Category: Environment

Sri Lanka shuts national park due to drought

Colombo, Sep 1 (IANS) Sri Lankan authorities on Friday shut down one of the largest national parks in the island…

8 years ago

Guam forests may be ‘irreversibly damaged’ by foreign snake species

Canberra, Sep 1 (IANS) The introduction of a foreign snake species in Guam's forests about 60 years ago might have…

8 years ago

Australia braces for dangerous bushfire season

Canberra, Sep 1 (IANS) After Australia experienced the driest winter since 2002, the nation is now bracing for dangerous bushfires,…

8 years ago

Rains likely in Delhi

New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) It was an overcast Friday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded…

8 years ago

Heavy rains batter Uttarakhand

Dehradun, Sep 1 (IANS) Heavy rains continued to batter most parts of the hill state of Uttarakhand on Friday, weather…

8 years ago

Javadekar directs Navodaya Vidyalayas to go solar

New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday directed the government-run Navodaya Vidyalayas to…

8 years ago

ABB to install solar inverters at 750 railway stations

Bengaluru, Aug 31 (IANS) Swedish-Swiss company Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) will install solar inverters at 750 railway stations across the…

8 years ago

ABB to install solar invertors at 750 railway stations

Bengaluru, Aug 31 (IANS) Swedish-Swiss company Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) will install solar invertors at 750 railway stations across the…

8 years ago

Student groups told to clean DU campus in 36 hours

New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Delhi University (DU) election office on Thursday issued a stern warning to the student…

8 years ago

Rain brings respite to Delhi, showers likely on Friday too

New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Widespread rain on Thursday brought much-needed respite from sultry weather to the capital's residents as…

8 years ago

Abu Dhabi police launch campaign against fireworks

Abu Dhabi, Aug 31 (IANS/WAM) The police here on Thursday launched an awareness campaign to warn residents against risks of…

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Firefighters begin search for Hurricane Harvey survivors

Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) Firefighters in the US state of Texas on Thursday began a block-by-block search for survivors in…

8 years ago

WHO meet: South Asian Health Ministers to discuss medicine for all

New Delhi/ Male, Aug 31 (IANS) Health Ministers from South-East Asian countries will attend WHO's 70th Regional Committee Session to…

8 years ago

Multi-drug resistant bacteria from poultry farms can infect humans: Study

New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) A new study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Thursday said the…

8 years ago

‘Short-term adaptation to floods important for India, Bangladesh’

Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) With larger extreme weather events in the picture, such as the floods that ravaged India and…

8 years ago

‘India will not disappoint on Climate issues’

New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Stressing on limiting consumption of natural resources, Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan told key UN…

8 years ago

Explosions in chemical plant near Houston

Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) Explosions were heard on Thursday and black smoke was seen rising from a chemical plant near…

8 years ago

India’s help in getting US back in Paris deal will be welcome: MIT scientist

Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) Atmospheric scientist and MIT Professor Ronald G. Prinn, whose group's findings the Donald Trump administration used…

8 years ago

12 killed as heavy rain lashes Karachi

Islamabad, Aug 31 (IANS) At least 12 persons were killed and several injured as heavy rain continued to lash Pakistan's…

8 years ago

Antibiotic misuse in poultry leads to multi-drug resistant bacteria

New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Large-scale misuse of antibiotics in poultry farms in India coupled with poor waste management is…

8 years ago



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