Category: Environment

Heavy rains in Lucknow, neighbouring areas

Lucknow, Aug 26 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh capital and many adjoining areas woke up to heavy rains on Saturday, bringing…

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Met forecasts heavy rains in Uttarakhand in next 48 hours

Dehradun, Aug 26 (IANS) The Met department on Saturday forecast heavy rains in many parts of Uttarakhand in the next…

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Powerful hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas

Washington, Aug 26 (IANS) Hurricane Harvey has made landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 storm with winds of…

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Light showers likely in Delhi

New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) It was a pleasant Saturday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded…

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Forest that spelled Mussolini’s Latin title destroyed by fire

Rieti (Italy), Aug 26 (IANS/AKI) A pine forest in Italy's Lazio that spelled out the world 'Dux', the Latin nickname…

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Drizzle in Delhi, mercury to drop on Saturday

New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Despite drizzling in the national capital, it remained a warm and humid day on Friday…

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Over 200,000 sign petition to protect snow leopard landscapes

Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Aug 25 (IANS) More than 200,000 people around the world have signed a call to ensure that snow…

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Gambhira folk dancers pitch in for Bengal flood relief

Kolkata, Aug 25 (IANS) A clutch of Gambhira folk performers in flood-ravaged Malda district of West Bengal are chipping in…

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HC concerns over vacancies in NGT, notice to Centre

New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Asking the government if it wanted to wind up the National Green Tribunal, the Delhi…

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Flood toll mars Bangladesh’s reputation for disaster management

By Kamran Reza Chowdhury Long considered one of the global leaders in disaster management, the deaths from this year's floods…

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Hurricane Harvey to bring ‘life-threatening’ floods to Texas

Washington, Aug 25 (IANS) Texas is expected to experience "life-threatening" floods from the heavy rains and storm surge accompanying Hurricane…

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Humid Friday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) The national capital saw a humid Friday morning with the minimum temperature recorded at 28…

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Britain’s only female giant panda pregnant

London, Aug 24 (IANS) Tian Tian, the only female Chinese giant panda in Britain, is pregnant, the media reported on…

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Python rescued from shrine in Delhi, over 80 cases since July

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) A seven-feet-long rock python was rescued from a shrine in Delhi's Tughlakabad area, the rescuers…

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Bihar flood victims loot fodder to save cattle

Patna, Aug 24 (IANS) Angry and desperate flood victims in Bihar's Darbhanga district on Thursday looted cattle-feed from a truck…

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Humid Thursday in Delhi, rain likely on Friday

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) It was a warm and humid day in the national capital on Thursday with the…

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Britain admires India’s stretching renewable targets: Envoy

Kolkata, Aug 24 (IANS) Britain "admires" the stretching targets that India has set to bring its renewable energy capacity up…

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Philippine environmental activists hail cancellation of undersea park

Manila, Aug 24 (IANS) Environmental activists and netizens on Thursday hailed the cancellation of an undersea attraction and resort project…

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Medha Patkar likely to be released on Thursday

Bhopal, Aug 24 (IANS) Social activist and Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar, who was granted bail in an abduction…

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Brazil opens vast Amazon reserve to mining

Brasilia, Aug 24 (IANS) The Brazilian government has abolished a vast national reserve in the Amazon rainforest to open up…

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