New Delhi, Dec 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi woke up to a dense blanket of smog on Friday, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) reaching 331 at 7 a.m., placing the city once again in the…
Srinagar, Dec 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Biting cold with no prospect of major rain/snowfall till the end of the month continued in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday as minimum temperature remained several notches below the freezing point…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) As part of an Innovation Challenge, the Delhi government plans to convene a live, multi-day evaluation and showcase of shortlisted entries at IIT Delhi in the last week of December,…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Global air quality rankings cited by various organisations are not conducted by any official authority, the government informed the Parliament on Thursday. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha,…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian Railways has planned to progressively meet its electric power requirement for traction purposes through renewable energy sources with a combination of solar, wind and other renewable sources based…
Ahmedabad, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has deployed two state-of-the-art mobile environmental monitoring vans. The vehicles, procured under the Environment Damage Compensation (EDC) fund at a cost of over Rs 5.76 crore,…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi’s air quality remained lodged in the poor category for the third straight day on Thursday morning, though the overall air quality index (AQI) slipped further to 285, just below…
New Delhi, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Centre has not cancelled the award of any renewable energy project nor has it prepared any list of projects for cancellation in the future, New and Renewable Energy Minister…
Shimla, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Deodhar trees in Batseri, a scenic village in Sangla valley on the Baspa river in Himachal Pradesh, have revealed a story of shift from wetter spring conditions during the Little Ice…
New Delhi, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The total installed renewable energy (RE) capacity in India reached 250.64 GW (as on October 31), with solar energy constituting a major chunk, the Parliament was informed on Wednesday. The…
Patna, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) People in Bihar reeled under intense cold conditions, affecting their daily lives. Dense fog reduced visibility, impacting the movement of vehicles. The Meteorological Department has warned that both fog and cold…
Kolkata, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a rare and worrying development, Kolkata has overtaken Delhi in air pollution levels, with the city recording hazardous air quality on Tuesday night. The Air Quality Index (AQI) at Victoria…
New Delhi, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi witnessed a marginal improvement in air quality on Wednesday morning, offering slight relief to residents, even as pollution levels remained firmly in the ‘poor’ category. According to data from…
Chennai, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Following intense rainfall across the catchment areas, the water level in key drinking water reservoirs around Chennai has risen sharply, prompting authorities to issue a precautionary alert to people living along…
Kollam (Kerala) Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a dramatic four-hour-long operation on Tuesday morning, a 13-foot-long whale shark entangled in a shore seine net off Kerala’s Kollam was successfully freed and released back into the sea,…
Nairobi, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The most comprehensive assessment of the global environment ever undertaken has found that investing in a stable climate, healthy nature and land, and a pollution-free planet can deliver trillions in additional…
New Delhi, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The University of Chicago Trust in India and the Airawat Research Foundation (ARF) at IIT Kanpur on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on reducing Delhi’s in-use…
Jaipur, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rajasthan is bracing for a harsher winter as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for cold wave conditions in five districts, including Sikar, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Didwana-Kuchaman, and…
Patna, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bihar is reeling under an intense cold wave with icy winds sweeping across the state. According to meteorologists, complex atmospheric conditions are pushing cold winds toward Bihar, drastically lowering temperatures and…
New Delhi, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The residents of Delhi-NCR experienced some relief on Tuesday morning after days of highly polluted air. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), surface winds blowing at speeds between 15…