Category: Environment

Severe heat wave warning in coastal Odisha

Bhubaneswar, April 28 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday sounded a severe heat wave warning in coastal Odisha…

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Efforts on to revive dying Hindon river: Uma Bharti

New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) With dissolved oxygen levels as low as 0.4 milligram per litre, Hindon river, a tributary…

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Landfill fires affected air quality in Delhi: Gopal Rai

New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai on Thursday said that recent incidents of fires have contributed…

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Himachal continues to experience hot weather

Shimla, April 28 (IANS) The hills of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday continued to experience warm weather due to prevailing dry…

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Ghaziabad Development Board toys with commercial hub in river bed

Ghaziabad, April 28 (IANS) The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has sought government clearances for a commercial hub in the Hindon…

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Swachh Bharat mission fails March 2016 urban-trash targets

By Prachi Salve No more than 17.6 percent of urban solid-waste (garbage) was processed as of March 2016, against a…

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Endangered dholes spotted in China reserve

Beijing, April 28 (IANS) At least nine dholes, or Asiatic wild dogs, were caught on camera in a nature reserve…

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Cobra rescued from factory

Agra, April 28 (IANS) A six-foot-long cobra created panic when it was found perched in the office of a carpet…

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Simhasth Kumbh: Foreigners connect to Green-Clean movement

Ujjain, April 28 (IANS) The foreign nationals who came to participate in the ongoing Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Ujjain city…

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Southwest Japan records over 1,000 aftershocks

Tokyo, April 28 (IANS) Japan's southwestern region, jolted by two powerful tremors that killed 50 people earlier this month, has…

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Hominins were food for carnivores 500,000 years ago

London, April 28 (IANS) Tooth-marks on a 500,000-year-old hominin femur bone found in a Moroccan cave indicate that it was…

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Kerala wants to be declared drought hit

Thiruvananthapuram, April 28 (IANS) Kerala wants the central government to declare the state drought hit, it was announced on Thursday.…

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Thailand faces longest heatwave in 65 years

Bangkok, April 28 (IANS) Thai authorities have urged the public to stay indoors and drink more water to cope with…

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Male peacocks shake feathers to charm females

Toronto, April 28 (IANS) As male peacocks shake their long feathers in courtship, the iridescent eyespot remains nearly stationary and…

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Loss of ocean oxygen to become widespread by 2030s

New York, April 28 (IANS) There is bad news for marine life as a new study has found that loss…

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MPs follow odd-even scheme; more vehicles to ferry lawmakers

New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Even as Delhi Police said no parliamentarian was challaned for the violation of the odd-even…

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HC refuses to accept Delhi has no manual scavenger

New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Rapping government agencies for trying to block benefits intended for manual scavengers, the Delhi High…

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Rules will be changed to promote timber farming: Minister

New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The environment ministry will soon change rules to explore opportunities in timber farming, which as…

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Odd-even not a solution to Delhi pollution, says AIIMS doctor

New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The problem of air pollution cannot be tackled by the odd-even formula alone, but the…

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8 die of sunstroke as heat wave continues in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, April 27 (IANS) People in Odisha on Wednesday continued to reel under the blistering heat wave as 17 places…

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