Category: Environment

Global pact to help survive biodiversity in palm plantations

New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) For surviving the wild animals, a five-year crucial global pact was signed at a summit…

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Africa’s lions, wild dogs to get more protection

New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Africa's lions, wild dogs, leopards and cheetahs are all set to get increased protection with…

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Misty Thursday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) It was a misty Thursday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 19.4 degrees…

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Warmer oceans set to hit global marine diversity: Scientists

Sydney, Oct 19 (IANS) Climate change and warmer oceans are likely to change reef ecosystems worldwide, reducing the diversity of…

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European volunteers celebrate Diwali with plantation drive near Hyderabad

Hyderabad, Oct 18 (IANS) European volunteers of the not-for-profit Heartfulness Institute on Wednesday planted more than 500 saplings at Kanha…

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Delhi gears up for less noisy, less toxic Diwali

New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) It is expected to be a less noisy and less toxic Diwali this year after…

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Heavy rain to hit Odisha on Diwali

Bhubaneswar, Oct 18 (IANS) Several parts of Odisha are likely to experience heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours dampening…

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Piped natural gas to reach Bhubaneswar, Cuttack by 2019

Bhubaneswar, Oct 18 (IANS) A total of 25,000 households in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar cities will be provided Piped Natural Gas…

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India urges pricing flexibility, review clause in LNG contracts

Tokyo, Oct 18 (IANS) Given the transformation in the global LNG market into a situation of oversupply, India on Wednesday…

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95% of plastic feeding the seas comes from 10 rivers

London, Oct 18 (IANS) Up to 95 per cent of the plastic polluting the world's oceans comes from just 10…

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Source of world’s largest mud eruption traced to volcano

Washington, Oct 18 (IANS) Lusi, the world's largest mud eruption that began on the Indonesian island of Java in 2006,…

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Widespread use of unapproved GM cotton shows official tolerance of illegality

By Vivian Fernandes New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) The Andhra governments flip-flop on extensive cultivation of unapproved genetically-modified (GM) herbicide-tolerant…

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Researchers turn to crowdfunding to save endangered parrot

Canberra, Oct 18 (IANS) Australian researchers have turned to crowdfunding to help bankroll a new technology to save the critically…

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‘Future smart foods can promote nutrition security in the Himalayas’

By Imran Khan Patna, Oct 18 (IANS) With climate change a reality and the latest Global Hunger Index revealing a…

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Cool Wednesday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) It was a cool Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 18.7 degrees…

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87% won’t be burst crackers in Delhi: Survey

New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Days after the Supreme Court banned the sale of firecrackers in Delhi and NCR to…

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Qatari man held in Lahore with falcons

Lahore, Oct 17 (IANS) A Qatari man was arrested at the Lahore airport for trying to smuggle nine falcons worth…

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Gensets banned as Delhi cracks down on alarming air pollution

New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) All diesel generators, except those in hospitals and Metro stations, were on Tuesday banned in…

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Global task force to curb hunting of birds on anvil

New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) An inter-governmental task force to curb illegal killing of birds crossing one of the world's…

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Parking fees may go up in Delhi if air quality worsens

New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Delhi's air quality, which has already entered the red zone, may trigger an increase in…

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