Category: Environment

Wildfires force evacuations in Greece

Athens, Aug 26 (IANS) Hundreds of people have been evacuated from hotels and beaches in Greece as firefighters tackle dozens…

6 years ago

Jharkhand PNG pipeline hits forest clearance, land acquisition hurdle

Ranchi, Aug 26 (IANS) GAIL India Limited's plan for supply of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and domestic Piped Natural Gas…

6 years ago

Giant volcanic rock raft found in Pacific Ocean

Canberra, Aug 26 (IANS) A vast "raft" of volcanic rocks stretching over 150 sq.km has been found drifting through the…

6 years ago

Questions crop up over washed away Agra saplings

Agra, Aug 25 (IANS) Planting of thousands of saplings on the Yamuna river bed and their washing away in the…

6 years ago

PM calls for ‘revolution’ against single-use plastic

New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged Indians to launch "a new revolution" to banish…

6 years ago

New method to track pollution from cooking

Beijing, Aug 25 (IANS) Researchers have found that black carbon is a good tracer to separate cooking organic aerosol from…

6 years ago

Remote translator helped while talking with Grylls: PM

New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that remote translator used during the Man vs…

6 years ago

Revived monsoon spells doom for Punjab’s flood situation

Chandigarh, Aug 25 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday expressed concern over the Southwest monsoon getting reactivated in…

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Students give Goa B-school lessons in sustainability

Panaji, Aug 25 (IANS) With water crisis having become an annual phenomenon in Goa, the Goa Institute of Management (GIM)…

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Green activists demand restoration of Sri Krishna land

By Brij Khandelwal Mathura/Vrindavan, Aug 24 (IANS) Green activists of Braj Mandal have demanded protection of the original Sri Krishna…

6 years ago

Rain makes a comeback in Taj city

Agra, Aug 24 (IANS) After a brief interval, rains returned to the Taj city on Saturday, taking the residents by…

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Brazil President sends army to tackle Amazon fires

Brasilia, Aug 24 (IANS) Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has ordered the armed forces to help fight a record number of…

6 years ago

Himachal has no govt vehicle to monitor felling

Shimla, Aug 23 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh has no government vehicle to monitor illegal felling, mining and fire-related incidents in the…

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Man completes 800 km backwards walking to save forest

Jakarta, Aug 23 (IANS) An Indonesian man on Friday completed an incredible feat of walking backwards nearly 800 kilometres from…

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Rains likely in Delhi-NCR, Odisha over the weekend

New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Rains are likely across Delhi-NCR over the weekend and heavy showers are predicted in Odisha,…

6 years ago

16 retail fashion brands commit to sustainability

By Puja Gupta Mumbai, Aug 22 (IANS) Sixteen retail fashion brands have signed the Su.Re (sustainability resolution) project launched by…

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Andhra HC suspends pre-closure orders on Polavaram

Amaravati, Aug 22 (IANS) In a setback to the YSRCP government, the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday suspended pre-closure…

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1 lakh LED streetlights in Kolkata, Bidhannagar

Kolkata, Aug 22 (IANS) In a bid to cut down on carbon emissions, the West Bengal government has decided to…

6 years ago

Govt teams assessing damage in flood-hit areas: Shah

Panaji, Aug 22 (IANS) Instead of waiting for reports of damage caused by recent floods in western India, the Central…

6 years ago

Punjab to canalise its rivers to prevent floods: Amarinder

Jalandhar, Aug 22 (IANS) Reviewing the ground situation in flood-hit villages, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday announced his…

6 years ago



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