Category: Environment

Lost Goan women trekkers rescued by Karnataka forest officials

Panaji, Aug 29 (IANS) Seven women, including six minors, who had gone missing on Monday while trekking in the picturesque…

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Largest Ichthyosaurus was pregnant at time of death

London, Aug 29 (IANS) Scientists have "re-discovered" the largest specimen of marine reptile Ichthyosaurus on record and found it was…

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Find ways to dispose off seized plastic bags, NGT tells Delhi

New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday asked the Delhi government to find ways to…

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Torrential rains paralyse Maharashtra, high alert in Mumbai

Mumbai, Aug 29 (IANS) The Maharashtra government and civic authorities sounded high alert on Tuesday as torrential rains lashed Mumbai,…

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Heavy rains lash Karnataka

Bengaluru, Aug 29 (IANS) Heavy rains lashed the coastal districts of Karnataka leading to rivers and lakes overflowing, affecting daily…

8 years ago

Landslide blocks Badrinath highway

Dehradun, Aug 29 (IANS) The Badrinath highway in Uttarakhand was blocked on Tuesday following a landslide on the route to…

8 years ago

Torrential rains, flooding paralyse Maharashtra

Mumbai, Aug 29 (IANS) Torrential rains lashed Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Raigad and other parts of Maharashtra for the fourth consecutive…

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Hurricane Harvey: Texas Governor warns of long, slow recovery

Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) Texas Governor Greg Abbott said that recovery from the catastrophic hurricane Harvey will be "long and…

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NASA’s Johnson Space Centre closed amid floods

Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) The NASA's Johnson Space Centre (JSC) in Houston, Texas, remained closed due to floods caused by…

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Video depicts endangered ducklings taking flight

New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The US-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) on Tuesday released a video of three endangered white-winged…

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Cloudy Tuesday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) It was a cloudy morning here on Tuesday with the minimum temperature recorded at 27…

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Indian students marooned in US safe: Indian diplomat

New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Around 200 Indian students of the University of Houston marooned in flood waters in the…

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Odisha seeks Doppler radars for real-time weather forecasting

Bhubaneswar, Aug 28 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday requested the central government for Doppler weather radars in…

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Hurricane Harvey: ‘Devastated’ Texas struggles amid more rain warnings

Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) The authorities across the US state of Texas continued on Monday to rescue people stranded by…

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Bihar flood situation improves, death toll 514

Patna, Aug 28 (IANS) With water levels in all major rivers going down, the flood situation is gradually improving in…

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Bombay HC slams Maharashtra government, says apologise for misleading CJ

Mumbai, Aug 28 (IANS) The Bombay High Court on Monday lambasted the Maharashtra government, accusing it of "taking the 155-year-old…

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Hurricane Harvey devastates Texas with ‘unprecedented floods’

Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) Catastrophic and life-threatening flooding continued in Texas, forcing residents of the US city to flee their…

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Two killed in China landslide

Beijing, Aug 28 (IANS) Two persons were killed and 25 were reported missing after a landslide in China's Guizhou province…

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Beijing to create 15 new parks

Beijing, Aug 28 (IANS) Beijing will create 15 new parks this year, local authorities said on Monday. After their completion,…

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Limit global warming for fig tree, wasp survival: British biologist

By Vishal Gulati New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) If you want to see the wildlife in the tropics and subtropics,…

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