Category: Environment

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Sunny Monday morning

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

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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…

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World’s eldest panda in captivity receives euthanasia

Hong Kong, Oct 16 (IANS) The world's eldest giant panda in captivity, Jia Jia, was given euthanasia on Sunday at…

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Human chain protest against steel flyover in Bengaluru

Bengaluru, Oct 16 (IANS) About 3,000 Bengalureans on Sunday formed a 4-km-long human chain to protest against the proposed 6.7-km…

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Southwest monsoon recedes in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, Oct 16 (IANS) The southwest monsoon has withdrawn from Odisha, said the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday. "The…

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Delhi’s pollution level stays high even after monsoon

New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) The air quality in Delhi continues to have high pollution level even after monsoon, said…

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India wanted fair deal in Kigali – and got it: UN environment chief

By Vishal Gulati Kigali (Rwanda), Oct 16 (IANS) India knows the subcontinent is vulnerable to climate change but it also…

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Clear Sunday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) It was a clear Sunday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 22.6 degrees…

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Ban Ki-moon hails agreement to cut greenhouse gases

United Nations, Oct 16 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the adoption of the critically important amendment to cut production…

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