By Vishal Gulati Manali, Nov 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Cold desert of Himachal Pradesh’s Lahaul Valley that were once known for producing a bitter taste hops are going to experiment with exotic variety of barley that will…
Srinagar, Nov 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Jammu-Srinagar National Highway has reopened for traffic on Tuesday after it was blocked by landslide at Digdole, 150 km from Jammu, officials said here. Hundreds of trucks which were stranded on…
New Delhi, Nov 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Thick toxic haze engulfed the national capital on Tuesday, with the air quality index (AQI) dipping to 453 in the “Severe” category, according to the System of Air Quality and…
Canberra, Nov 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) A vast area of Australia’s east coast — including Sydney — is bracing itself for one the nation’s worst ever bushfire threats. More than 60 blazes are burning across the state…
Guwahati, Nov 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Assam Forest department on Monday tranquilized the rogue elephant ‘Laden’, which had been keeping the forest official on their toes for last two week and had killed five civilians last…
New Delhi, Nov 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) A toxic haze of poor quality air covered the Delhi NCR region on Monday with the air quality index (AQI) dipping to 376 in the ‘very poor’ category. The prognosis…
New Delhi, Nov 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi Environment Minister Kailash Gahlot on Monday wrote to the Chief Ministers of Pubjab and Haryana urging them for immediate actions to stop stubble burning in their states. Speaking to…
Ankara, Nov 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Eleven million saplings were simultaneously planted on Monday across Turkey as part of a mass campaign aimed at contributing to the agriculture while establishing a greener landscape for future generations. The…
New Delhi, Nov 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Environment Ministry is launching a mass cleanliness drive at 50 beaches under the “Swachh – Nirmal Tat Abhiyaan”. The government’s effort is to clean up the beaches and create…
By Zaffar Iqbal Srinagar, Nov 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) After opening briefly on Saturday, the Jammu Srinagar highway was again blocked on Sunday due to landslides triggered by rains at Digdol, 150 kilometres from Jammu. The highway…
New Delhi, Nov 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Carbon emissions from the world’s 20 biggest economies, including India, are rising, and the countries have to increase their emission targets that will put them on track to limit global…
Kolkata, Nov 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Severe Cyclone Bulbul has left behind a trail of destruction in West Bengal, taking seven lives in three districts, affecting 2.97 lakh people and damaging over 28,000 houses, senior ministers said…
New Delhi, Nov 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Researchers have found a growing link between agricultural fire and air pollution with the impact of the former aggravating in the last decade. Researchers at an international conference on forestry…
New Delhi, Nov 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Union Environment Ministry has given its clearance to Indian Oil Corporation for setting up a 2G ethanol plant in Panipat, it was announced on Sunday. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar…
Kolkata, Nov 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Severe Cyclone Bulbul has a taken a toll of seven lives in three West Bengal districts, and affected 2.73 lakh people, senior ministers said on Sunday. Five deaths were reported from…
By Nivedita Singh New Delhi, Nov 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) While the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was earlier confident that their work in the city in the areas of health and education would be the driving…
Kolkata, Nov 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) One person died when a tree fell on him in Kolkata, as the very severe cyclonic storm Bulbul weakened into a severe cyclonic storm on Saturday evening and started its landfall…
New Delhi, Nov 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian Navy has put on standby three ships in the Bay of Bengal to carry out disaster relief work in the wake of Cyclone Bulbul which is expected to…
Bhubaneswar, Nov 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Cyclone Bulbul has wreaked havoc in coastal districts of Odisha on Saturday. While the death of one old person reported due to wall collapse in Rajkanika block of Kendrapara district, the…
New Delhi, Nov 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday held a meeting to review air pollution mitigation efforts in Delhi-NCR with the state governments of the region. The meeting was attended by…