Brussels, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a new European Union (EU) Directive to crackdown on environmental crime, fulfilling a key commitment of the European Green Deal. The proposal obliges…
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Despite policies measures such as EV policies, metro network, BS-VI fuel, scrapping vehicles older than 15 years etc, to control vehicular emissions in cities like Delhi, the national capital has…
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Wednesday cited Mahatma Gandhi’s quote on the essence of newspapers as he rued that the concept of investigative journalism is unfortunately vanishing from…
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved central funding of 90 per cent of water component for two hydro projects – the Renukaji Dam Project (Himachal Pradesh) and Lakhwar Multipurpose Project…
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) An analysis of PM2.5 and NOx levels in Varanasi – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Parliamentary constituency – has shown that its levels remained much above the Central Pollution Control Board’s…
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to take up an application, urging the court for an early hearing into the plea seeking compensation and medical insurance from the government…
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Scientists studying glaciers in the upper Kali Ganga valley in Uttarakhand have found that a 5-km-long unnamed glacier abruptly changed its main course and merged with an adjacent glacier named…
Chennai, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Madras High Court on Wednesday allowed Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary V. Irai Anbu’s plea for exemption from personal appearance in a case related to encroachment of water bodies in the…
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Cold wave conditions are very likely over Punjab till December 20, and over Haryana, Chandigarh, and north Rajasthan from December 18 till 20, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted….
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Climate change and agriculture are key drivers for wetland degradation, however, wetlands can be and need to be part of delivering climate solutions that also promises to be the future…
Patna, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) A barn owl was rescued by Forest Department officials in Bihar’s Supaul on Wednesday. The rare bird is generally found in the US, England and parts of European countries and rarely…
Chennai, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Factories making pharmaceuticals, medical devices, life saving medical equipment can use diesel gensets to run their plants, said the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR & Adjoining Areas. In an…
Pilibhit (UP), Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Five elephants from Karnataka will be brought to the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR). These elephants will undertake forest patrolling and carry out rescue operations, especially in cases of man-animal conflict….
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Compared to November, the mechanised road sweeping introduced to minimise dust pollution in the national capital has covered 51 per cent of the national capital’s roads in December, according to…
Chennai, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Environmentalists and social activists of Tamil Nadu have come out against poor construction of check dam at Anakkatii which collapsed during the recent incessant rains. The check dam was constructed using…
Sydney, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has braced itself for its first summer-like weather of the season, as temperatures were forecast on Wednesday to soar into the 40s in…
Chennai, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) An eight-month-old monkey that was saved by a cab driver from a pack of dogs and to which he gave mouth to mouth resuscitation, passed away shattering the 38-year-old driver, Prabhu….
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) There is a possibility of very light rain or drizzle towards evening or night in Delhi-NCR on Thursday, accompanied by partly cloudy sky and shallow fog in the morning, India…
Srinagar, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Unabated cold wave continued in the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh on Wednesday as the weather office said there is little possibility of rain/snow till December 23. Sonam Lotus, Director of the…
Lucknow, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) After the Ganga in Kanpur and Varanasi, the Saryu in Ayodhya, and Yamuna in Vrindavan are all set to become pollution-free as the drains falling into these rivers have been tapped….