New Delhi, Aug 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) When service stations in Algeria stopped providing leaded petrol in July, the use of leaded petrol ended globally. This development follows an almost two decades long campaign by the UNEP-led…
New Delhi/Chennai, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) is developing an innovative model to tackle electronic waste (e-waste) by linking stakeholders in the formal and informal economy. Called ‘e-Source,’ it will be…
By Nivedita Khandekar New Delhi, Aug 30 (IMD) Throughout August when the paddy crop needs sufficient water, large parts of central India – known as the rice bowl states – have received deficient rainfall, sending…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely at isolated places over central Maharashtra and Konkan and Goa on Tuesday, the IMD said on Monday. Further, heavy rainfall is likely…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The latest state of the art technology is being employed by Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) for mapping ground water sources in arid regions, Union Science and Technology…
Guwahati, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) With five more Assam districts affected by flood fury on Monday, two children died and over 3.63 lakh people were affected in 21 of the state’s 34 districts, officials said. According…
Hyderabad, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Telangana government on Monday alerted its northern districts in view of the heavy rainfall forecast for the region. Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar conducted a video conference along with Director General…
By Nivedita Khandekar New Delhi, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The World Wide Fund India (WWF India) will be conducting a pan-India exclusive vulture count on September 4, the International Vultures Awareness Day. Vultures are considered as…
Hyderabad, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Telangana’s Departments of Information Technology, Electronics and Communications, and Forests have partnered with Marut Drones, a Hyderabad-based drone technology startup, to launch a drone-based afforestation project named ‘Hara Bhara’. Under this…
Ranchi, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Jharkhand has received more rainfall this year against its average, says the MeT department. According to the department, Lohardaga received 1,156 mm rainfall, which is 54 per cent higher than the…
Amaravati, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Meteorological Department (MeT) forecast heavy rain in parts of Prakasam, Guntur, Krishna, West Godavari, East Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Kurnool and Cuddapah until 8 a.m. on Tuesday. Similarly, it predicted thunderstorms with…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi might witness light rain on Monday, the India Metrological Department (IMD) has predicted. The maximum temperature on Monday is likely to be at 34 degrees Celsius, while the minimum…
Chennai, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy showers and thunderstorms in Chennai and adjoining districts of Tamil Nadu in the coming days. A forecast from the IMD states that thunderstorms…
Lucknow, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a heart-warming gesture, the Lucknow police rescued a ‘koel’ (cuckoo) that had got entangled in a kite string on a eucalyptus tree in the reserve police lines. Additional Deputy Commissioner…
Washington, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Dangerous high-end category 4 Hurricane Ida has made landfall with maximum sustained winds of about 240 km per hour just west of Grand Isle, Louisiana, bringing life-threatening storm surge, catastrophic winds…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Water deficits are linked to 10 per cent of the increase in total migration within countries between 1970 and 2000, a World Bank report has said. Stating that by the…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Enhanced rainfall activity is very likely over central and west India till September 2 while similar activity over south peninsular India is very likely to continue till Monday and there…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kerala continues to receive heavy rains leading to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) declaring Orange alert in nine districts of the state. The IMD predicted heavy rains in Kozhikode, Thrissur, Idukki,…
By Avinash Prabhakar New Delhi, Aug 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi government seemed to be in a hurry to inaugurate the Smog Tower project even while the work is not even 50 per cent completed yet….
By Nivedita Khandekar New Delhi, Aug 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Yet another ingenious creation of internationally acclaimed filmmaker Nila Madhab Panda, “Kalira Atita”, meaning yesterday’s past, focuses on rising sea levels induced by climate change. It is…