Category: Environment

Mitigating ozone pollution can enhance rice, wheat output: Study

By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) India can enhance its rice yields by 2.5 percent and wheat by 3.3…

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‘Nepal quake triggered 4,312 landslides’

By Vishal Gulati New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Almost a year after the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the Himalayan…

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Extreme heat waves in Africa could occur annually by 2045

London, May 16 (IANS) Heat waves classified as unusual today could within 30 years become a normal yearly occurrence in…

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Ancient Earth was oxygen-rich, reveals space dust

Melbourne, May 16 (IANS) Using space dust, researchers from Monash University here have made a surprising discovery about the chemistry…

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Drought in Telangana hits migratory birds

By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, May 16 (IANS) Fewer migratory birds have arrived here due to the severe drought in Telangana…

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Hot Monday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) It was a hot Monday morning in Delhi with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.4…

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Heat wave continues in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, May 15 (IANS) Heat wave conditions continued in Odisha on Sunday even as a low pressure has been formed…

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Hot Sunday in Delhi, Monday to be hotter

New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The national capital experienced another scorching day on Sunday with the maximum temperature settling at…

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Solution for forest encroachments soon: Javadekar

New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said…

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Hema Malini concerned over vanishing green cover

Mathura, May 15 (IANS) Actress and BJP MP Hema Malini on Sunday expressed concern at large scale disappearance of green…

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Mercury continues to rise in Himachal

Shimla, May 15 (IANS) The mercury continued to rise across the hills of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, with temperatures recorded…

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Monsoon slightly delayed in Kerala: IMD

New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday said the southwest monsoon may hit Kerala by…

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Three new Earth-like planets found, could sustain life

Brussels, May 15 (IANS) Michael Gillon and the team from the University of Liege started their research project five years…

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Nepal’s forest cover increases by over five percent

Kathmandu, May 15 (IANS) A Nepali government survey has said that forests today take 44.74 percent of the total 141,718…

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Sunny Sunday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) It was a sunny and warm morning on Sunday in the national capital with the…

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Heat wave warning again for Telangana, after respite

Hyderabad, May 14 (IANS) After a respite of a few days due to unseasonal rains, mercury has started rising again…

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Monsoon to hit Odisha coast by June 8

Bhubaneswar, May 14 (IANS) The south-west monsoon will hit the Odisha coast by June 8, the India Meteorological Department (IMD)…

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Himachal sees rising mercury

Shimla, May 14 (IANS) The hills of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday experienced warm weather with the state's Una town recording…

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Yamuna riverfront to be developed, but not on lines of Sabarmati: Delhi water minister

By Ashish Mishra New Delhi, New May 14 (IANS) Delhi will have its first riverfront on the Yamuna but it…

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NFR to test night vision cameras in Alipurduar elephant corridor

Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) To help drivers spot elephants and avoid accidents, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR)'s Alipurduar Division in…

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