Category: Environment

IIT, private firm find solution to Assam’s contaminated water

Guwahati, Aug 27 (IANS) For many districts in Assam, fluoride and arsenic contamination in ground water has been a major…

6 years ago

Goa CM to talk to Fadnavis over Tillari dam water release

Panaji, Aug 27 (IANS) Two weeks since villages in Goa were flooded after the floodgates of the Tillari dam in…

6 years ago

NBA protests demanding rehabilitation of MP villages

Bhopal, Aug 27 (IANS) With continuing rain in Madhya Pradesh and increasing water levels in the Sardar Sarovar Dam having…

6 years ago

50 lakh hectares hit by desertification to be restored

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) India has set a target to restore in the next 10 years 50 lakh hectares…

6 years ago

Brazil rejects G7 aid for Amazon fires

Brasilia, Aug 27 (IANS) Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has rejected a $22 million aid package offered by G7 countries to…

6 years ago

Gujarat can lead renewables race in India: IEEFA

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) In a race to be the top state in India, IEEFA has modelled the economic…

6 years ago

Sapta Shakti Natural Park opened in Jaipur

Jaipur, Aug 26 (IANS) Lieutenant General Cherish Mathson, GOC-in-C, Sapta Shakti Command, here on Monday inaugurated the Sapta Shakti Nature…

6 years ago

Italy leading fight against climate change: PM Conte

Biarritz (France), Aug 26 (IANS/AKI) Italy is at the forefront of the fight against climate change and is a European…

6 years ago

Trump skips G7 climate session over ‘scheduling conflict’

Biarritz (France), Aug 26 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Monday skipped a discussion on climate and biodiversity at the…

6 years ago

G7 to release $22mn to help fight Amazon fires

Biarritz (France), Aug 26 (IANS) The G7 countries on Monday agreed to release $22 million to provide logistical and financial…

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Trump ‘suggests nuking hurricanes’, later denies it

Biarritz (France), Aug 26 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed as "fake news" a report which said that…

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Punjab launches plantation drive to mark 550th Prakash Parva

Chandigarh, Aug 26 (IANS) Punjab has begun a plantation drive of flower trees in Sultanpur Lodhi to mark the 550th…

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Sri Lanka braces for severe heat

Colombo, Aug 26 (IANS) Sri Lanka's Meteorology Department on Monday issued a severe heat advisory for several districts in the…

6 years ago

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…

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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…

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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



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