Category: Environment

Delhi HC asks for listing of steps to curb stubble burning

New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Centre and the Delhi government to list…

9 years ago

Modi government murdering 244 villages: Medha Patkar

Singur (West Bengal), Sep 14 (IANS) Activist Medha Patkar on Wednesday described the return of land to Singur farmers in…

9 years ago

Nadda seeks public support for checking mosquitoes

New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Wednesday said that there was no need to panic…

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Ban lobbying India for ratifying Paris climate accord

United Nations, Sep 14 (IANS) With India's ratification of the the Paris Agreement on combating climate crucial to the accord…

9 years ago

Typhoon Meranti paralysis Taiwan

Taipei, Sep 14 (IANS) Typhoon Meranti paralysed southern Taiwan on Wednesday after floods damaged buildings and infrastructure, a media report…

9 years ago

NASA model rules out La Nina, El Nino later this year

Washington, Sep 14 (IANS) There is unlikely to be a La Nina event in late 2016 as water temperatures in…

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Partly cloudy Wednesday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 25.7…

9 years ago

5.9 magnitude quake hits Colombia

Bogota, Sep 14 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter Scale hit Colombia, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.…

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Super Typhoon Meranti targets Taiwan, mainland China

Taipei, Sep 14 (IANS) Taiwan and mainland China are bracing for massive Super Typhoon Meranti, which was bearing down on…

9 years ago

Sikkim adjudged cleanest state

New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Sikkim has been adjudged the cleanest state in the country on the issue of sanitation…

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Mass cleaning of Ganga next week

Haridwar, Sep 13 (IANS) A mass cleaning of the Ganga ghats will take place next week. The All World Gayatri…

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Taiwan issues warning as typhoon Meranti approaches

Taipei, Sep 13 (IANS) Taiwan on Tuesday issued a warning as the island country braced for the arrival of Typhoon…

9 years ago

Moringa: Poor man’s produce, rich man’s food

By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, Sep 13 (IANS) Known largely as a poor man's crop and rich man's food, the leafy…

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Why there is no option but to share Cauvery water

By Prabhu Mallikarjunan Tamil Nadu and Karnataka's Cauvery basin reservoirs are half as full as they should be, according to…

9 years ago

Water project reunites families in Saurashtra, but experts sceptical of sustainability

By Anand Singh Rajkot, Sep 13 (IANS) An ambitious Rs 12,000 crore ($1.8 billion) project to bring the water of…

9 years ago

August 2016 hottest ever recorded

New York, Sep 13 (IANS) August 2016 was the hottest in 136 years of modern record-keeping, according to a monthly…

9 years ago

Sunny Tuesday in Delhi

New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The national capital experienced a sunny day on Tuesday with the minimum temperature at 26.7…

9 years ago

Russian river turned red by metallurgical waste

Moscow, Sep 13 (IANS) The world's biggest nickel producer has admitted a spillage at one of its plants which was…

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India complains to WTO against US on renewable energy

New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) India has moved the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against the subsidy given by eight US…

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Brazil ratifies Paris Agreement on climate change

Brasilia, Sep 13 (IANS) The Brazilian government has ratified the Paris Agreement on climate change, which was adopted by 195…

9 years ago



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