Category: Environment

Water availability to be main planning focus in future: Hamid Ansari

Pune (Maharashtra), Oct 4 (IANS) Vice-President M. Hamid Ansari has said the issue of water availability in India could become…

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Dalai Lama concerned over global warming

Dharamsala, Oct 4 (IANS) Barely days ahead of a UNEP summit in Rwanda in which 190 countries will discuss ways…

9 years ago

Oxygen declining from Earth’s atmosphere faster now

New York, Oct 4 (IANS) Driven by burning of fossil fuels, which consumes oxygen and produces carbon dioxide, the rate…

9 years ago

Intermittent rain in NCR, little respite from heat

New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) experienced intermittent rain on Tuesday afternoon…

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Blocking key gene in fish may reduce smoke toxicity effect

New York, Oct 4 (IANS) Blocking the production of a key receptor may reduce the effects of particulate matter from…

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Obama, DiCaprio call for action against climate change

Washington, Oct 4 (IANS) US President Barack Obama and Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio here highlighted the urgency of taking further…

9 years ago

Bear mauls man twice in ‘The Revenant’ style attack

Helena (Montana), Oct 4 (IANS) Fifty-year-old Todd Orr sounded caution for all on adventure trips to the Rocky Mountains after…

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US welcomes India’s ratification of Paris climate agreement

Washington, Oct 4 (IANS) The US has welcomed as "fantastic news" India's ratification of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change…

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Partly cloudy Tuesday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Tuesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 28…

9 years ago

Karnataka assembly resolves to release Cauvery water

Bengaluru, Oct 3 (IANS) A joint session of the Karnataka legislature on Monday unanimously passed a resolution to release water…

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Gogoi writes to Modi over dam in Brahmaputra’s upper reaches

Guwahati, Oct 3 (IANS) Expressing apprehension over China's decision to block a tributary of the Brahmaputra, former Assam Chief Minister…

9 years ago

Government unveils urban agenda for next 20 years

New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Stressing the need to go for a big push to fully realise the benefits of…

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France welcomes Paris agreement ratification by India

Paris/New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) French President Francois Hollande has welcomed India's ratification of the Paris Agreement, and recalled the…

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Taiwan to send delegation to COP22 despite opposition from China

Taipei, Oct 3 (IANS) Taiwan will send its delegation to the UN Climate Change COP22 summit, slated to begin in…

9 years ago

Heavy smog continues to shroud Beijing

Beijing, Oct 3 (IANS) Heavy air pollution continues to affect Beijing and surrounding areas, authorities said on Monday. According to…

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Delhi continues to top world’s most polluted megacities list: WHO

By Alison Saldanha Delhis air is the worst among world megacities, the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed recently, even as…

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Climate math and forgotten sums

By Rajendra Shende A brilliant and amusing mathematician of our times, Joseph Keller, was known for his playful indulgence in…

9 years ago

Warm, humid Monday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) It was a warm, humid Monday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature…

9 years ago

Researchers reveal first Mars rover made in Mexico

Mexico City, Oct 3 (IANS) The first prototype of a Mars explorer robot designed in Mexico by a team of…

9 years ago

UN chief welcomes India joining Paris climate deal

United Nations, Oct 3 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed India formally joining the Paris climate change agreement. "India…

9 years ago



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