Category: Environment

One-fourth population, over 1 lakh villages drought-hit: Government

New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Over one lakh villages in 313 districts of 13 states, sheltering roughly one-fourth of India's…

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Over 15 lakh acres of forest land in India under encroachment

New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Over 15 lakh acres of forest land in India is under encroachment, Environment Minister Prakash…

10 years ago

New panel to prepare policy for taxi operators

New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Ministry of Road Transport and Highway (MoRTH) on Tuesday set up a three-member panel…

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No new registration of diesel cabs in Delhi: Supreme Court

New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said there will be no new registration of diesel taxis…

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Explore other options, keep odd-even for emergency: TERI

New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) A green body has cautioned against the Delhi government's 'odd-even' scheme becoming a regular affair,…

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Sri Sri served with two contempt notices, NGT pulls up panel for delay

By Vinayak Dutt New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was on Tuesday served two contempt…

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No new registration of diesel cabs in NCT: Supreme Court

New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said there will be no new registration of diesel taxis…

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Wind turbine-maker Gamesa to set up new plant in Andhra

Chennai, May 10 (IANS) Spanish wind turbine-maker Gamesa is expanding its production capacity in India by setting up a new…

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Water scarcity hitting Rajasthan’s wildlife sanctuaries

Jaipur, May 10 (IANS) Water scarcity in wildlife sanctuaries in Rajasthan is killing animals and forcing them into human habitations,…

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Animal diseases compel Mizoram to curb animal imports

Aizawl, May 10 (IANS) Mizoram will stop importing poultry, pigs and cattle from Bangladesh as well as other states after…

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What caused the monster El Nino in 2015?

Washington, May 10 (IANS) Presence of warm water in the Pacific Ocean due to a stalled El Nino in 2014…

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Air on young Earth weighed less than half: Researchers

Washington, May 10 (IANS) Turning the traditional knowledge on its head that young Earth had a thicker atmosphere, scientists, including…

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Warm Tuesday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) It was a warm Tuesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 27.0 degrees…

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Quake rocks Andamans

New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) An earthquake, measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale, rocked Andaman Islands on Monday, an official…

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CII discussing use of water resource management tool in Maharashtra

Mumbai, May 9 (IANS) Industry chamber CII said on Monday that it in talks with the Maharashtra government for applying…

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1.3-lakh Avian flu-hit hens to be culled in Karnataka

Bidar (Karnataka), May 9 (IANS) Karnataka's animal husbandry department would cull 1.3 lakh hens Avian flu-hit on Tuesday at a…

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SC indicates modifying order on high-capacity diesel vehicles

New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday indicated of considering to modify its order banning registration of…

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Some relief for Delhi on Monday, mercury likely to go up on Tuesday

New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The city experienced slight relief from scorching heat of the past few days on Monday…

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Government launches app to monitor solid waste management

New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) In a step towards simplifying waste management, the environment ministry launched a web-based application --…

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Drought politics: 10 more states demand package on lines of Karnataka, UP

By Vinayak Dutt New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Ten more states have approached the union government for additional funds in…

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