Category: Environment

Warm Thursday morning in Delhi, heat waves expected

New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) It was a warm Thursday morning with minimum temperature recorded at 28.6 degrees Celsius, which…

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UN chief appoints new climate chief

United Nations, May 19 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Patricia Espinosa Cantellano of Mexico as executive secretary of…

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‘Earth sees 12th consecutive record warm month in April’

Washington, May 19 (IANS) April 2016 was the 12th consecutive month a monthly global temperature record has been broken, the…

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Rainy evening cools Bengaluru

Bengaluru, May 18 (IANS) After three cool sunless days, the heavens opened over Bengaluru on Wednesday evening with 28.4 mm…

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Rains lash Andhra, Orange Alert in Delhi

New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Two people were killed in lightening strike in Tripura on Wednesday as heavy rains lashed…

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Chinese aid for Maharashtra’s drought-hit Solapur

Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) The Chinese government has extended financial help of Rs.30 lakh to tackle acute drought in Solapur,…

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Severe heatwave paralyses life in Rajasthan

Jaipur, May 18 (IANS) Heatwave conditions continued to prevail in the desert state of Rajasthan with the mercury touching 49.1…

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Blazing sun sends people scurrying for cover

New Delhi/Noida, May 18 (IANS) Traffic dwindled on roads and people scurried for the shade as a fiery sun beat…

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Four die as Gujarat sizzles at 47 degrees Celsius

Ahmedabad, May 18 (IANS) At least four people died due to severe heat wave conditions across Gujarat on Wednesday as…

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Amid heat wave in Haryana, Punjab; Hisar sizzles at 46.8 degrees

Chandigarh, May 18 (IANS) Heat wave conditions intensified in Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday with most places in both the…

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Number of tigers estimated at 40 in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, May 18 (IANS) The number of tigers in Odisha has been estimated at 40, said a report on Wednesday.…

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‘Orange Alert’ as temperature shoots to 47 degrees in NCR areas

New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) As the mercury touched a scorching 47 degrees Celsius in Noida and Palam and other…

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Thundershowers to hit Odisha by Thursday afternoon

Bhubaneswar, May 18 (IANS) Odisha is likely to experience thundershowers due to a deep depression over Bay of Bengal by…

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Protected species of snake, scorpion recovered from poacher

New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) In yet another successful crackdown on illegal trade in wildlife species in the national capital,…

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Orange Alert in Delhi as mercury touches 47 degrees

New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The mercury touched a scorching 47 degrees Celsius in some part of the National Capital…

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Thundershowers to hit Bengal this week

Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Thundersqualls are likely to hit Gangetic West Bengal over the next two days owing to the…

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Centre read to give CNG for tourist vehicles, SC told

New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The central government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it was ready to supply…

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Prepare weekly action plans on drought, minister tells states

New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Under attack for the alleged absence of an effective drought management plan at the national…

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Heavy rains lash Andhra

Vijayawada, May 18 (IANS) Heavy rains lashed parts of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday as the depression over Bay of Bengal…

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Mercury crosses 40 degrees in Himachal hills

Shimla, May 18 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh continued to experience hot weather on Wednesday with the day temperature crossing the 40…

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