Category: Environment

Global solar capacity poised to leap 5-fold to 7,203 GW by 2030: ISA report

New Delhi, Nov 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The global solar capacity is expected to shoot up 5-fold to reach 7,203 GW by…

2 weeks ago

World Bank to support farmers of Kerala to adapt climate impacts

New Delhi, Nov 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a new program to support farmers…

2 weeks ago

Delhi-NCR’s air quality continues to dip; smog to remain till Nov 10

New Delhi, Nov 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) As the mercury began coming down in Delhi-NCR, the region's pollution woes saw a turn…

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Odisha: Damages caused by Cyclone Dana stand around Rs 600 cr

Bhubaneswar, Nov 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Cyclone 'Dana which hit the Odisha coast on October 25 has caused damages to the tune…

3 weeks ago

Karnataka bans glass-coated string for flying kites

Bengaluru, Nov 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Accepting animal-lovers' suggestions, the Karnataka government has banned the use of metal or glass-coated string or…

3 weeks ago

Delhi’s air quality worsens, crosses ‘severe’ mark in multiple areas

New Delhi, Nov 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi's air quality further plummeted following Diwali, as the Air Quality Index (AQI) reading surpassed…

3 weeks ago

Punjab sanctions nearly 22 thousand residue management machines

Chandigarh, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Punjab Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department has sanctioned 21,958 Crop Residue Management (CRM) machines to equip…

3 weeks ago

Lahore schools ordered closed as city remains blanketed by smog

Islamabad, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) As residents of Lahore gasp for breath under persistent smog with the air quality index mark…

3 weeks ago

AMU status, Delhi Ridge tree-felling: Key judgments to be pronounced by CJI Chandrachud before retirement

New Delhi, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) With a week's time left to him in the highest judicial office of the country,…

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Rajasthan holds first mining lease auction

Jaipur, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rajasthan has held the first auction for the mining lease of one of the two gold…

3 weeks ago

UN biodiversity talks in Cali end with key decisions on finance delayed

New Delhi, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) As the two-week negotiations at the United Nations biodiversity summit known as COP16 in the…

3 weeks ago

COP16 ends with historic recognition of indigenous, Afro-descendant communities

Cali, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP…

3 weeks ago

ADB praises India for cutting subsidies on fossil fuels to boost green energy

New Delhi, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has praised India for adopting policies to cut subsidies on…

3 weeks ago

Delhi’s AQI reaches hazardous level, residents struggle against pollution

New Delhi, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The air quality in Delhi deteriorated drastically as the air quality index (AQI) crossed the…

3 weeks ago

Heavy rains with thunderstorms predicted in 12 TN districts today

Chennai, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has predicted heavy to very heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms across…

3 weeks ago

Air & noise pollution spike in Lucknow on Diwali night

Lucknow, Nov 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Lucknow-based CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research said on Saturday that the air and noise pollution…

3 weeks ago

Refrain from burning crop residue, Haryana govt urges farmers

Chandigarh, Nov 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Haryana government on Saturday appealed to the farmers of the state to refrain from burning…

3 weeks ago

Japan sees hottest October since record keeping

Tokyo, Nov 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Japan logged record-breaking temperatures in October, marking the hottest October since record-keeping began in 1898, data…

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India updates biodiversity action plan, to conserve 30pc areas by 2030

New Delhi, Nov 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) India has updated its biodiversity action plan and has committed to conserve 30 per cent…

3 weeks ago

Bursting of firecrackers post-Diwali further spikes air pollution in Kolkata

Kolkata, Nov 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) With bursting of firecrackers that started on Diwali, continuing till late on Friday night, pollution levels…

3 weeks ago



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