Category: Environment

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…

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Fast drying dams foretell water shortage in Pakistan

Islamabad, Dec 12 (IANS) A severe water crisis looms over the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad as the Khanpur…

9 years ago

Global methane emissions growing faster now: Study

New York, Dec 12 (IANS) While the growth of carbon dioxide emissions has flattened out in recent years, global concentrations…

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Cyclone Vardah set for landfall near Chennai

Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) Chennai and its suburbs continue to receive rains since Sunday night with severe cyclonic storm set…

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82 trains delayed, 16 cancelled due to fog

New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Thousands of people were stranded as 82 trains were delayed and 16 cancelled due to…

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Clear Monday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) It was a clear Monday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 11 degree…

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14 killed in fog-related accidents in Pakistan

Islamabad, Dec 11 (IANS) At least 14 persons were killed in fog-related accidents in Pakistan's Punjab province on Sunday. Six…

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Odisha to receive rainfall under impact of Vardah

Bhubaneswar, Dec 11 (IANS) Several parts of Odisha are likely to receive rain or thundershowers on Monday under the impact…

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Cyclonic storm Vardah to cross TN/Andhra coast on Monday

Chennai, Dec 11 (IANS) The very severe cyclonic storm, Vardah is likely to cross north Tamil Nadu/south Andhra Pradesh coast…

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Government committed to bring power to all households by 2019: Goyal

New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday said the Centre is committed to supplying electricity…

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Monkeys have vocal chords to speak, lack wired brain

Washington, Dec 11 (IANS) Monkeys have the vocal tracts to produce human speech sounds, but what they lack is a…

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‘Native wisdom of hill folk can reduce adverse climate impact’

By Vishal Gulati Shimla, Dec 11 (IANS) The knowledge of street-smart folk who live in the mountains, combined with research,…

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90 trains late, eight cancelled due to fog

New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Thousands of people were stranded as 90 trains were delayed and eight cancelled due to…

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Dense fog on Sunday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) There was dense fog on Sunday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 12.4…

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Light snowfall in hills, rains break Kashmir Valley’s dry spell

Jammu/Srinagar, Dec 11 (IANS) Higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir received light snowfall while rains in the plains broke the…

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Severe cyclonic storm heads towards Andhra-Tamil Nadu coast

Vijayawada, Dec 11 (IANS) Authorities on Sunday sounded an alert in Andhra Pradesh and adjoining Tamil Nadu as cyclonic storm…

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Moderate quake hits northeastern states

Shillong, Dec 11 (IANS) A moderate earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale hit the northeastern states on Sunday morning,…

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Delhi leopard captured, experts happy that it was not killed

New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) The three-year-leopard, which had been 'staying' in the Yamuna Biodiversity park for about a month,…

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Climate change likely triggered deadly 2016 avalanche in Tibet

New York, Dec 10 (IANS) Climate change is to blame for a deadly glacier collapse this year in the once…

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Pollution level in normal range, says Delhi government

New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Pollution level in Delhi is "in the normal range" but the fog will continue for…

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