Category: Environment

Hong Kong shuts down as typhoon Haima nears

Hong Kong, Oct 21 (IANS) Hong Kong was shut down on Friday due to the arrival of typhoon Haima, the…

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Clear Friday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) It was a clear Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 19 degrees…

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Five feet long python creates panic in Agra village

Agra, Oct 20 (IANS) A five feet long rock python created panic among villagers after it slithered through a village…

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Eight more birds die in Delhi, Deer Park too shut

New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) With eight more birds succumbing to bird flu in Delhi, authorities on Thursday shut down…

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Fossil leaves show how Antarctic ice melted 23 mn years ago

Wellington, Oct 20 (IANS) Fossilised leaves recovered from a crater lake in New Zealand provided insight on how climate changed…

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Russian makers of Kudankulam n-plant open regional centre in Mumbai

Mumbai, Oct 20 (IANS) The Russian makers of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu, on Thursday opened…

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Disruptive innovation at Kigali to save the environment

By Rajendra Shende Clayton Christensen, a professor at the Harvard Business School, wrote in the Harvard Business Review in 1995…

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Sunny Thursday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) It was a clear Thursday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 18.6 degrees…

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Delhi Zoo to remain shut after bird deaths

New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Delhi Zoo will remain shut for some more days, an official said on Wednesday, as…

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Two held with tiger meat in Gurgaon

Gurgaon, Oct 19 (IANS) Two men have been arrested here with 56 gram of dry tiger meat, police said on…

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Taking all steps to prevent ‘bird flu’: Delhi minister

New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Delhi Development Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday said that the government is taking all necessary…

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Cobra rescued from Delhi Secretariat

New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) A 3.5 feet long cobra was spotted in the Delhi Secretariat on Wednesday and rescued…

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Two held with tiger meat in Gurgaon

Gurgaon, Oct 19 (IANS) Two men have been arrested here with 56 kg of tiger meat, police said on Wednesday.…

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Farmers’ unions call for nod to GM Mustard for arid regions

New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Farmers from 16 states in a signed petition to Prime Minster Narendra Modi have urged…

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Four poachers arrested with rhino horn, AK-47

Kolkata, Oct 19 (IANS) Four poachers have been arrested in West Bengal's Alipurduar district for keeping a rhinoceros horn and…

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Hartek Power wins 460 MW solar contracts in this fiscal

New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Chandigarh-based Hartek Power said on Wednesday that it has bagged orders for 460 MW solar…

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Environmentalist Rajendra Shende unanimously elected to UN expert panel

New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) One hundred and ninety-seven countries have unanimously approved Indias nomination of Rajendra Shende as a…

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JNU to conduct certificate courses in animal welfare

New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) here on Wednesday announced six new certificate courses in the field…

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Australia cleans oil spill as turtles head to lay eggs

Canberra, Oct 19 (IANS) Ahead of hundreds of female turtles making their way to Australia's world-heritage Fraser Island in a…

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UN chief becomes godfather to newborn Galapagos tortoise

Quito, Oct 19 (IANS) UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday became the godparent of a newborn giant tortoise in the…

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