Category: Environment

Jammu-Srinagar highway closed due to landslides

Jammu, Aug 25 (IANS) The strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway was closed for traffic on Saturday due to landslides, police said. The…

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Karnataka seeks Rs 2,000 cr aid from Centre for flood victims

Bengaluru, Aug 25 (IANS) Karnataka on Friday sought Rs 2,000 crore interim relief from the central government for relief and…

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Ganga more polluted under Modi: Congress

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The Congress on Friday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "betraying the people of Varanasi"…

6 years ago

Delhi government clears projects to improve waste-water services

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Delhi government on Friday approved a number of key projects to improve the water and…

6 years ago

Delhi government built 22,000 community toilets since 2015

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The Delhi government on Friday said it has built 22,000 community toilets in the national…

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Mullaperiyar dam water level to be kept at 139.99 ft till August 31, SC told

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Keeping in view the unprecedented floods in Kerala, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed with…

6 years ago

First Humboldt penguin chick born in India dies in Mumbai zoo

Mumbai, Aug 24 (IANS) The first-ever Humboldt penguin, born in Mumbai zoo last week, died here two days ago, an…

6 years ago

Rs 990-cr loss due to rains in Himachal, 35 lives lost

Shimla, Aug 24 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Friday said that the state had suffered a…

6 years ago

How did bird-like meat-eating dinosaurs lost their fingers?

Johannesburg, Aug 24 (IANS) An international team of paleontologists have found how a meat-eating species of dinosaurs, that share many…

6 years ago

5.5-magnitude quake hits Andaman Islands

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit Andaman Islands on Friday, said the…

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Army to build two bridges to facilitate pilgrims’ return to Sabarimala

Sabarimala (Kerala), Aug 24 (IANS) The Indian Army is set to build two bailey bridges near the Sabarimala temple to…

6 years ago

Onam festivities washed away by Kerala floods

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 24 (IANS) With the state government cancelling the Onam celebrations, it is unlikely that Kerala households within the…

6 years ago

Footprints of the elusive Yeti unravelled, discussed at Bhutan Lit Fest

By Saket Suman Thimphu, Aug 24 (IANS) The mystery surrounding the Himalayan Yeti attracts scores of explorers ever year to…

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Kerala giving wrong information on Mullaperiyar: Palaniswami

Chennai, Aug 24 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Friday said Kerala government was giving "wrong information" about…

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Shimla’s Chadwick falls may regain its glory soon

By Vishal Gulati Shimla, Aug 24 (IANS) The iconic Chadwick falls in the 'Queen of Hills', a tourist hotspot in…

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Sitharaman visits flood-hit Kodagu, promises Army help

Kodagu (Karnataka), Aug 24 (IANS) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday visited the flood-hit Kodagu district and assured the people…

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‘Climate change can trigger more devastating floods in India’

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) With more than a million people displaced by flooding in Kerala, Britain-based charity Christian Aid…

6 years ago

Dharamsala gets highest precipitation in 60 years

Shimla, Aug 24 (IANS) For the first time in over 60 years, Dharamsala, the abode of Tibetan spiritual leader the…

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NASA launching laser satellite to study Earth’s changing ice

Washington, Aug 24 (IANS) NASA is launching a laser-armed satellite next month that will measure -- in unprecedented detail --…

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Cloudy Friday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) It was a cloudy morning in the national capital on Friday and the minimum temperature…

6 years ago



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