Category: Environment

Hurricane Rosa lose steam, hits Mexican coast

Mexico City, Oct 3 (IANS) Hurricane Rosa has reduced to a tropical depression west of Mexico's Baja California peninsula but…

7 years ago

UN urges Africa to re-strategise programmes against deforestation

Nairobi, Oct 3 (IANS) The UN has called on African governments to re-strategise their programmes against deforestation and environmental degradation.…

7 years ago

Indian solar industry can attract $70-80 bn investment: Modi

New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) India wants to create a robust ecosystem for the manufacture of solar panels in the…

7 years ago

CBI registers PE in probe into tiger poaching incidents in Uttarakhand

New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) The CBI has registered a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) in its probe into alleged collusion of…

7 years ago

Raje opens much-awaited Dravyavati river project

Jaipur, Oct 2 (IANS) Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Tuesday inaugurated the city's 'Dravyavati River Rejuvenation Project' executed by Tata…

7 years ago

Nearly 20,000 take Swachhta pledge at Attari border

Attari (Punjab), Oct 2 (IANS) Nearly 20,000 people took the 'Swachhata Hi Sewa' pledge at the Retreat ceremony at Attari,…

7 years ago

Bengaluru celebrates Gandhi Jayanti with plog run

Bengaluru, Oct 2 (IANS) A host of events ranging from plog run, operation clean-up, spinning the charkha (wheel) and a…

7 years ago

Indonesia quake, tsunami toll reaches 1,347 as desperation mounts

Palu (Indonesia), Oct 2 (IANS) Indonesian authorities on Tuesday raised the death toll to 1,347 in the devastating 7.5-magnitude earthquake…

7 years ago

India will be ODF soon: Sulabh Founder

New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) India has so far achieved around 93 per cent of sanitation coverage and will be…

7 years ago

Government working to realise Bapu’s vision on sanitation: Sitharaman

New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the Narendra Modi government believed in Mahatma Gandhis…

7 years ago

Sustainable mountain development summit from Oct 3-5

Shimla, Oct 2 (IANS) Deliberations on ecological, social and economic drivers of change will mark the Sustainable Mountain Development Summit…

7 years ago

IAF embarks on relief mission to tsunami-hit Indonesia

New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday embarked on a humanitarian relief mission to help…

7 years ago

Google to donate $1 mn towards Indonesia quake relief

San Francisco, Oct 2 (IANS) Google will contribute $1 million (nearly Rs 7 crore) towards relief and restoration work in…

7 years ago

Modi stresses on 4Ps for cleaner world

New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that Swachh Bharat Mission has turned into the…

7 years ago

‘300m people in Asia-Pacific have no improved access to water’

Manila, Oct 2 (IANS) At least 300 million people in the Asia-Pacific region have no improved access to water, the…

7 years ago

Plastic ban comes into effect in six Odisha cities

Bhubaneswar, Oct 2 (IANS) The Odisha government enforced a ban on the use of plastic in six cities of the…

7 years ago

1,234 people dead in Indonesia quake, tsunami

Palu (Indonesia), Oct 2 (IANS) Indonesian authorities on Tuesday raised the death toll to 1,234 in the 7.5-magnitude earthquake and…

7 years ago

Sunny Tuesday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) It was a sunny Tuesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded…

7 years ago

6-magnitude quake strikes Indonesian island

Jakarta, Oct 2 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale rocked Sumba island of Indonesia on Tuesday, barely…

7 years ago

UN must support India’s climate leadership, development efforts: Guterres

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) The United Nations Secretyary-General said on Monday that the world body must fully support India's…

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