Category: Environment

Telangana to launch electric vehicle policy next month

Hyderabad, Nov 23 (IANS) The Telangana government will next month launch its policy for electric vehicles to provide incentives to…

8 years ago

Poaching threatens Europe’s last pristine forests: UN Environment

New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) The Carpathian forests, home to the largest remaining populations of brown bears, wolves and lynx…

8 years ago

We’re facing a conspiracy of silence: Environmentalist Sunita Narain

By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) Environmentalist Sunita Narain, who heads the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)…

8 years ago

New toilets in trains no better than septic tanks: IIT-M study

By Srinand Jha A new kind of toilet using bacteria to break down human excreta has been deployed in Indian…

8 years ago

‘Kadvi Hawa’: Bitter truth well told (IANS Review, Rating: ***1/2)

By Troy Ribeiro Film: "Kadvi Hawa"; Director: Nila Madhab Panda; Cast: Sanjay Mishra, Ranvir Shorey, Tillotama Shome, Bhupesh Singh, Ekta…

8 years ago

Srinagar, Jammu witness season’s coldest night

Jammu/Srinagar, Nov 23 (IANS) Continuing its free fall on Thursday, the minimum temperature dropped to minus 2.3 degrees in Srinagar…

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Misty Thursday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) It was a misty Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded…

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Bangladesh firms awarded for solar power trade network

United Ntaions, Nov 23 (IANS) A UN-linked fund awarded $1 million to two Bangladeshi companies in recognition of their novel…

8 years ago

SC rejects plea on pet coke, furnace oil usage in NCR

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the plea for the recall of its order banning…

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Delhi-NCR air quality drops, may worsen as stubble burning increases

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) With stubble burning increasing in neighbouring states and wind speed dropping, air quality in Delhi…

8 years ago

Delhi transport minister reviews electric buses

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot on Wednesday reviewed the use of electric buses, which the…

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UN asked to declare 2018 as International Year of Millets

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh has sent a proposal to United Nations for declaring…

8 years ago

Indian bio-fuel market to grow to Rs 1 lakh crore: Pradhan

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednseday said the country's nascent bio-fuel industry has the…

8 years ago

Manali freezes at minus 0.4 degrees

Shimla, Nov 22 (IANS) Popular tourist destination Manali in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday saw the mercury drop below the freezing…

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Bengal youth arrested after posting pics of eating civet

Kolkata, Nov 22 (IANS) A youth in West Bengal, who had posted photographs of feasting on a civet, in social…

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ISRO, CMFRI join hands to help identify fishing zones

Kochi, Nov 22 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will now help Kochi-headquartered Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI)…

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Air pollution may lower your sperm quality

Hong Kong, Nov 22 (IANS) Men who regularly get exposed to air pollution may be at an increased risk of…

8 years ago

Misty Wednesday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) It was a misty morning in the national capital on Wednesday with the minimum temperature…

8 years ago

Sub-zero temperatures in Kashmir, Leh coldest

Srinagar, Nov 22 (IANS) Night temperatures throughout the valley dropped below freezing point on Wednesday as Srinagar witnessed its coldest…

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Black bears come back from certain extinction in US’ Nevada

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) After a gap for over 80 years, the black bear has returned to Nevada's Great…

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