Category: Environment

H&M stops buying Brazilian leather over Amazon fires

Rio de Janeiro, Sep 6 (IANS) Swedish multinational clothing-retail company H&M has stopped purchasing leather from Brazil over concerns that…

5 years ago

Don’t use plastic, don’t be plastic: Salman Khan

Mumbai, Sep 6 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has expressed his concern over climate change, pointing out how the use…

5 years ago

Dorian weakens to category 1 hurricane off US coast

Washington, Sep 6 (IANS) Hurricane Dorian has weakened to a Category 1 storm but its wind speed continued to be…

5 years ago

Typhoon Lingling approaches S. Korea

Seoul, Sep 6 (IANS) A powerful typhoon is quickly moving northward to South Korea, with the country's southernmost island of…

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White House, US media spat over hurricane misinformation

Washington, Sep 6 (IANS) The White House and US media have traded attacks over Hurricane Dorian, blaming each other for…

5 years ago

‘Solar leads decade of investment in renewable energy’

Nairobi, Sep 5 (IANS) Global investment in new renewable energy capacity this decade -- 2010 to 2019 inclusive -- is…

5 years ago

Government to restore 130 wetlands in next 5 years

Greater Noida, Sep 5 (IANS) The Union government has identified 130 wetlands in the country to be restored in the…

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Odisha alerts district collectors on possible flooding

Bhubaneswar, Sep 5 (IANS) The Odisha government on Thursday asked all district collectors to remain prepared for any possible flooding…

5 years ago

No more plastic containers allowed for Thai PM’s food

Bangkok, Sep 5 (IANS) Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Thursday ordered his men to no longer use plastic or…

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5 killed as Mumbai sees record rains on Wednesday

Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) At least five persons were killed in different incidents as Mumbai notched record rains in the…

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Pact on Amazon region conservation to be signed

Bogota, Sep 5 (IANS) The Amazonian countries will sign a pact for the conservation of the Amazon region at the…

5 years ago

Hurricane Dorian heads to US after lashing Bahamas

Miami, Sep 5 (IANS) Hurricane Dorian is expected to bring a "life-threatening storm surge" up the US east coast after…

5 years ago

MP farmers harvesting rainwater to check water woes

By Pankaj Gupta Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh, Sep 5 (IANS/ 101Reporters) In a country that suffers from water scarcity all year,…

5 years ago

Sonowal suggests study on Assam’s elephant corridors

Guwahati, Sep 4 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday said there should be a detailed study to mark…

5 years ago

Rains cripple life in Mumbai – third time this monsoon

Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) For the third time this monsoon, pouring rains brought the country's commercial capital to a standstill…

5 years ago

Mumbai paralysed by rains – for third time this monsoon

Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) For the third time this monsoon, pounding rains paralaysed the country's commercial capital on Wednesday with…

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Rohit Sharma launches campaign to conserve rhinos

Guwahati, Sep 4 (IANS) Ace Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma is going to help build awareness for the need to conserve…

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Bihar govt signs pact with pvt firm for weather forecasts

Sep 4 (IANS) The Bihar government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Skymet Weather Services, India's largest private weather…

5 years ago

Jaishankar in Maldives for Indian Ocean Conference

Male (Maldives), Sep 4 (IANS) With the Indian Ocean region coming to global focus, even as China seeks to increase…

5 years ago

Rains clobber Mumbai, NDRF rescues 1,300 people

Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) Heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai and the entire coastal Konkan region on Wednesday, with waterlogging…

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