Category: Environment

34 lakh beneficiaries under Ujjwala scheme in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, Oct 6 (IANS) Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said that more than 34 lakh poor women received…

6 years ago

7 die in Iran floods

Tehran, Oct 6 (IANS) Heavy rains in the northern and northwestern parts of Iran over the past two days claimed…

6 years ago

Assam CM calls for coordinated steps to save state’s famed wildlife

Guwahati, Oct 6 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday called for concerted measures to protect the state's rich…

6 years ago

Indonesia earthquake, tsunami toll reaches 1,649

Jakarta, Oct 6 (IANS) Indonesian authorities on Saturday raised the death toll in the devastating earthquake and an ensuing tsunami…

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Chemicals in sunscreen may cause birth defects, infertility

Hong Kong, Oct 6 (IANS) Scientists have detected chemicals in sunscreen that can cause birth defects and infertility. In the…

6 years ago

Deficit rainfall in northeastern India, crop production could fall

By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala/Guwahati, Oct 6 (IANS) Mountainous northeastern India experienced a 26 per cent deficit during the monsoon, causing…

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Indonesia quake, tsunami: Aid reaches remote areas

Jakarta, Oct 6 (IANS) Relief aid started arriving in the more remote areas of Sulawesi island in Indonesia following last…

6 years ago

Misty Saturday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) It was a misty morning in the national capital on Saturday with the minimum temperature…

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Uttarakhand receives fresh snowfall

Dehradun, Oct 6 (IANS) The hill state of Uttarakhand received fresh snowfall causing the temperature to fall a few notches,…

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MP rooftop solar tender fetches lowest tariff of Rs 1.38/unit

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) A Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (MPUVN) rooftop solar tender for central government buildings…

6 years ago

Community role key to sustained management of solid waste: Minister

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The key to sustain projects related to management of municipal solid waste is the behavioural…

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Ask states to act on pollution, Delhi minister tells Centre

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The Delhi government on Friday requested the Centre to direct neighbouring states -- Punjab, Haryana,…

6 years ago

‘Set up income commission of mountain farmers’

Solan, Oct 5 (IANS) Setting up of a farmers' income commission to ensure minimum respectable income to farmers, incentivising ecosystem…

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First joint India-China field research expedition for ecosystem conservation

Wolong (China), Oct 5 (IANS) In an era when joint military exercises in the oceans and mountains are norm, NGOs…

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Indonesia’s quake, tsunami reaches 1,571, search mission extended

Jakarta, Oct 5 (IANS) The death toll in Indonesia's powerful earthquake and an ensuing tsunami in Sulawesi Island jumped to…

6 years ago

India, Russia ink action plan to set up 6 more n-reactors in India

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) India and Russia on Friday signed a document for cooperation on a new nuclear power…

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Deadline approaches for finding Indonesia quake, tsunami survivors

Jakarta, Oct 5 (IANS) Rescue workers were searching for people under debris on Sulawesi island in Indonesia on Friday, the…

6 years ago

Jacqueline speaks up against animal testing at UN

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez took over 8 million petition signatures to the UN Headquarters in…

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Petrochemicals set to be largest driver of oil demand: IEA

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Petrochemicals are set to account for more than a third of the growth in world…

6 years ago

London, Shanghai may face flood-hit future: UK charity

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) As an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report next week is expected to call…

6 years ago



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