Category: Environment

Forest fires rage in Uttarakhand

Dehradun, May 13 (IANS) Come summers, and forest fires have started raging in Uttarakhand, officials said on Monday. According to…

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Unrelenting heat wave, deficit rain hit normal life in N-E

By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala/Guwahati, May 13 (IANS) Intense heat wave conditions and deficit pre-monsoon rains have hit normal life across…

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Maharashtra leaders embark on drought tourism

Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Weeks after voting for the Lok Sabha elections and with months to go for the Assembly…

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CPI opposes hydro-carbon project in Tamil Nadu

Chennai, May 13 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Monday voiced strong opposition to the granting of permission…

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Odisha seeks 5 lakh pucca houses for cyclone-hit people

Bhubaneswar, May 13 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sanction 5 lakh…

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Controversial Taj Heritage Corridor takes new green avataar

By Brij Khandelwal Agra, May 13 (IANS) The controversial Taj Heritage Corridor, which brought down the Mayawati government in 2003,…

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Glucose, milk poured into Yamuna to stress crisis

Agra, May 12 (IANS) Environment activists here on Sunday symbolically poured glucose and milk into the "dying and sick" Yamuna…

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Assam CM takes stock of flood preparedness in Kaziranga

Guwahati, May 12 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday inspected the 33 highlands created in the Kaziranga National…

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Uttar Pradesh’s tree plantation not increasing green cover

By Brij Khandelwal Agra, May 12 (IANS) When Akhilesh Yadav was the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, he set a Guinness…

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UN chief in NZ for climate change discussions

Wellington, May 12 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in New Zealand's city of Auckland on Sunday for a three-day…

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54-year-old tusker opens Thrissur Pooram fest in Kerala

Thrissur (Kerala), May 12 (IANS) The opening of the famed Thrissur Pooram festival here on Sunday was attended by more…

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Octopus farming ‘unethical, environmentally dangerous’

London, May 12 (IANS) Researchers have said that plans to create octopus farms in coastal waters around the world are…

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Heat wave continues in Andhra, Telangana

Hyderabad/Amaravati, May 11 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh and Telangana continued to be in the grip of a heat wave on Saturday…

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14 lakh trees in Odidha damaged by cyclone Fani

Bhubaneswar, May 11 (IANS) A total of 14 lakh trees and eight lakh saplings were damaged as cyclone Fani devastated…

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Stranded vehicles get moving on Jammu-Srinagar highway

Jammu, May 11 (IANS) Vehicles, stranded on the Jammu-Srinagar highway for two days due to a landslide in Ramban district,…

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Elephantine row: Tusker allowed at Thrissur Pooram fest

Thrissur (Kerala), May 11 (IANS) It had all the ingredients of a suspense thriller with even the Kerala High Court…

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Poisonous viper enters Omar Abdullah’s Srinagar home

Srinagar, May 11 (IANS) Security staff at former Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's residence here had some anxious…

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Only a ‘little damage’ to Konark Sun Temple: ASI

Puri, May 10 (IANS) A team of senior officials from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Friday reported no…

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Dia Mirza named SDGs Advocate by UN

Mumbai, May 10 (IANS) United Nations on Friday appointed Indian actress-producer Dia Mirza as an advocate of Sustainable Development Goals…

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Peruvian climber to be cremated in Kathmandu

Kathmandu, May 10 (IANS) The body of a Peruvian climber who was found dead earlier this week on Mount Makalu,…

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