Category: Environment

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…

6 years ago

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…

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…

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

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



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