Category: Environment

Plants planned in Punjab to produce ethanol from crop stubble

Jalandhar, Nov 11 (IANS) The central and Punjab governments will sign an MoU on projects to be started in the…

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Latin America, MENA countries urged to cooperation in renewable energy

Marrakech, Nov 11 (IANS) Latin America and MENA countries were called upon to boost cooperation in renewable energy during a…

9 years ago

Africa50 Fund willing to invest in Morocco

Marrakech, Nov 11 (IANS) The Africa50 Fund is willing to invest in Morocco and turn the country into a hub…

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Dalmia Cement goes fully on renewable power

New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Cement giant Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd is the first cement company to join RE100, a…

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’30 mn tobacco growers will be hit by alternate crop farming’

By Rupesh Dutta Greater Noida, Nov 11 (IANS) As South Asian countries including India have proposed an alternate crop farming…

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Climate change has destroyed half of Japan’s major coral reef

Tokyo, Nov 11 (IANS) More than half of Japan's largest coral reef has been destroyed due to the rise in…

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Major reservoirs have only 70% water of their capacity

New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Major reservoirs of the country currently have 70 per cent water of their storage capacity,…

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Pakistan becomes 104th country to ratify Paris climate deal

Islamabad, Nov 11 (IANS) Pakistan formally joined the Paris Agreement on Climate Change by submitting its instrument of ratification at…

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Fighting pollution: What Delhi needs to do, short and long term

By Rajendra Shende Way back in 1972, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had famously and inextricably linked poverty and environmental pollution…

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Justice Ghambir committee to monitor night shelters in Delhi

New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday appointed a judicial committee to inquire into the availability of…

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Clear Friday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) It was a clear Friday morning here marked with shallow fog and the minimum temperature…

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Chernobyl nuclear reactor to get new protective confinement

Kiev, Nov 11 (IANS) Ukraine will cover the destroyed Chernobyl reactor No.4 with a new protective confinement -- the Arch,…

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SC slams CPCB for ‘sluggish’ response to alarming level of air pollution

New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday chided the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for not having…

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Pollution level dips in Delhi, but still many times over safe levels

New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) After around two weeks of severe air quality across the national capital, pollution levels came…

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India hailed at COP22 for commitment to climate change

By Kushagra Dixit Marrakech, Nov 10 (IANS) Surprised by India's initiatives in clean energy and coal dependency reduction, the international…

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Government inaction against air pollution ‘genocide’: HC

New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Each year 10,500 people living in Delhi die of chronic respiratory related diseases, the Delhi…

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Australia ratifies Paris climate deal

Canberra, Nov 10 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Thursday said his country has ratified the Paris Agreement on…

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What should we do? Delhi government asks citizens; IIT-K answered 10 months ago

By Alison Saldanha Ten months after the Delhi government accepted an Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) study that it had…

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Indian Ocean’s widening current to impact climate change

New York, Nov 10 (IANS) The Indian Ocean's Agulhas Current -- one of the strongest currents in the world --…

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Brazilian free-tailed bat fastest flying mammal

New York, Nov 10 (IANS) With up to 161 km per hour, the Brazilian free-tailed bat can achieve flight speeds…

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