Category: Environment

Centre to promote yogic farming: Minister

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Friday said the Centre will promote yogic farming…

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Hurricane Matthew batters Florida, more than 300 dead in Haiti

Cape Canaveral (Florida), Oct 7 (IANS) Hurricane Matthew battered the Florida coastline on Friday morning with heavy rains and gusty…

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Apes show human-like ability to guess what others are thinking

New York, Oct 7 (IANS) Just like us, apes can grasp complex mental states and have the ability to guess…

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India, EU sign MoU to clean rivers

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) India and the European Union (EU) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for…

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‘109 glacial lakes formed in Himachal in two years’

Shimla, Oct 7 (IANS) Highly fragile moraine-dammed lakes, an increasing phenomenon in the Himalayas, increased from 596 to 705 in…

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Australia’s Taronga Zoo celebrates 100th birthday

Sydney, Oct 7 (IANS) Australia's Taronga Zoo on Friday celebrated its 100th birthday in style by serving up surprises for…

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Partly cloudy Friday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 24.7…

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Over 3,800 flights cancelled in US ahead of Hurricane Mathew

Washington, Oct 7 (IANS) Bracing for a category four Hurricane Mathew, which left around 269 people dead in Haiti, airlines…

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Stranded humpback whale in Australia finally freed

Sydney, Oct 7 (IANS) A humpback whale freed itself on Friday after spending hours stranded on an Australian beach. The…

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Hurricane kills 264, Obama declares emergency

Washington, Oct 7 (IANS) The death toll from Hurricane Matthew, which barrelled towards the southeastern United States, in Haiti has…

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Sewage floods Libya’s Tobruk city

Tobruk (Libya), Oct 6 (IANS/AKI) Libyas eastern city of Tobruk has been flooded with sewage in the past few days,…

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Hurricane Matthew strengthens to Category 4

Miami, Oct 6 (IANS) Hurricane Matthew strengthened on Thursday to Category 4, with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (220…

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‘India needs a Clean Air Mission to reduce air pollution’

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Amid the World Bank report claiming air pollution in 2013 led to 1.4 million deaths,…

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Blocking of Brahmaputra tributary: India to take it up with China

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) India will take up with China the issue of a tributary of the Brahmaputra being…

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SC to hear plea for halting GM mustard’s field trials, commercial release

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear, on Friday, a plea seeking a halt to the open…

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Partly cloudy day in Delhi, on Friday too: IMD

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy day in Delhi on Thursday with the maximum temperature settling…

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Delhi HC directs neighbouring states to stop crop stubble burning

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the top officials of four neighbouring states -…

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Swacch Bharat Mission failing due to lack of credible data: CSE

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Thursday said that dspite huge investments, the…

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Mukherjee inaugurates first World Sustainable Development Summit

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday inaugurated the first edition of World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS)…

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Sikkim Chief Minister honoured for development leadership

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling was on Thursday honoured with prestigious "Sustainable Development Leadership Award"…

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