Category: Environment

19,000 still in relief camps in flood-hit Andhra districts

Amaravati, Aug 5 (IANS) Nearly 19,000 people in Andhra Pradesh's flood-hit districts of East and West Godavari remained in relief…

6 years ago

SC not against relocation of African cheetah to India

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said it was not against the policy on relocating African…

6 years ago

CISF team to scale Mount Satopanth in Uttarakhand

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) will undertake a mountaineering expedition for the first time…

6 years ago

Mumbai has enough water for next 12 months

Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) The seven lakes and reservoirs supplying drinking water to Mumbai are almost full and the storage…

6 years ago

Jharkhand stares at drought with 40% rainfall deficit

Ranchi, Aug 5 (IANS) Heavy showers, which had lashed some areas of Jharkhand a few days ago, had given local…

6 years ago

5.2-magnitude quake jolts Iran, no fatalities

Tehran, Aug 5 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale hit Choram region of Iran's Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad…

6 years ago

6 killed in relentless rain in Maharashtra, life hit

Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) At least six persons were killed in Mumbai and Satara as rains continued to clobber large…

6 years ago

5 dead in Maharashtra rains, schools to be shut

Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) At least five persons were killed in Mumbai and Satara as rains continued to clobber large…

6 years ago

5 dead in Maharashtra rains, IAF, NDRF rescue villagers

Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) At least five persons were killed in Mumbai and Satara as rains continued to batter large…

6 years ago

Hazardous chemicals in plastics threaten seabirds

Tokyo, Aug 4 (IANS) Researchers found that hazardous chemicals were detected in plastics eaten by seabirds. "We uncovered that four…

6 years ago

Delhi Assembly to be paperless by 2020; have Research Centre

By Nivedita Singh New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) A new research centre at the Delhi Assembly to give recommendations to…

6 years ago

Scottish-Indian entrepreneur Poonam Gupta to help clean Yamuna

By Brij Khandelwal Agra, Aug 4 (IANS) Scottish-Indian entrepreneur and well-known philanthropist Poonam Gupta, who's popular as Paper Queen, wants…

6 years ago

Train services hit, 400 rescued by boats as rains pound Mumbai

Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) Mumbai and the coastal Konkan region continued to experience heavy rains on Sunday with the Central…

6 years ago

Ex-Google man restoring India’s water bodies, 93 and counting

By Muskan Aggarwal New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Turning a blind eye to trash might be natural for many, but…

6 years ago

4 drown as rains pound Mumbai for 2nd straight week

Mumbai, Aug 3 (IANS) Four college girls drowned in a raging waterfall in Navi Mumbai on Saturday as entire coastal…

6 years ago

Gujarat ship washes ashore Maharashtra village

Palghar, Aug 3 (IANS) A large cargo ship from Gujarat went adrift and got stuck on the rocks of Vangaon…

6 years ago

New Zealand announces climate action plan

Wellington, Aug 3 (IANS) New Zealand on Saturday released its Climate Action Plan in response to a commission's inquiry into…

6 years ago

1 killed, 1,000 displaced in 6.9 Indonesia quake

Jakarta, Aug 3 (IANS) At least one person was killed, four others injured and 1,000 people were displaced when a…

6 years ago

Torrential rain washes out Mumbai for second week

Mumbai, Aug 3 (IANS) For the second consecutive week, heavy rain lashed Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Raigad and Ratnagiri hitting normal…

6 years ago

Could Modi-Macron light up climate change talks?

By Rajendra Shende The seas are rising relentlessly but not the world leaders. Its hot even in the Arctic but…

6 years ago



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