Category: Environment

MP CM sends mediators to convince Patkar to end fast

Bhopal, Sep 2 (IANS) A three-member team of independent mediators is on its way to Badwani with proposals suggested by…

6 years ago

3-foot monitor lizard rescued from Agra ashram

Agra, Sep 2 (IANS) People at an ashram here on Monday panicked when they saw 3-foot giant monitor lizard perched…

6 years ago

6 killed in Kenya’s Hells Gate Park flash flood

Nairobi, Sep 2 (IANS) At least six people have died and one person remains missing following a sudden flood that…

6 years ago

Shared experiences can help combat land degradation: Javadekar

Greater Noida, Sep 2 (IANS) Land degradation is a local problem, hence the solutions have to be found locally but…

6 years ago

Google Cloud-enabled app helping small farmers in India

New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Nearly 70 per cent of small farmers -- those cultivating fewer than three acres --…

6 years ago

Berlin zoo panda gives birth to 2 cubs

Berlin, Sep 2 (IANS) The Berlin zoo announced on Monday that its panda Meng Meng had given birth to two…

6 years ago

Japan starts controversial dolphin hunt

Tokyo, Sep 2 (IANS) Japan has started its controversial annual dolphin hunt in the coastal town of Taiji, a media…

6 years ago

No reports of deaths from Dorian: Bahamian official

Miami, Sep 2 (IANS) Bahamian officials have not received any report of fatalities from Hurricane Dorian, which made landfall in…

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196 nations to take part in COP14 in India

Greater Noida, Sep 1 (IANS) Over 6,000 participants from 196 countries are likely to attend the 14th session of the…

6 years ago

Plastic bag ban comes into force in UP

Lucknow, Sep 1 (IANS) A ban on plastic bags having thickness less than 50 microns came into force in Uttar…

6 years ago

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…

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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…

6 years ago

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



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