Category: Environment

UP govt to conserve century-old trees as ‘heritage’

Lucknow, Sep 1 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to conserve trees that are more than 100 years old…

6 years ago

Chile to send 4 more aircraft to fight Amazon fires

Santiago, Aug 31 (IANS) Chile will send four additional aircraft to help battle the forest fires in the Amazon, President…

6 years ago

Climate change: How it led to an unequal world

BY AMIT KAPOOR When a 16-year-old girl who has avowed air travel has to cross the Atlantic in a solar-powered…

6 years ago

Hurricane Dorian nears Category 3 strength

Miami, Aug 31 (IANS) Dorian has strengthened slightly in recent hours and is expected to become a major hurricane while…

6 years ago

Greta Thunberg leads environmental protest at UN

New York, Aug 31 (IANS) The presence in New York of 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg drew hundreds of…

6 years ago

B’desh gets $185m World Bank funding for renewable energy

Dhaka, Aug 30 (IANS) The Bangladeshi government has signed a $185 million financing agreement with the World Bank to add…

6 years ago

Andhra to develop water grid in three phases

Amaravati, Aug 30 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government will develop a water grid in three phases to supply safe drinking…

6 years ago

Great Barrier Reef outlook downgraded to ‘very poor’

Canberra, Aug 30 (IANS) The health outlook for Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral system stretching 2,300 km,…

6 years ago

1.8 million hectares land burned by forest fires in Canada

Ottawa, Aug 30 (IANS) Canada has seen a total of 1.8 million hectares of land burned by forest fires so…

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Bihar govt identifies Kaimur forests for tiger reserve

Patna, Aug 30 (IANS) After seeing the increasing number of tigers in Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) the Bihar government has…

6 years ago

Nagpur zoo granted approval

New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Centre on Thursday granted approval to the new Gorewada International zoo in Nagpur. "Happy…

6 years ago

HC notices on PIL for razing of Grand Hyatt Goa

Panaji, Aug 29 (IANS) The Goa Bench of Bombay High Court Bench here on Thursday issued notices to the management…

6 years ago

Punjab gets Rs 1,040 crore for green plans

Chandigarh, Aug 29 (IANS) Accepting Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's request, the Centre on Thursday sanctioned Rs 1,040 crore for…

6 years ago

‘Centre studying draft report on single use plastics’

Chennai, Aug 29 (IANS) The Central government is studying the draft report of the expert committee set up to study…

6 years ago

Brazil bans land clearance blazes for 60 days amid crisis

Brasilia, Aug 29 (IANS) Brazil on Thursday banned setting fires to clear land for 60 days in response to a…

6 years ago

Mumbai gears up for first giant eco-friendly Ganpati idol

By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Aug 29 (IANS) For the first time in the 126-year history of sarvajanik (public) Ganeshotsav celebrations,…

6 years ago

DFS rescues 717 birds hurt by kite string this month

By Rohan Agarwal New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Rise in flying kites and use of corrosive Chinese thread (manja) caused…

6 years ago

MP to revive 40 of the 300 rivers facing death

Bhopal, Aug 29 (IANS) With over 300 rivers on the verge of extinction in Madhya Pradesh, the Kamal Nath government…

6 years ago

Ramesh caused policy paralysis: Javadekar

New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Thursday took a dig…

6 years ago

6.1-magnitude quake strikes Japan

Tokyo, Aug 29 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck off the eastern coast of Japan's Aomori…

6 years ago



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