Category: Environment

Sunny Friday in Delhi, Saturday to be similar

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) The national capital experienced a sunny day on Friday with the maximum temperature settling at…

9 years ago

Close to a deal for phasing out super greenhouse gases: UNEP

By Vishal Gulati Kigali (Rwanda), Oct 14 (IANS) The world is close to striking a deal to phase out super…

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Cookies, ice cream from seaweed extracts to fight climate change

Kolkata, Oct 14 (IANS) Cookies baked from extracts of local seaweed abundant in the Sundarbans mangroves have 17 per cent…

9 years ago

Comet strike may have triggered ancient warming event

New York, Oct 14 (IANS) A comet struck our home planet a long time ago and it could have triggered…

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Light intensity tremor recorded in Kashmir

Jammu, Oct 14 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale was recorded in Bhaderwah town of Jammu on…

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Northeast sees deficient rainfall for second consecutive monsoon

By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, Oct 14 (IANS) The mountainous northeast of India, comprising eight states, has recorded deficient rainfall for…

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HFC phaseout: India needs to seize the moment on climate change

By Jamshyd Godrej & Frances Beinecke World leaders are gathering in Kigali, Rwanda to reach an agreement on the biggest…

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Clear Friday morning

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) It was a clear Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 19 degrees…

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Over one million await aid in Haiti

Port-au-Prince, Oct 14 (IANS) Haiti continued its efforts to normalize areas devastated last week by Hurricane Matthew, while more than…

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Brazil to send aid to hurricane-hit Haiti

Rio de Janeiro, Oct 14 (IANS) The Brazilian Defence Ministry said it will send 10 tonnes of donations to Haiti…

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Kerry reaches Kigali to strike deal to phase out super-greenhouse gases

By Vishal Gulati Kigali (Rwanda), Oct 13 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday reached Kigali in Rwanda…

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India loses 100th tiger in 2016

New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) A seven-year-old tigress, Durga, died at the Thrissur Zoo in Kerala on Thursday, becoming the…

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Delhi government launches ‘anti-firecracker campaign’

New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The Delhi government on Thursday announced the launch of an "anti-firecracker campaign" for this Diwali…

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With 97% rain, India gets ‘normal’ monsoon after 3 years

New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) With India receiving 97 per cent rainfall between June and September, the monsoon was "normal"…

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India to eliminate emissions of super-greenhouse gases

By Vishal Gulati Kigali (Rwanda), Oct 13 (IANS) In a major development in the ongoing negotiations in Kigali in Rwanda…

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Sri Lanka, India hold joint exercise on oil spill prevention

Colombo, Oct 13 (IANS) Sri Lanka and India on Thursday held a joint oil spill prevention exercise onboard the Indian…

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UNEP Executive Director goes Gandhian to phase out super greenhouse gases

By Vishal Gulati Kigali (Rwanda), Oct 13 (IANS) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director Erik Solheim on Thursday went…

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Rwandan President favours early phase-out of HFC coolants

By Vishal Gulati Kigali (Rwanda), Oct 13 (IANS) Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Thursday favoured the earliest possible phase-out of…

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Shailene Woodley faces 60 days in jail

Los Angeles, Oct 13 (IANS) Actress Shailene Woodley faces up to 60 days in jail as well as $3,000 in…

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‘India must change attitude to water to avoid looming crisis’

By Sushil Kumar New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Against the backdrop of tensions, that often erupt into violence, among states…

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