Category: Environment

Australia risks losing its share of Antarctica

Sydney, Dec 13 (IANS) Australia is in danger of losing its position as an Antarctic leader, as well as its…

9 years ago

Ripping through Chennai, Cyclone Vardah kills three, uproots over 4,000 trees

Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) Cyclone Vardah crossed the Chennai coast and ripped through the city killing three and leaving a…

9 years ago

Centre assures assistance to cyclone-hit Tamil Nadu

Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday assured Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam of the…

9 years ago

Cyclone Vardah ripped through Chennai, killing two

Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) Cyclone Vardah crossed the Chennai coast and ripped through the city killing two and leaving a…

9 years ago

Holiday for students in Chennai, Kanchipuram and Thiruvallur

Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government declared a holiday on Tuesday for all educational institutions in Chennai, Kanchipuram…

9 years ago

Cyclone Vardah ripped through Chennai, killing two

Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) Cyclone Vardah crossed the Chennai coast and ripped through the city killing two and leaving a…

9 years ago

Rajnath talks to TN, Andhra CMs

New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday talked to Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh Chief…

9 years ago

Indian journalist, organisation win Mountain Development Award 2016

Patna/Kathmandu, Dec 12 (IANS) A journalist and an organisation from India have won ICT for Mountain Development Award 2016 in…

9 years ago

Thousands stranded as 90 trains delayed, 16 cancelled due to fog

New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Thousands of passengers were stranded on Monday, as 90 trains were delayed and 16 cancelled…

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Sonia expresses concern as cyclone Vardah hits TN

New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday expressed concern over the hardships people of Tamil Nadu…

9 years ago

Pollution-free Narmada campaign will save nature: Shivraj

Bhopal, Dec 12 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said the campaign to keep river Narmada…

9 years ago

Narmada could soon be counted as polluted river: Rajendra Singh

Bhopal, Dec 12 (IANS) Stockholm Water Prize winner Rajendra Singh has cautioned that if honest effort is not made to…

9 years ago

Two dead as a part of cyclone hits Tamil Nadu

Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) A part of cyclone Vardah hit the Tamil Nadu coast on Monday afternoon, with winds touching…

9 years ago

Heavy rains in parts of Andhra due to cyclone

Vijayawada, Dec 12 (IANS) Parts of south coastal Andhra got heavy rains on Monday under the impact of severe cyclone…

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Cyclone Vardah crosses Tamil Nadu coast

Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) Cyclone Vardah on Monday afternoon crossed the Tamil Nadu coast near Chennai, bringing in strong winds,…

9 years ago

Sri Lankan Airlines cancels all flights to Chennai

Colombo, Dec 12 (IANS) Sri Lankan Airlines on Monday cancelled all flights to Chennai due to cyclone Vardah hitting the…

9 years ago

Trains cancelled, diverted ahead of cyclone Vardah

Hyderabad, Dec 12 (IANS) The railway authorities on Monday cancelled or diverted several trains ahead of severe cyclonic storm Vardah…

9 years ago

Flights out of Chennai diverted, cancelled

Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) With strong winds blowing across the city on Monday due to cyclone Vardah, several flights were…

9 years ago

Genetic screening can spot people at greater risk of arsenic toxicity

By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, Dec 12 (IANS) Mass genetic screenings that track populations vulnerable to arsenic poisoning -- much before…

9 years ago

Cyclone Vardah awaiting landfall, evacuation on

Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) With cyclone Vardah set for landfall near Chennai, strong winds and rains lashed the city and…

9 years ago



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