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…
Chandigarh, Aug 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday virtually inaugurated 40 soil testing laboratories set up at the block level. In the first phase, soil testing of 25 lakh acres will…
London, Aug 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) KoBold Metals, a mineral exploration company backed by Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio, has entered into a joint venture with…
Guwahati, Aug 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNP & TR) in Assam has become the first national park in the country to be equipped with 10 satellite phones to give its…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) To enhance the necessary infrastructure to facilitate a rapid transition to electric mobility in the country, the NITI Aayog on Thursday released a handbook to help state governments and local…
Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Harvesting, selling, storing or buying of a wild mushroom specie, known as ‘katarua’, has been banned in areas around the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) to reduce man-animal conflict. Naveen…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Bhupender Yadav on Thursday said that nature conservation should be taken up with a scientific approach involving the local community. “Only…
Beijing, Aug 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) China’s National Meteorological Centre on Thursday renewed its yellow alert for rainstorms in some central and eastern parts of the country, calling for precautionary measures. From 2 p.m. Thursday to 2…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) A majority of India’s pollution control agencies remain closed entities when it came to sharing information with the public with a mere handful of India’s pollution control boards and authorities…
Havana, Aug 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Cuba is bracing for tropical storm Fred, which is threatening to bring heavy rains to the island nation. Officials have instructed communities to take precautions, reports Xinhua news agency. Fred is…
Lucknow, Aug 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nearly 605 villages across 24 districts have been declared flood affected as major rivers continue to flow above the danger mark in Uttar Pradesh. According to official sources, the number of…
Manila, Aug 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) An offshore earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck Davao Oriental province in the southern Philippines on Thursday, according to authorities. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Should the majestic elephants — India’s heritage animal — be kept in captivity or let free in the wild? Do elephants continue to be used for joyrides? These are the…
Patna, Aug 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The flood situation in Patna on Wednesday reached an alarming position with overflowing water from the Ganga entering some areas. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inspected the situation at Digha Ghat in…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Odisha government has asked its Water Resources Department to prepare an action plan for strengthening the saline and flood embankments on the coastline in one month. Chief Secretary S.C. Mahapatra…
Shimla, Aug 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least 10 people were killed in a massive landslide on National Highway 5 in challenging terrain of Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district on Wednesday, while 13 others were extricated as rescue…