Category: Environment

Heat wave forces Jharkhand schools to close from Friday

Ranchi, April 27 (IANS) Summer vacations in Jharkhand schools for students of pre-nursery to class eight will begin from April…

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Interlinking rivers only solution to drought: Government

New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Acknowledging that several states were badly hit by drought, the central government on Wednesday said…

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Enough vehicles to ferry MPs during odd-even scheme

New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The Lok Sabha Secretariat on Wednesday said it had made sufficient arrangements to ply MPs…

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India bans import of dogs for commercial purposes

New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) India has banned the import of dogs for breeding or any other commercial activities, a…

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Mammootty takes lead to help those suffering from heat

Kochi, April 27 (IANS) Superstar Mammootty on Wednesday met Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy to seek support from the state…

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Minister orders keeping of water pots for thirsty birds

New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra on Wednesday directed all Delhi Jal Board (DJB) offices to…

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Dogs first domesticated in China

Beijing, April 27 (IANS) Dogs were first tamed in China, Chinese scientists claim, disputing research that domesticated dogs first evolved…

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Venezuela introduces two-day work week

Caracas, April 27 (IANS) Venezuelan has imposed a two-day work week for public sector workers as a temporary measure to…

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CO2 fertilisation greening Earth: Study

New York, April 27 (IANS) A quarter to half of Earth's vegetated land has shown significant greening over the last…

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Are worst doubts about future of climate change coming true?

By Rajendra Shende Rewinding fast backward reveals that when the Kyoto Protocol was opened for signature 18 years ago, on…

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Man commits suicide in Jharkhand due to water crisis

Ranchi, April 27 (IANS) A man committed suicide in Jharkhand's Giridih district as a result of severe water crisis in…

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Sunny morning in Delhi

New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) It was a sunny Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 22.2 degrees…

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Odd-even: Special bus service for MPs discontinued

New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The Delhi government on Tuesday decided to discontinue its special bus service for parliament members…

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Museum fire: Few rare specimens could be safe, say officials

New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) If officials of the National Museum of Natural History(NMNH) are to be believed, some of…

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Congress launches ‘pani yatra’ on water crisis in Gujarat

Ahmedabad, April 26 (IANS) The Gujarat Congress on Tuesday launched a three-day 'Pani Yatra' (march for water) across the state…

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Parliamentary panel slams railways for ignoring environmental problems

New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Parliament's key Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has lashed out at the railways for not according…

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CO2 levels behind ancient global climatic shift: Study

London, April 26 (IANS) Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration was the major driver behind the global climatic shifts that occurred…

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Manipur’s rain-hit await relief as government gathers reports

Imphal, April 26 (IANS) People affected by torrential rains in Manipur in the last 10 days are sore over the…

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Carbon storage in tropical forests linked to wildlife conservation

Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) Conserving wildlife can benefit carbon storage in tropical forests across the world and contribute to controlling…

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Study confirms existence of ancient Himalayan wolf in Nepal

Kathmandu, April 26 (IANS) Although the current distribution of the critically endangered Himalayan wolf has mostly been a matter of…

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