Category: Environment

SC asks industrial units to install effluent treatment plants

New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed all industrial units situated in severely polluted areas across…

9 years ago

Cabinet nod for doubling capacity of solar parks to 40,000 MW

New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) In a major push for solar power development in the country, a cabinet panel on…

9 years ago

Odisha hopeful of world heritage tag for Bhitarkanika National Park

By Chinmaya Dehury Bhubaneswar, Feb 22 (IANS) The Odisha government is hopeful of getting the Bhitarkanika National Park, the country's…

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eToilets: Transforming sanitation via technology

By Akanki Sharma New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Using the toilet in school was an ordeal for 15-year-old Vineetha two…

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NASA telescope finds clues to dark matter at Andromeda galaxy

Washington, Feb 22 (IANS) NASA's Fermi gamma-ray space telescope has found a signal at the centre of the neighbouring Andromeda…

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Himachal saves brilliantly plumaged western tragopan from extinction

By Vishal Gulati Shimla, Feb 22 (IANS) As the population of the western tragopan, a brilliantly-coloured Asian pheasant species, hovers…

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Sunny Wednesday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) It was a sunny Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 12 degrees…

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Jammu-Srinagar highway opens

Jammu, Feb 22 (IANS) The strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway was on Wednesday reopened for one-way traffic after two days. According…

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LG asks agencies to control road dust, fly ash

New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Delhi Lt. Governor Anil Baijal on Tuesday directed the concerned agencies to control road dust,…

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Thousands of homes in Jakarta hit by floods

Jakarta, Feb 21 (IANS) Thousands of houses in Jakarta were inundated by floodwaters on Tuesday following torrential rains overnight, forcing…

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Figures by foreign organisations not conclusive: Environment Minister

New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Within days of medical journal 'The Lancet' reporting that over a million people die in…

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Akhilesh’s donkey jibe sharpens focus on Indian wild ass

By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's "Gujarat ke Gadhe (Donkeys of Gujarat)"…

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China builds lab in South China Sea

Beijing, Feb 21 (IANS) China has built a field laboratory in the disputed South China Sea to collect marine data…

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France to cull 600,000 ducks

Paris, Feb 21 (IANS) French authorities will cull 600,000 ducks in the Landes region due to bird flu, the Agriculture…

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China discovers new mutation of bird flu virus

Beijing, Feb 21 (IANS) China has discovered a new mutation of the H7N9 bird flu virus, which is being considered…

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2016 El Nino led to enormous coral death in Maldives

London, Feb 21 (IANS) Increased surface ocean temperatures during the strong 2016 El Nino led to a major coral die-off…

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Clear Tuesday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) It was a clear Tuesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 16.4 degrees…

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Jammu-Srinagar highway closed for 2nd consecutive day

Jammu, Feb 21 (IANS) The Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for the second consecutive day Tuesday stranding scores of vehicles…

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Delhi Metro creates park from waste material

New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) unveiled a "one of a kind" park here on…

9 years ago

Jammu-Srinagar highway closed

Jammu, Feb 20 (IANS) Heavy rains hampered landslide clearance operations on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Monday, leading to its closure.…

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