Category: Environment

LED expo from Thursday; all Noida streetlights to become LED

New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) A three-day global "LED Expo 2018" gets underway on Thursday at Greater Noida, organisers Messe…

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Delhi’s air remains ‘very poor’, expected to worsen at weekend

New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) Air pollution levels in Delhi-NCR remained a cause for worry as the Air Quality Index…

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Swedish teen activist asks world leaders to step up climate action

Katowice (Poland), Dec 5 (IANS) The 15-year-old Swedish climate activist, who went on school strike at the parliament to ask…

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Maersk pledges to cut emissions to zero by 2050

Copenhagen, Dec 5 (IANS) World's biggest container shipper AP Moller Maersk has announced that it would cut its CO2 emissions…

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India, China could gain massive health benefits by tackling climate change: WHO

Katowice (Poland), Dec 5 (IANS) India and China could gain massive health benefits by tackling climate change, the WHO said…

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7.5 magnitude quake strikes off New Caledonia in Pacific Ocean

Noumea (New Caledonia), Dec 5 (IANS) A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook off the coast of the Pacific island of New…

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Australian students hold sit-in to demand climate action

Canberra, Dec 5 (IANS) Students and activists staged a sit-in at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday to demand action…

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Madhya Pradesh’s pond revival project suffers as funding dries up

By Kushagra Dixit Jhabua/Dhar (Madhya Pradesh), Dec 5 (IANS) Basanta Vasunya a 35-year-old farmer from Bheel tribe of Dudhikheda village…

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Tsunami alert on Pacific islands after 7.5-magnitude quake

Noumea (New Caledonia), Dec 5 (IANS) A 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook off the coast of the Pacific island of New Caledonia,…

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Srinagar’s ‘Wall of Kindness’ brings warmth in biting cold

Srinagar, Dec 5 (IANS) An outpouring of kindness could not have come at a better time for the poor and…

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S.Korea hit by winter’s 1st cold wave

Seoul, Dec 5 (IANS) South Korea was on Wednesday hit by the first cold wave of this winter, with the…

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‘Europeans more concerned about climate change than Americans, Chinese’

Katowice, Dec 5 (IANS) Europeans are more concerned about climate change than people in the US and China, a survey…

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J&K schools shut as cold wave sweeps Kashmir, Ladakh

Srinagar, Dec 5 (IANS) An unabated cold wave is sweeping through the valley and Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir…

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Mist, ‘very poor’ air continue in Delhi

New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) It was a misty morning in the national capital on Wednesday that again witnessed 'very…

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Meet climate finance obligations: Indian paper to global community

New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) While the global community displayed an unprecedented speed in ratifying the Paris Agreement, the same…

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‘2/3rd global population could be under stress due to water scarcity by 2025’

Kolkata, Dec 4 (IANS) Around 1,800 million people would be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity by…

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Question mark over elephant hospital, rescue centre

Agra, Dec 4 (IANS) The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has served a notice to a NGO running an elephant rescue…

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Emissions from advanced economies set to rise in 2018: IEA

Katowice (Poland), Dec 4 (IANS) The world's advanced economies will see an uptick in their carbon dioxide emissions this year,…

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‘2/3rd world population could be under stress due to water scarcity by 2025’

Kolkata, Dec 4 (IANS) Around 1,800 million people would be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity by…

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UN chief asks nations to redefine climate mitigation plans

Katowice (Poland), Dec 4 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called upon the nations to redefine their Nationally Determined…

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