Misty Wednesday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) It was a misty morning in the national capital on Wednesday with minimum temperature recorded at 23 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average. “The sky will remain clear…
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Hurricane Michael: Storm strengthens to category three
Washington, Oct 10 (IANS) Hurricane Michael has strengthened to a category three storm, with winds near 193 kmph as it churns towards the Florida coast, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) of the US said. The…
States must take initiative on climate policies: Minister
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday said that states should come up with more ideas and take initiatives to fight against climate change. “States…
SC caps petcoke import for aluminium, calcining industries
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday restricted the import of petcoke by the aluminium industry to 0.5 million tonnes and for the calcining industry to 1.4 million tonnes per year, making…
Punjab to hold officials accountable for stubble-burning
Chandigarh, Oct 9 (IANS) For maximum participation of government officials in the ongoing anti-stubble burning campaign, the Punjab government has issued instructions to its staff making them accountable for paddy-straw burning on land owned or…
Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Nestle biggest ocean polluters: Report
Manila, Oct 9 (IANS) Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestle are among the companies that contribute most to ocean pollution with single-use plastics, according to a study presented on Tuesday by the “Break Free from Plastic” initiative….
Fires leading cause of forest degradation in India: Report
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Even as India has managed to increase its forest cover to over 20 per cent of its total geographical area, forest fires are a leading cause of degradation of the…
Electric bus has pilot run in Uttarakhand
Dehradun, Oct 9 (IANS) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Tuesday flagged off the trial run of an electric bus here. The hill state aims to ply two fleet of 25 buses each on…
Indonesia quake, tsunami toll reaches 2,010
Jakarta, Oct 9 (IANS) Indonesian authorities on Tuesday raised the death toll to 2,010 from the 7.5-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck Sulawesi island on September 28. The official number of missing remained 671…
Pollution alert over north India: Anti-stubble burning moves go up in smoke in Punjab, Haryana
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Oct 9 (IANS) When Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh flew over Punjab and Haryana last week, he admitted he saw agriculture fields emitting plumes of smoke at several places — meaning…
Rare white tiger kills zookeeper in Japan
Tokyo, Oct 9 (IANS) A rare white tiger has mauled a zookeeper to death in its enclosure at a zoo in Japan, an official said. The 40-year-old man was found bleeding from the neck in…
China launches new remote sensing satellites
Beijing, Oct 9 (IANS) Two remote sensing satellites that will be used for electromagnetic environment surveys were successfully launched on Tuesday from China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre. The satellites, both belonging to the Yaogan-32 family,…
Partly cloudy Tuesday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Tuesday morning in the national capital with minimum temperature recorded at 21.9 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average. “The sky will remain partly…
Australia rejects calls to phase out coal-fired power
Canberra, Oct 9 (IANS) The Australian government has rejected calls from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to phase out coal-fired power by 2050. The landmark IPCC report on Monday warned that the…
Toll in Sri Lanka rains reaches 9
Colombo, Oct 9 (IANS) The death toll from the heavy rains in Sri Lanka rose to nine on Tuesday, leading to thousands of people being evacuated from their homes, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said….
Hurricane Michael batters Cuba
Havana, Oct 9 (IANS) Hurricane Michael has battered west Cuba with strong winds and heavy rains as it whipped through the Yucatan Channel on its way to the Gulf of Mexico, where it may turn…
UN chief calls for urgent climate action in response to IPCC report
United Nations, Oct 9 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for urgent climate action after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report that asks to keep global warming by 1.5 degrees…
Coal India, Neyveli sign MoU for stepping up solar power generation
Kolkata, Oct 8 (IANS) Coal India Limited (CIL) and NLC India Limited (NLCIL), formerly Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited, on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for formation of a joint venture (JV) company for…
Global sea level may rise 50 feet by 2300: Study
New York, Oct 8 (IANS) Owing to continuous emissions of greenhouse gases, increased global average sea-level is likely to rise by nearly 8 feet by the year 2100 and 50 feet by 2300, as per…
Europe needs to step up climate action: Environmental group
Brussels, Oct 8 (IANS) A day ahead of the European Union Environment Ministers’ meeting expected to adopt the EU’s position for the UN Climate Summit (COP24) in December, the world’s leading body of climate scientists…