New Delhi, Jan 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Investors are demanding better disclosure of climate change risk from Indian companies which have spurred better disclosure from India Inc. CDP India saw a 13 per cent hike in the…
Sydney, Jan 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The platypus, an iconic Australian mammal with a duck bill and a beaver-like tail, is on the brink of extinction because of climate change and the loss of its habitat due…
Jakarta, Jan 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province, authorities said on Monday, adding that no tsunami warning was issued. The quake struck at 11.58 p.m. on…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) For the first time in the 15 years of the Global Risks Report, the climate change and environment risk has occupied all the top five slots. According to the 15th…
Kolkata, Jan 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) A middle aged farmer was killed in elephant attack in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district early on Sunday, officials said. Amal Ghosh, aged around 50, was crushed by a pachyderm when…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to respond on a PIL seeking faster conversion of public transport into electric vehicles (EVs) to safeguard the common people from the…
Jaipur, Jan 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Residents of different cities and towns in Rajasthan experienced a cold day on Friday as the minimum temperatures recorded a dip in the last 24 hours, Met officials said. Churu recorded…
New York, Jan 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Researchers have found that transforming ‘Alaskan pollock’ into fish sticks, imitation crab and fish fillets generates nearly twice the greenhouse gas emissions produced by fishing itself. Post-catch processing generates nearly…
Chennai, Jan 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) A bull owner lost his life when another bull attacked him in Alanganallur town in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai district where the bull-taming sport of Jallikattu was held on Friday. Sridhar had…
Mumbai, Jan 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actress Juhi Chawla’s son Arjun is doing his bit to help those affected by Australia bushfires. The actress says her son has sent 300 pounds from his pocket money to the…
Chandigarh, Jan 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Punjab Assembly on Friday passed unanimously the Punjab Water Resources (Management and Regulation) Bill, 2020, thus paving the way for the creation of Punjab Water Regulation and Development Authority to…
New York, Jan 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Parents, please take note. Researchers have revealed that kids with elevated exposure to early life stress in the home and increased prenatal exposure to air pollution exhibited heightened symptoms of…
New York, Jan 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) A highly sensitive, wearable gas sensor like an ‘electronic nose’ for environmental and human health monitoring may soon become commercially available, say researchers. According to the study, published in the…
Srinagar, Jan 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) After remaining closed for five days, the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was opened for traffic on Friday. Thousands of vehicles were stranded on the highway as heavy snowfall caused landslides at some…
San Francisco, Jan 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Microsoft has set an ambitious goal to reduce its carbon footprint, saying that the company will become carbon negative by 2030 and by 2050, it will remove from the environment…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The NCR-Delhi area is set to witness a cloudy day on Friday as well, with weather conditions improving from January 18 onwards, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday….
Panaji, Jan 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Thursday lifted suspension of the environment clearance to the Mopa international airport, around 25 km from here, in North Goa, allowing resumption of construction. “The Supreme Court…
New York, Jan 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Oil and gas production has doubled in some parts of the United States in the last two years, as researchers have seen a significant increase in the release of the…
Panaji, Jan 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Thursday lifted the suspension of the environment clearance to the upcoming Mopa international airport in North Goa, allowing resumption of construction of the aviation facility. The Court…
San Francisco, Jan 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Facebook has announced to match up to $1 million (Australian dollars) in donations made to non-profit organisation GlobalGiving and donating $250,000 to the Australian Red Cross towards bushfires relief efforts….