Category: Environment

Australia launches ‘thunderstorm asthma’ warning system

Canberra, Oct 1 (IANS) A year after a freak "thunderstorm asthma" outbreak killed nine and led to thousands being hospitalised…

8 years ago

Delhi to be hot for next 10 days as monsoon withdrawal begin

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) The national capital on Sunday saw maximum temperature of 36.4 degrees Celsius, two notches above…

8 years ago

Foreigners paddling towards cleaner, healthier Himachal

Shimla, Oct 1 (IANS) Foreigners are literally paddling towards a cleaner and healthier countryside in Himachal Pradesh. The central government's…

8 years ago

Achieving goals of ‘Swachh Bharat’ will be true tribute to Gandhiji: Kovind

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Urging cleanliness be made a national movement, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Sunday that…

8 years ago

Campaign to salute ragpickers launched

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) A campaign to salute millions of ragpickers, who collect used up plastic bottles from the…

8 years ago

Get a taste of holiday farming in Punjab

By Jaideep Sarin Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Oct 1 (IANS) Punjab is better known for India's "green revolution" in agriculture and for…

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Misty Sunday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) It was a misty Sunday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded…

8 years ago

Evacuations in Puerto Rico over possible dam burst

San Juan, Oct 1 (IANS) People living near the Guajataca River in Puerto Rico were evacuated because a dam in…

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Monsoon withdraws from Himachal; 15% shortfall

Shimla, Sep 30 (IANS) The southwest monsoon withdrew from Himachal Pradesh on Saturday and remained 15 per cent deficient --…

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Bear mauls elderly man to death in J&K

Srinagar, Sep 30 (IANS) A 75-year-old man was mauled to death on Saturday by a bear in north Kashmir's Bandipora…

8 years ago

5.4-magnitude quake hits China

Beijing, Sep 30 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale struck China's Sichuan province on Saturday with no…

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India’s stressed cities: Challenges for new urban development minister

By Tarun Basu In June 1990 when, as a member of a media delegation, I had travelled with then Prime…

8 years ago

Sunny Saturday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) It was a sunny Saturday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded…

8 years ago

5 cr Indians involved in conserving wildlife: Minister

New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Stressing on people's participation to conserve wildlife, Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Friday…

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Wildlife crimes down over a decade: Environment Ministry

New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Ahead of the Global Wildlife Program (GWP) involving 19 Asian countries, to be held here…

8 years ago

Bihar woman approaches police for construction of toilet

Patna, Sep 29 (IANS) In what is surely a rarity, a woman in Bihar has lodged a complaint against her…

8 years ago

India is our home, we should keep it clean: Anushka Sharma

Mumbai, Sep 29 (IANS) Actress Anushka Sharma on Friday came out to Versova beach to support Prime Minister Narendra Modi's…

8 years ago

Clean water to flow soon in Ghaggar river: Khattar

Chandigarh, Sep 29 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Friday that clean water would soon flow into…

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Japan tsunami brought hundreds of aquatic species to US coast

New York, Sep 29 (IANS) The devastating 2011 Japanese tsunami brought nearly 300 species to the shores of Hawaii and…

8 years ago

Over 144,000 evacuated over Bali volcano eruption alert

Karangasem (Indonesia), Sep 29 (IANS) The number of people evacuated over the possible eruption of Mount Agung volcano in the…

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