Category: Environment

Partly cloudy Tuesday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy morning in the national capital on Tuesday with the minimum…

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Lava bomb hits Hawaii tour boat, 23 injured

Honolulu, July 17 (IANS) At least 23 people were injured when a lava bomb hit a tour boat in Hawaii,…

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Delhi gets rainfall in patches on Monday, similar condition this week

New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Though monsoon clouds covered the national capital's sky on Monday, rain was only seen in…

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Action on ‘war footing’ for conserving Taj Mahal: Government

New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) After being rapped by the Supreme Court over the condition of the Taj Mahal, the…

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SC seeks experts, environmentalists’ report on reducing garbage at landfill sites

New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday sought a report of experts and environmentalist on reducing the…

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People are more important than industries, SC tells Centre

New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday, while taking into note of a report that 60,000 people…

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5 killed, thousands in hospital as heat wave hits Japan

Tokyo, July 16 (IANS) Five people died and over 2,000 people were taken to hospitals due to heat exhaustion or…

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Odisha CM urges Centre to tackle waterlogging at temple

Bhubaneswar, July 16 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday requested Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma to take immediate…

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HC takes suo moto cognisance on waterlogging in Delhi

New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday took suo moto cognisance of the water logging problem…

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Maximum temperatures dip in Haryana, Punjab after rain

Chandigarh, July 16 (IANS) Even though humid conditions prevailed over the region, the maximum temperatures dipped at most places acrossAHaryana…

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Heavy rains batter Maharashtra hill stations

Mumbai, July 16 (IANS) After Mumbai and coastal districts, some of the most popular hill stations of Maharashtra were battered…

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Indonesia villagers slaughter 292 crocodiles

West Papua (Indonesia), July 16 (IANS) Hundreds of crocodiles in Indonesia were slaughtered in a retaliatory attack by locals after…

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Essel plant to generate power from waste in Maharashtra

Nagpur, July 16 (IANS) Essel Infraprojects Ltd (EIL) will construct Maharashtra's first Waste to Energy (WtE) plant with a capacity…

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Pakistan’s agriculture faces major blow due to water scarcity

Islamabad, July 16 (IANS) Pakistan's agriculture is facing a major blow due to an ongoing water crisis in the country.…

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Ticks are more likely to attack blood group A: Study

London, July 16 (IANS) People with type A blood could be more at risk of being bitten by a tick,…

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How we went wrong in understanding ecology – and what to do (Book Review)

By Vikas Datta Title: Being Ecological; Author: Timothy Morton; Publisher: Pelican/Penguin Random House UK; Pages: 240; Price: Rs 399 Global…

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The Indian Monsoon is a two-faced Janus: Both clean and dirty

By Bhanu Sridharan Chennai, July 16 (IANS/Mongabay) Every year during the dry season between December and March, a dirty haze…

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Cloudy morning in Delhi, rains likely

New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The national capital witnessed a cloudy and humid morning on Monday with the minimum temperature…

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Heavy rains in Kerala disrupts normal life

Thiruvananthapuram, July 16 (IANS) Heavy rains pounded Kerala on Monday disrupting normal life with more rainfall predicted till Wednesday, weather…

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Plastic bags consumption reduces by 80% in Israel

Tel Aviv, July 16 (IANS) Israeli consumption of plastic bags decreased by 80 per cent in 2017 than the year…

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