Chennai, Feb 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the samba and thalady paddy harvest commencing across the Cauvery Delta districts of Tamil Nadu, the administration has ensured that an adequate number of Direct Procurement Centres (DPCs) are functioning…
Chennai, Feb 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Chennai has forecast the formation of a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal by Monday, raising the possibility of rainfall across parts of Tamil…
Jammu, Feb 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has reopened the Bhaderwah-Bani-Basohli road in Jammu and Kashmir following heavy snowfall, a Defence Ministry spokesperson said on Sunday. Defence Ministry spokesperson Lt Colonel Suneet Bartwal…
New Delhi, Feb 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) A record 52,537 MW of electricity generation capacity has been added in the country up to January 31, during the current financial year, which represents an 11 per cent increase…
Chennai, Feb 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) A low-pressure area is likely to form over the southeast Bay of Bengal on Monday (February 16), the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Chennai, said in a statement. According to the weather…
New Delhi, Feb 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday inaugurated 120 mist spray systems installed on the premises of Indira Gandhi International Airport, an official said. The Chief Minister stated that the…
Chennai, Feb 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) A low-pressure area is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal on Saturday, according to a weather bulletin issued by the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Chennai. The development is attributed…
Jaipur, Feb 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Central Zone Bench in Bhopal, has taken suo motu cognisance of severe air pollution in Khara village, Bikaner district, Rajasthan, after reports that villagers were keeping…
Bengaluru, Feb 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday inaugurated the International Conference on Dam Safety (ICDS), emphasising that the issue must be treated as a national security imperative amid climate change, ageing infrastructure,…
Chennai, Feb 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu’s Mudumalai has lost one of its most iconic wild residents as Rivaldo, a well-known tusker, who lived peacefully alongside communities on the Sigur plateau for decades, died on Friday….
New Delhi, Feb 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has realised Rs 2.4 crore under the Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) framework in the last 45 days in connection with commercial utilisation of biological resources,…
Bengaluru, Feb 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who also holds the Water Resources portfolio, expressed confidence that the state will implement the pending Mekedatu and Upper Krishna projects if the Central government…
Bengaluru, Feb 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) A leopard attacked a caretaker at the Bannerghatta Biological Park on Friday morning, leaving him seriously injured. The Bannerghatta Biological Park is located on the outskirts of Bengaluru city and a…
New Delhi, Feb 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The national Capital’s air quality showed slight improvement on Friday, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 183, placing it in the ‘moderate’ category, according to the Central Pollution…
Jaipur, Feb 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) After 11 days of continuous protest and mounting public pressure, the Rajasthan government has announced a statewide ban on the felling of Khejri trees. The government has also assured that a…
Guwahati, Feb 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday claimed that nearly 2,676 square km of forest land — an area almost twice the size of Delhi — is currently under encroachment…
New Delhi, Feb 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a writ petition filed by Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh challenging the grant of ex-post facto environmental clearances (EC)….
New Delhi, Feb 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)-Har Ghar Jal launched in 2019, 100 per cent rural households in more than 2.72 lakh villages are reported to have tap water supply till…
New Delhi, Feb 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The air quality in the national capital remained in the ‘poor’ category on Thursday morning, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 209 around 7 a.m., according to the…
Chennai, Feb 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a move aimed at protecting standing paddy crops across the Cauvery delta, the Tamil Nadu government has stepped up the discharge of water from the Mettur Dam following sustained appeals…