Category: Environment

Cambodia’s 25 nearly-extinct Royal Turtles get new home

Phnom Penh, Oct 19 (IANS) Twenty-five nearly-extinct Royal Turtles of Cambodia have settled into their new home at the Angkor…

9 years ago

Monsoon ends this week, record food output likely

By Abhishek Waghmare A "normal" monsoon and adequate water in major reservoirs nationwide, coupled with more money to agriculture, have…

9 years ago

Quake hits Indonesia, no tsunami alert

Jakarta, Oct 19 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter Scale hit West Java province in Indonesia on Wednesday,…

9 years ago

Sunny Wednesday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) It was a sunny Wednesday morning with clear sky here. The minimum temperature recorded at…

9 years ago

Rajasthan moves SC against Salman in chinkara poaching cases

Jaipur, Oct 18 (IANS) The Rajasthan government has filed a special leave petition in the Supreme Court against the acquittal…

9 years ago

Government to intensify anti-firecrackers campaign for pollution-free Diwali

New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) The Delhi government on Tuesday directed the authorities to intensify the anti-firecrackers campaign aimed at…

9 years ago

Cobras cause panic in Agra colony

Agra, Oct 18 (IANS) A pair of cobras spotted in a housing society's garden in the Taj city caused panic…

9 years ago

Wind could supply 20% of world electricity by 2030: Report

Beijing, Oct 18 (IANS) Wind power could supply up to 20 per cent of global electricity by 2030 owing to…

9 years ago

JNU to get 200 solar powered street lights

New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Moving ahead in its bid to go green, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has decided to…

9 years ago

Dams close to glacial lakes in Himalayas under flood threat

By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, Oct 18 (IANS) Of the 177 hydropower projects (HPP) located close to Himalayan glaciers over a…

9 years ago

India’s new HFC-reduction target = eliminating 1/6th of coal-powered CO2 emissions

By Shreya Shah Indias participation in a global agreement on climate change will reduce the countrys greenhouse gases equal to…

9 years ago

Clear Tuesday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) It was a clear Tuesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 18.2 degrees…

9 years ago

A water-stressed India, experts mull on ‘water governance’

New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) With current availability of water per person per year in India placed at roughly 1,745…

9 years ago

India needs indigenous solutions for smart cities: UNDP official

By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) While a cluster of countries are virtually falling over each other to…

9 years ago

Beijing fails to enact smog contingency measures

Beijing, Oct 17 (IANS) Chinese environment protection authorities said that some measures of a contingency plan to deal with smog…

9 years ago

Quake hits China

Beijing, Oct 17 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale hit China's Qinghai province on Monday, according to…

9 years ago

Is there an impact crater off Kerala coast?

By K.S. Jayaraman Bengaluru, Oct 17 (IANS) A huge depression on the seabed recently detected off the Kerala coast in…

9 years ago

World’s oldest giant panda dead at 38

Hong Kong, Oct 17 (IANS) The world's oldest giant panda in captivity, Jia Jia, has died at a Hong Kong…

9 years ago

Sunny Monday morning

New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) It was sunny Monday morning with clear sky here with the minimum temperature recorded at…

9 years ago

Stanford University to go solar

San Francisco, Oct 17 (IANS) US' Stanford University is moving ahead with its goal that 50 per cent of its…

9 years ago



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