Category: Environment

CPCB orders Tata Chemicals to shut down Haldia plant

Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has ordered Tata Chemicals to shut down its Haldia plant…

9 years ago

Bill for permanent water tribunal moved in Lok Sabha

New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) A bill to set up a single, permanent tribunal to adjudicate all inter-state river water…

9 years ago

CPCB orders Tata Chemicals to shut down its Haldia plant

Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has ordered Tata Chemicals to shut down its Haldia plant…

9 years ago

Fatal road accident leads to recovery of rhino horn in Assam

Guwahati, March 14 (IANS) A fatal road accident on Tuesday led to the uncovering of a case of poaching of…

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Stranded passengers airlifted from Jammu to Srinagar

Jammu, March 14 (IANS) Authorities on Tuesday airlifted at least 830 stranded passengers from Jammu region to the Kashmir Valley.…

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Philippines Senate ratifies Paris climate agreement

Manila, March 14 (IANS) The Philippines Senate on Tuesday ratified the Paris global climate agreement, making the Southeast Asian nation…

9 years ago

Natural swings partly responsible for Arctic sea ice loss

Washington, March 14 (IANS) Rapid loss of Arctic sea ice in recent decades is partly driven by natural swings, not…

9 years ago

World’s first fluorescent frog discovered in South America

Buenos Aires, March 14 (IANS) The worlds first fluorescent frog has been discovered in the Amazon basin in Argentina, a…

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Snowstorm delays Trump-Merkel meeting

Washington, March 14 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel's first face-to-face meeting with US President Donald Trump has been postponed due…

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Earthquake rocks Andaman and Nicobar Islands

New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.9 in the richter scale rocked the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on…

9 years ago

Cold Tuesday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The national capital witnessed a cold Tuesday morning with the minimum temperature recorded at 9.1…

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Jammu-Srinagar highway closed

Jammu, March 14 (IANS) The strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed on Tuesday prompting authorities to make arrangements to airlift stranded…

9 years ago

Second n-plant at Kudankulam to restart by March-end

Chennai, March 13 (IANS) India's atomic power plant operator will restart its second 1,000 MW unit at Kudankulam in Tamil…

9 years ago

Mercury freezes Himachal hills

Shimla, March 13 (IANS) Temperatures remained below the freezing point at many places in Himachal Pradesh on Monday owing to…

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Sunny Monday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) It was a sunny Monday morning in Delhi on the occasion of Holi with the…

9 years ago

Social media posts can help predict floods, hurricanes

London, March 12 (IANS) Certain words used on social media platforms like Flickr can warn us about extreme weather events…

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J&K bathes in bright sunshine after days of rain, snow

Jammu/Srinagar, March 12 (IANS) After four days of rain and snow, bright sunshine greeted Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday although…

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It’s sunny but chilly in Shimla

Shimla, March 12 (IANS) After two days of intermittent snowfall, Himachal Pradesh capital Shimla and its nearby tourist spots woke…

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Before departing, this wildcat fed on food, good wishes of locals

By Vishal Gulati Shimla, March 12 (IANS) This highly elusive wildcat fed on food and good wishes of the locals…

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Mercury dips in Delhi

New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The minimum temperature dipped to 10.5 degrees Celsius, five notches below the season's average, owing…

9 years ago



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