UP plants 25.5 Cr saplings in a day
Lucknow, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Uttar Pradesh has planted a massive 25.5 crore saplings across the state in a single day, as part of a mega plantation drive. The Yogi Adityanath government had fixed the target…
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Green India Challenge aims for record by planting 1 million saplings in 1 hour
Hyderabad, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Green India Challenge, an initiative of Rajya Sabha member J. Santosh Kumar to improve the green cover, on Sunday entered its fourth year with an attempt to plant one million saplings…
TDP alleges Rs 15,000 crore mining scam in Visakhapatnam tribal area
Amaravati, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Andhra Pradesh’s opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has alleged a conspiracy was hatched for a Rs 15,000 crore mining scam in the Visakhapatnam agency area in utter disregard for the forest…
Cuba raises alarm level as tropical storm approaches
Havana, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Cuban Civil Defense (DC) has raised the alarm level in the east of the country due to the proximity of tropical storm Elsa, which has maximum sustained winds of 110…
Three major wildfires raging in N.California
Los Angeles, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Three major wildfires are currently raging in Northern California and have so far scorched more than 40,000 acres of land in the region. The Lava Fire in Siskiyou County, which…
Cyprus requests help from Israel, EU to combat huge fire
Nicosia, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Cyprus has requested urgent help from Israel and the European Union (EU) to fight a huge wildfire that raged out of control in the country’s southern region. The fire started at…
Over 1bn saplings planted in UP during Yogi regime
Lucknow, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Over one billion saplings have been planted in Uttar Pradesh during the regime of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from 2017-18 to 2020-21. According to a state government spokesman, a massive greening…
Global plastic pollution may be nearing irreversible tipping point
London, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Current rates of plastic emissions globally may trigger effects that we will not be able to reverse, argues a study by an international team of researchers. The study, published in the…
Boy devoured by crocodile, 2nd incident in 10 days
Pilibhit (UP), July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Days after a man was devoured by a crocodile in the Dudhwa range, a similar incident has now been reported from Pilibhit district. The partially eaten body of a missing…
UoH-ARCI team develops nano-DAP fertiliser that boosts agronomic use efficiency
Hyderabad, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) A team of material scientists and plant biologists from the University of Hyderabad (UoH) and International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), have developed an industrially viable…
In a first, trout reared in Himachal warm waters
BY VISHAL GULATI Shimla, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The trout, both brown and rainbow, found in rivers and streams in higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh has been reared for the first time in warm waters of…
EVs set to raise India’s import from Germany: Report
New Delhi, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rise in the use of electric vehicles will result in increasing imports to India from Germany, said a Grant Thornton Bharat-FICCI report. At present, India and Germany aim to partner…
2 bodies found, 20 missing in Japan landslide
Tokyo, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two bodies were found and about 20 people remained missing after a massive mudslide triggered by torrential rain hit Atami city of Shizuoka prefecture in central Japan on Saturday, local authorities…
B’luru citizens can now upload details of trees on a new app
Bengaluru, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a strong bid to involve citizens, the Bengaluru Civic Body – – Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) – has introduced the Bengaluru Tree Census App – to launch the first…
US Oakland Zoo vaccinates animals against Covid-19
San Francisco, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) US Oakland Zoo has inoculated some of its animals against Covid-19 this week using an experimental vaccine formulated for animals, according to a media report. So far, the zoo has…
Customs deport foreign spiders sent by post from Poland
Chennai, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Seizing a parcel containing 107 plastic vials containing foreign spiders, Chennai Air Customs have asked the postal authorities to deport them back to Poland. According to the Commissioner of Customs, Chennai…
6.1-magnitude quake hits Fiji region: USGS
New York, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted Fiji region at 20:14:38 GMT on Friday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 605.63 km, was initially…
6 coastal Andhra districts received deficit rainfall in June
Amaravati, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Six coastal Andhra Pradesh districts received deficit rainfall in June, while all Rayalaseema districts got excess rainfall. According to a Met official, deficit districts include East Godavari (107.7 mm), Nellore (32.7…
Light rain in Delhi provides respite from scorching heat
New Delhi, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The national capital witnessed light rain with thunderstorm and heavy winds on Friday evening, providing some much-needed respite from the scorching summer heat. As per the Met department, for the…
Call to develop assisted reproductive technologies for Hangul deer
Hyderabad, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Stressing the need for conservation of endangered species, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday called upon scientists at LaCONES here to develop assisted reproductive technologies for increasing population of hangul…