issues the alert…
Srinagar, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The weather remained mainly hot in Jammu and Kashmir in the last 24 hours and the Met Department forecast on Saturday that hot and mainly dry weather is likely to continue…
Lisbon, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) More than 150 countries reached an agreement and proclaimed the “Lisbon Declaration” aiming to scale up science-based and innovative actions to address the ocean emergency at the end of the UN…
Lisbon, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has published a flagship report on the state of the world’s oceans. The first edition of UNESCO’s “State of the Ocean Report”…
Dubai, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Dubai has started imposing a 25-fils (6 US cents) tariff for each single-use plastic bag, which is part of the UAE’s plan to gradually ban the use of some single-use plastic…
Tokyo, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Japanese government for the first time in seven years has requested that businesses and households begin a three-month period of conserving electricity to avoid a power crunch as temperatures have…
New Delhi, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) As the ban on identified single use plastic (SUP) items kicked in, the Environment Ministry on Friday said that it hoped the cost of alternative products shall come down as…
New Delhi, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) In an important development, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on Friday put out proposed amendments to decriminalise the existing provisions of three important legislations – the Environment,…
New Delhi, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid the multiple risks that climate change poses to industry, the fossil fuel industry has to now worry about a very different risk – of being dragged into litigation, especially…
London, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai submarine volcano on January 15, was one of the most explosive volcanic events of the modern era, creating waves that reverberated around the earth…
New Delhi, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) After a “normal” June, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday predicted “normal to above normal” rainfall over some parts of north and central India and most parts of south…
Mumbai, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actress Saiyami Kher recently took out time for a dive during her Thailand trip. She will be seen alongside Abhishek Bachchan in an R.Balki’s directorial sports drama, ‘Ghoomer’. Saiyami has dived…
Sydney, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) on Friday warned of heavy rainfall across the state of New South Wales (NSW) from Saturday, with potential to cause major flooding into next week. Senior…
Srinagar, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Meteorological (MeT) department on Friday forecast mainly dry weather in Kashmir and moderate rain in Jammu division during the next 24 hours. “Light to moderate rain is likely to occur…
Beijing, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) China’s meteorological authority on Friday renewed an alert for Chaba, the third typhoon of the year, as it was gaining strength and moving towards Guangdong and Hainan provinces. At 8 a.m….
Manila, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted Cagayan province in northern Philippines on Friday, authorities said. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which occurred at…
Bengaluru, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Mild tremors were felt in Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka on Friday morning. Local people of Chembu, Peraje, Karike of Kodagu and Sullia, Sampaje and Kallugundi villages of Dakshina…
Seoul, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Heavy rain that pounded South Korea this week have killed at least three people, and flooded houses and farmland nationwide, officials said on Friday. A man in his 90s was killed…
Vienna, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, a group known as OPEC+, has said that they would stick to a previously decided output boost in August despite…