Category: Environment

Heavy rains cripple life in Uttarakhand, alert issued

Dehra Dun, July 15 (IANS) Heavy rains across Uttarakhand on Monday continued to affect normal life and led to an…

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Rain fury on in Tripura, Mizoram, 22,000 shifted to camps

Agartala, July 15 (IANS) Over 22,000 people have been shifted to relief camps and other safer places in Tripura and…

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Flood havoc continues in Bihar, over 18 lakh people affected

Patna, July 15 (IANS) From villages to cities, entire north Bihar is facing a serious flood situation, forcing people to…

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Goa’s Mopa airport delayed by a year: CM

Panaji, July 15 (IANS) The commissioning of the upcoming Mopa international airport will be delayed by a year on account…

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Modi calls Assam CM, assures all help to tackle flood situation

Guwahati, July 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal over phone and…

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Make companies responsible for illegal GM crop cultivation: Activists

New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Farm and green activists on Monday demanded that strict action be taken against those behind…

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Flood submerges 90% of Kaziranga, Assam imposes restrictions

Guwahati, July 15 (IANS) With the flood waters submerging 90 per cent of the Kaziranga National Park, the Assam government…

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Call all-party meet on water crisis, says Amarinder

New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday suggested an all-party meeting chaired by the Prime…

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Goa CM to appoint agency to study beach erosion

Panaji, July 15 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said that a scientific agency would be soon appointed…

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Modi calls Assam CM, takes stock of flood situation

Guwahati, July 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and took stock of…

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22 killed in Pakistan cloudburst

Islamabad, July 15 (IANS) At least 22 people were killed and several others were reported missing after a cloudburst caused…

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IMD predicts rain in Delhi-NCR

New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The long wait for rain in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR)is likely to…

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Floods affect 15,000 in Tripura & Mizoram; rail traffic hit

Agartala/Aizawl, July 14 (IANS) Over 15,000 people have shifted to relief camps and other safer places in Tripura and Mizoram…

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Odisha registers 31% decline in lightning deaths

Bhubaneswar, July 14 (IANS) The number of human casualties due to lightning strikes in Odisha has declined by over 31…

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6.6-magnitude earthquake jolts Australia

Canberra, July 14 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale jolted parts off northwest Australia on Sunday, the…

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Newspaper hawkers take charge of cleaning Yamuna river banks

By Bharat Upadhyay New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The black waters of the Yamuna river on its Delhi stretch have…

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How renewable energy shift can increase ‘energy poverty’

New York, July 14 (IANS) The world must think more holistically about how it addresses renewable energy as efforts to…

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Environmental protection to be focus of first-ever conclave of Himalayan states

New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The first-ever conclave of Himalayan states will be held in Uttarakhand on July 28 where…

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Assam flood: Leaves of forests staff cancelled

Guwahati, July 13 (IANS) With flood waters entering most of the state's national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, Assam Environment and…

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Advisory for ODF-Plus launched

New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Minister of State for Jal Shakti Rattan Lal Kataria on Saturday launched an advisory document…

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