By Nivedita Khandekar New Delhi, Aug 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) In wake of the Commission on Air Quality Management (CAQM) being made a permanent body, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Friday held a “familiarisation meeting” with…
New Delhi, Aug 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Assam stay threatened by floods as per data from over 50 Central Water Commission (CWC) stations across these states, the CWC said on Friday. One…
Chennai, Aug 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) In order to combat and mitigate the impact of climate change in the coastal state of Tamil Nadu, the government said that it will launch a climate change mission under Chief…
New Delhi, Aug 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The government on Friday notified the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, prohibiting identified single use plastic items by 2022. “Thickness of plastic carry bags is to increase from 50…
Agra, Aug 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Rapid Response Unit of the Wildlife SOS has rescued an Indian rat snake from the head office of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) located on the Mall Road here….
By Shuchita Jha Bhopal, Aug 13 (IANS/ 101Reporters) When the Sarus cranes population dwindled from 160 in 2001 to just 24 in 2008, it had ornithologists and conservationists worried. From 2013, they rallied together with…
New Delhi, Aug 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday predicted an intense spell of rain over Northeast India and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and Bihar is likely to continue till August 15….
Ankara, Aug 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Flash floods that hit three provinces in Turkey’s Black Sea region have killed at least 27 people, the country’s disaster management authority said on Friday. Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency…
Shimla, Aug 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) A major landslide in trans-Himalayas of Himachal Pradesh on Friday blocked the flow of the glacial-fed Chandrabagha river, raising flood fears in downstream villages in Udaipur tehsil, officials said. However, the…
Tokyo, Aug 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Heavy rain lased western and southwestern Japan on Friday, leaving one person dead and at least two others missing, while the country’s weather agency issued warnings for more downpours. The Japan…
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Aug 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) As sustainability increasingly drives both demand and supply in the market, brands are experimenting with no-waste, authentic and eco-friendly products for festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi and Holi….
Ankara, Aug 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that 17 people were killed due to heavy floods in the country’s Black Sea region. Erdogan said in a written message on Thursday that…
Shimla, Aug 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Seeing the dairy potential in strengthening the rural economy, the Himachal Pradesh government is launching a three-year project of Rs 4.64 crore with the central government assistance for the conservation and…
Rome, Aug 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least three people died in Italy due to extensive wildfires raging in the country’s southern regions, authorities said. A man aged 77 died while trying to save his cattle, after…
New Delhi, Aug 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) It was a clear Friday morning in Delhi with the minimum temperature recorded at 27 degrees Celsius, the maximum is expected to hover around 36 degrees Celsius, the weather office…
Beijing, Aug 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Twenty-one people were killed and four others missing as heavy rain lashed a township in China’s Hubei province since the last 48 hours, local authorities said on Friday. The Liulin township…
New Delhi, Aug 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) As the world is confronted by twin crises of the Covid-19 pandemic and the extreme impact of climate change, these offer an opportunity to industry for bringing in sustainable and…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said that it has carried out searches at various premises linked to Villayutham, an alleged kingpin of sea cucumber smuggling, in Tamil Nadu’s Rameshwaram….
New Delhi, Aug 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted intense spells of rain over the northeast, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, and Sikkim, Bihar and East Uttar Pradesh till August 15. There would be…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the earth warming faster, the land faster than oceans and the trend virtually certain as per the IPCC report, scientists said, “land can be part of the solution.” The…