Category: Environment

Two dead, 2,600 evacuated as rains batter Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 8 (IANS) Two women were dead and over 2,600 people evacuated after heavy rains battered several parts of…

6 years ago

Goa floods: CM appeals for contributions to relief fund

Panaji, Aug 8 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday urged the people to contribute to the Chief Minister's…

6 years ago

Heavy rains lash Kolkata, cause traffic snarls

Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) Incessant rain since the early hours on Thursday has left parts of Kolkata and its adjoining…

6 years ago

Land under pressure from humans, climate change: IPCC report

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Land is already under growing human pressure and climate change is adding to these pressures.…

6 years ago

Two dead, 100 evacuated after rains batter Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 8 (IANS) Two women were dead and more than 100 people evacuated after heavy rains battered several parts…

6 years ago

Delhi to remain partly cloudy, heavy rain forecast for Odisha, Chhattisgarh

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The national capital is expected to remain partly cloudy, with light drizzle in isolated places,…

6 years ago

Aromatic plants in UP tiger reserve to check man-animal conflict

Pilibhit, Aug 8 (IANS) The Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Uttar Pradesh will sow aromatic plants on its boundaries to…

6 years ago

New form of insurance to help drought-hit African nations

Rome, Aug 7 (IANS/AKI) Humanitarian agencies are setting up innovative climate risk insurance policies to shield up to 1.3 million…

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With good rains, Gujarat hopes to fill Narmada dam to 131m

Gandhinagar, Aug 7 (IANS) The Gujarat government on Wednesday said that it hopes to fill up the Sardar Sarovar Narmada…

6 years ago

Rains wreak havoc in Karnataka, schools, colleges shut

Bengaluru, Aug 7 (IANS) With the southwest monsoon remaining active in Karnataka, heavy rains across various regions of the state…

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75K flood-affected persons evacuated in Maharashtra

Mumbai, Aug 7 (IANS) In one of the biggest operations, various government agencies and the armed forces have rescued and…

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Goa schools closed on Aug 7 due to heavy rains: CM

Panaji, Aug 6 (IANS) On account of heavy rains across the state, throwing normal life out of gear, Goa schools…

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Sri Lanka to ban coloured water bottles, plastic wrappers

Colombo, Aug 6 (IANS) Sri Lanka will soon ban coloured plastic water bottles and wrappers on drinking water bottles in…

6 years ago

Fadnavis SOS to Rajnath, Karnataka on flood crisis

Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) As the flood situation turned grim in Maharashtra's Kolhapur and surrounding areas, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis…

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UP government to plant 22 crore saplings on Aug 9

Lucknow, Aug 6 (IANS) : The Uttar Pradesh government, here on Tuesday, decided to plant 22 crore saplings on the…

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57 dead, 18,000 taken to hospitals amid Japan heat wave

Tokyo, Aug 6 (IANS) Fifty-seven people have died due to heat-related medical issues in Japan since last week, the government…

6 years ago

Google to neutralise carbon emission for device shipments by 2020

San Francisco, Aug 6 (IANS) Tech giant Google has announced a string of sustainability pledges for its hardware and has…

6 years ago

Cyclone Fani caused Rs 24,176 cr damage in Odisha: Report

Bhubaneswar, Aug 6 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday released a damage assessment report on cyclone Fani which…

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3 tigers present in Jharkhand’s Palamau Reserve: Officials

Ranchi, Aug 6 (IANS) Contradicting the All India Tiger Estimation Report 2018 which states that Jharkhand's Palamau Tiger Reserve (PTR)…

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Heavy rains lash Delhi-NCR, traffic snarls at many places

New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Heavy rain lashed Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Tuesday, leading to massive…

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