Category: Environment

Jharkhand CM launches plantation drive

Ranchi, July 1 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Friday launched a month-long plantation drive in Ramgarh district of…

9 years ago

Need to preserve rivers, Himalayas: Javadekar on Uttarakhand cloudburst

Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday batted for preserving rivers and protecting the Himalayas in…

9 years ago

Need to preserve rivers, Himalayas: Javadekar on Uttarakhand cloudburst

Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday batted for preserving rivers and protecting the Himalayas in…

9 years ago

Ten killed in Arunachal landslide

Itanagar, July 1 (IANS) At least 10 people, including women and children, were killed after a landslide hit West Kameng…

9 years ago

Ten killed in Arunachal landslide

Itanagar, July 1 (IANS) At least 10 people, including women and children, were killed after a landslide hit West Kameng…

9 years ago

Heavy rains hit Uttarakhand, 22 killed

Dehradun, July 1 (IANS) At least 22 people were killed following cloudburst and landslides as heavy rains lashed Pithoragarh and…

9 years ago

Formal, national census on Indian peafowl soon: Official

Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) The Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology & Natural History (SACON), Coimbatore will soon begin a national…

9 years ago

Himachal gets heavy rainfall, more in store

Shimla, July 1 (IANS) The hills of Himachal Pradesh saw heavy rains on Friday with Joginder Nagar recording the highest…

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Monsoon to hit Delhi in next 48 hours

New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Delayed by nearly a week, monsoon this year will hit Delhi and the National Capital…

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Regulators must act as Nobel laureates tell Greenpeace to stop opposing GM crops

By Vivian Fernandes Indian regulators must seize the opportunity now that 107 Nobel laureates have signed a letter calling on…

9 years ago

Climate change threatening penguins in Antarctica

New York, July 1 (IANS) Continued warming of Antarctica due to climate change could wipe out 60 per cent of…

9 years ago

Incessant rains, landslides in Manipur, one drowned

Imphal, July 1 (IANS) Incessant rains and landslides along the mountainous National Highway (NH) No.37 have claimed one life and…

9 years ago

Drive to plant two crore saplings starts in Maharashtra

Mumbai, July 1 (IANS) A unique afforestation drive by Maharashtra to increase the green cover by planting two crore saplings…

9 years ago

Heavy rains hit Uttarakhand, 7 killed

Dehradun, July 1 (IANS) At least seven people were killed following cloudburst and landslides as heavy rains lashed Pithoragarh and…

9 years ago

Sunny Friday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) It was a sunny Friday morning in Delhi, with the minimum temperature settling one notch…

9 years ago

Heavy rains hit Uttarakhand

Dehradun, July 1 (IANS) Heavy rains have continued to pound the hilly areas of Uttarakhand on Friday. Officials said a…

9 years ago

Respite from heavy rains in Karnataka

Bengaluru, July 1 (IANS) As the south-west monsoon takes a break, there would be a respite from heavy rains in…

9 years ago

Odisha to prepare integrated shoreline management plan

Bhubaneswar, June 30 (IANS) The Odisha government has decided to prepare a long-term integrated shoreline management plan for its entire…

9 years ago

Srinagar records hottest day, Jammu scorches at around 39 degrees

Jammu/Srinagar, June 30 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar on Thursday recorded season's highest temperature so far at 34.4…

9 years ago

Environmental clearances not given in hurry: Official

Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) Environmental clearances to development projects in India are given after "multi-level scrutiny" and "not in a…

9 years ago



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