Category: Environment

Sachin, Laxman take up Telangana’s green challenge

Hyderabad, July 28 (IANS) Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar and V.V.S. Laxman on Saturday accepted the green challenge to plant saplings…

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Kejriwal holds meeting as Yamuna crosses danger mark

New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday held an emergency meeting with the Chief Secretary…

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Flowers offered at Ajmer dargah to be turned into compost

Jaipur, July 28 (IANS) Flowers offered at the dargah of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chishti in Ajmer city in Rajasthan…

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Odisha to issue RFP for Mahanadi riverine port

Bhubaneswar, July 28 (IANS) The Odisha government on Saturday decided to issue a Request for Proposal (RfP) for a port…

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2 killed, thousands flee as deadly wildfire devastates California

Washington, July 28 (IANS) A raging wildfire in California has killed two firefighters and prompted 38,000 evacuations, destroying scores of…

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Skygazers revel in ‘blood moon’, cloud hinders Delhi’s view

New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Tens of thousands of skywatchers across the country sat watching for the longest "blood moon"…

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Evacuation begins as Yamuna level rises in Delhi

New Delhi/Chandigarh, July 28 (IANS) The authorities in Delhi on Saturday began to evacuate hundreds of people living in the…

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Pune pilgrim killed, three washed away in Himachal flashflood

Shimla, July 28 (IANS) A woman pilgrim from Pune in Maharashtra was washed away and three other persons were reported…

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Clouds hinder Delhi’s view as skygrazers revel in ‘blood moon’

New Delhi/Bengaluru, July 28 (IANS) Tens of thousands of skywatchers across the country burned the midnight oil on Friday night…

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10 killed as bus falls into Maharashtra ravine

Raigad (Maharashtra), July 28 (IANS) At least 10 passengers were killed when a private bus carrying nearly three dozen university…

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Haryana’s Hathnikund barrage releases water, floods threaten Delhi

Chandigarh/New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) With heavy rains continuing in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, authorities in Haryana's Hathnikund barrage…

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Himachal roads closed due to heavy rains

Shimla, July 28 (IANS) With heavy rainfall continuing, most roads in Himachal Pradesh remained closed to traffic on Saturday, stranding…

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Yamuna crosses danger mark, evacuation begins

New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Water released from Haryana's Hathnikund added to the continued rains have led the Yamuna river…

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37 killed in UP rains in two days

Lucknow, July 28 (IANS) At least 37 people have been killed in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh in the past…

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Cloudy Saturday in Delhi

New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) It was a cloudy morning in the national capital on Saturday with the minimum temperature…

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Tweets could be reliable indicator of air quality during wildfires

Los Angeles, July 28 (IANS) A new study by scientists with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service suggests…

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Delhi achieves surplus rainfall following two days of showers

New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Following incessant showers over the past two days, the national capital has achieved surplus rainfall…

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After downpour and damage, GDA gets down to seal illegal buildings

Ghaziabad, July 27 (IANS) The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has woken up, finally! But not before collapese of houses killed…

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Farmland in UP’s Gautam Budh Nagar sinks after downpour

New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) More than 10 acres of agricultural land, on which paddy was sown, sank in Surajpur…

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36 cows found dead in Delhi, government orders probe

New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) As many as 36 cows were found dead in a cowshed here on Friday, police…

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