Category: Environment

New NASA tool predicts which cities face floods due to ice melt

New York, Nov 16 (IANS) NASA scientists have developed a tool to forecast which cities are vulnerbale to flooding due…

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Delhi’s air quality improves, ban on trucks, construction lifted

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) With Delhi's air quality having improved to "very poor", a Supreme Court-appointed environment body on…

8 years ago

Ban on trucks, construction lifted in Delhi

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Despite Delhi's air quality continuing to be "very poor", the ban on the entry of…

8 years ago

Rural cooking solutions: Oil from agricultural stubble may be an answer

By Anil K. Rajvanshi At the Clean Cooking Forum held in New Delhi earlier this month, one of the panels…

8 years ago

Leh, coldest in J&K at minus 5.9

Srinagar, Nov 16 (IANS) Leh town in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir was the coldest on Thursday where the…

8 years ago

Misty Thursday morning in Delhi, 6 trains cancelled

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) It was a misty Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded…

8 years ago

India-Sri Lanka 1st Test delayed due to rain

Kolkata, Nov 16 (IANS) The first Test between India and Sri Lanka was delayed due to rain here at the…

8 years ago

Smog disrupts over 600 flights in Pakistan

Islamabad, Nov 16 (IANS) Smog-induced bad weather conditions have disrupted over 600 flights of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) in…

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15 killed in Greece floods

Athens, Nov 16 (IANS) Flash floods caused by heavy rain have killed at least 15 people and caused destruction in…

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Thousands of sardines pop up on Panaji ramp, videos go viral

Panaji, Nov 15 (IANS) Thousands of sardines mysteriously popped out of Mandovi river near Panaji and up a ferry ramp…

8 years ago

Bio-toilets to be installed in all trains by 2018-end

Bonn, Nov 15 (IANS) The target of 100 per cent completion of installing bio-toilets in the Indian Raiways coaches has…

8 years ago

Major victory for India at Bonn climate talks

By Vishal Gulati Bonn, Nov 15 (IANS) In a major victory for India and other developing countries on pre-2020 climate…

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Central team visits Gwalior on drought situation

Gwalior, Nov 15 (IANS) A Central drought inspection team visited some villages in Gwalior on Wednesday to take stock of…

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Punjab signs MoU for paddy straw conversion

Chandigarh, Nov 15 (IANS) To curb the tendency among farmers to burn paddy stubble, which is causing large-scale air pollution,…

8 years ago

PM has no time for Delhi’s air pollution: Congress

New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not paying adequate attention to…

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Cleaner BS-VI fuels launch in polluted Delhi advanced to 2018

New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) In a move to tackle the high pollution levels in the Indian capital, the government…

8 years ago

Availability of BS-VI compliant vehicles difficult till 2020: Experts

New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Customers will find it difficult to get a BS-VI compliant vehicle in the national capital…

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Delhi collects Rs 787cr environment cess, spends nil, puts onus on Centre

New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday blamed the Centre for blocking projects as an…

8 years ago

Almost week gone waste at UN climate talks: BASIC negotiator

By Vishal Gulati Bonn, Nov 15 (IANS) Almost a week has gone waste at the UN Climate Change talks to…

8 years ago

Delhi air improves to ‘very poor’; checks on trucks, constructions may go

New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Still suffering "very poor" air quality, the national capital on Wednesday saw improvement, with environment…

8 years ago



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