Category: Environment

Panaji bans selling of paan

Panaji, Feb 17 (IANS) The humble paan, chewed across the subcontinent by the rich and the poor alike, has made…

9 years ago

Kolkata needs to cut pollution by 44 per cent

Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) The eastern metropolis needs to reduce its annual average pollution levels by 44 per cent to…

9 years ago

India’s tigers living peacefully with leopards and wild dogs

Bengaluru, Feb 17 (IANS) India's wildlife has some serious lessons in co-existence to offer to the human beings who seem…

9 years ago

Wild animals don’t want trouble from humans: Biologist George Schaller

By Vishal Gulati Sairopa (Kullu), Feb 17 (IANS) Animals in the wild mostly avoid any encounters with humans - and…

9 years ago

Pleasant Friday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) It was a pleasant Friday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded…

9 years ago

New Zealand, China meet to discuss climate change

Wellington, Feb 17 (IANS) Ministers from China and New Zealand met here on Friday to discuss climate change, and experience…

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Delhi to get 20 more air-quality monitoring stations

New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Following a Supreme Court-appointed committee's advocacy of better air-quality monitoring in the national capital and…

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Pleasant Thursday in Delhi, mist forecast for Friday

New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The national capital experienced a pleasant weather on Thursday, with the maximum temperature settling at…

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Amplus wins Snapdeal order for 1 MW rooftop solar project

New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) With solar power retail tariff becoming more competitive, Amplus Energy Solutions has announced its signing…

9 years ago

Carcass of 40-feet whale found in Odisha beach

Bhubaneswar, Feb 16 (IANS) The carcass of a whale was found washed ashore on a Puri beach on Thursday. The…

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Over 1,000 evacuated in New Zealand wildfire

Wellington, Feb 16 (IANS) A wildfire has destroyed at least 11 homes and forced the evacuation of more than 1,000…

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Nalco, Teri sign MoU for sustainable rehabilitation

New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Nalco has signed an agreement with Teri for various scientific, technological and educational activities in…

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Antarctic sea ice hits record low

New York, Feb 16 (IANS) Sea ice in the Antarctic has shrunk to its lowest level since records began nearly…

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Philippines move to cut mining to save ecology angers industry

Manila, Feb 16 (IANS) Mining companies in the Philippines accused the government on Thursday of wanting to kill the industry…

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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef ‘won’t heal on its own’

Sydney, Feb 16 (IANS) Researchers on Thursday revealed that they have discovered more evidence on the degradation of Australia's Great…

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Australian dog that saved penguins dies

Sydney, Feb 16 (IANS) An Australian dog that gained international fame for saving a colony of penguins has died at…

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J&K temperatures rise above freezing point

Srinagar, Feb 16 (IANS) The temperature in most parts of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday remained above the freezing point,…

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January 2017 third-hottest on record: NASA

New York, Feb 16 (IANS) January 2017 was just a little cooler than last year and its temperature matched that…

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Washington zoo begins events to send off giant panda

Washington, Feb 16 (IANS) Washington's Smithsonian National Zoo began a series of public events in preparation to send off a…

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Sunny Thursday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) It was a sunny Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded…

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