Category: Environment

Australia issues El Nino alert, warns drought conditions may worsen

Sydney, Oct 10 (IANS) Australia has a 70 per cent chance of being affected by the El Nino phenomenon by…

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‘Extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Michael set to hit Florida

Washington, Oct 10 (IANS) Hurricane Michael intensified to an "extremely dangerous" category 4 storm on Wednesday as it roared towards…

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Over 50,000 trees to be axed in UP’s tiger habitat

By Kushagra Dixit Lucknow, Oct 10 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government is set to chop about 55,000 trees in critical…

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100% organic Sikkim shortlisted for FAO’s Future Policy Award

United Nations, Oct 10 (IANS) Sikkim's achievement in becoming the world's first totally organic agriculture state has gotten it a…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Hurricane Michael batters Cuba

Havana, Oct 9 (IANS) Hurricane Michael has battered west Cuba with strong winds and heavy rains as it whipped through…

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