Category: Environment

Heavy rains lash Kolkata, nearby districts, more forecast

Kolkata, Oct 9 (IANS) Flight and train movements were hit, major thoroughfares waterlogged and traffic snarls reported as heavy rains…

8 years ago

Firecracker manufacturers protest in Ghaziabad over SC order

Ghaziabad, Oct 9 (IANS) Manufacturers and retailers of firecrackers in Ghaziabad on Monday protested against the Supreme Court decision to…

8 years ago

Green bodies welcome SC ban on sale of crackers

New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Environmental organisations on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's ban on the sale of firecrackers here…

8 years ago

Web applications, tools to end wildlife trafficking awarded

New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Web applications and tools to detect and alert authorities of human intervention in reserve forests…

8 years ago

Seven antelope-chasing tourists fined in Tibet

Lhasa, Oct 9 (IANS) Seven tourists were fined for chasing Tibetan antelopes in a national reserve in Tibet. The regional…

8 years ago

Hot and humid weather continues to grip UP

Lucknow, Oct 9 (IANS) Hot and humid weather conditions continued to prevail in most parts of Uttar Pradesh on Monday.…

8 years ago

No room for politics in climate change: Ex-Kiribati President

By Bhavana Akella Bengaluru, Oct 9 (IANS) Some four years ago, headlines about a country "sinking into the sea" drew…

8 years ago

No firecrackers for Delhi-NCR: SC

New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that there will be no sale of firecrackers during…

8 years ago

Mexico volcano erupts

Mexico City, Oct 9 (IANS) Mexico's Popocatepetl Volcano registered a mild eruption, sending a 2 km-high plume of smoke and…

8 years ago

Misty Monday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) It was a misty Monday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 22.5 degrees…

8 years ago

22 killed in Manipur floods this monsoon season: CM

Imphal, Oct 8 (IANS) A total of 22 persons died in Manipur in the five rounds of devastating floods the…

8 years ago

Suspected anthrax outbreak kills 107 hippos in Namibia

Windhoek, Oct 8 (IANS) A suspected anthrax outbreak has killed 107 hippos in one of Namibia's biggest game parks in…

8 years ago

Hurricane Nate makes landfall in US

Washington, Oct 8 (IANS) Hurricane Nate has brought strong winds, torrential rain and a threat of storm surges to the…

8 years ago

Stubble-burning in Punjab, Haryana: Few options for farmers

By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Oct 8 (IANS) With the central and state governments, and even the National Green Tribunal (NGT),…

8 years ago

Misty Sunday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) It was a misty Sunday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 22.4 degrees…

8 years ago

Two white tigers kill keeper in Bengaluru zoo

Bengaluru, Oct 7 (IANS) Two white tigers in Bannerghatta National Park here on Saturday mauled a keeper to death when…

8 years ago

Injured monkey takes shelter in Rashtrapati Bhawan, rescued

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) A badly injured wild monkey sneaked into the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday and took shelter…

8 years ago

After 20 hours, blaze rages at oil terminal off Mumbai

Mumbai, Oct 7 (IANS) More than 20 hours after a fire broke out at a high speed diesel tank off…

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Hurricane warning issued for New Orleans

Washington, Oct 7 (IANS) A hurricane warning has been issued for New Orleans as tropical storm Nate continued to move…

8 years ago

Pleasant Saturday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) It was a pleasant Saturday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 21.6 degrees…

8 years ago



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