Category: Environment

Sunny Morning in Delhi

New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) It was a sunny morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 14.5 degrees Celsius,…

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World’s biggest waste incineration plant planned in China

Beijing, March 15 (IANS) China's southern city of Shenzhen is planning to build three waste incineration power plants including the…

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TV actress Sangita Joshi unveils her wildlife photo exhibition

Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) Gujarati actor Sangita Joshi, who played Pannaben in the popular show "Preet Piyu Aney Pannaben", unveiled…

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Italian man, son shot dead in Zimbabwe wildlife park

Rome, March 14 (IANS/AKI) The Italian foreign ministry on Monday confirmed reports that two Italians from Padua -- Claudio Chiarelli…

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AoL begins cleaning up world culture fest venue

New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Over 100 volunteers on Monday started dismantling and cleaning the area on the Yamuna river…

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Plastic bottles safe for packing drugs, NGT told

New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) An expert committee on Monday said plastic bottles made of PET (poly ethylene terephthalate) material…

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Centre seeks report from hailstorm-hit states

New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The government has sought reports from states about damage to crops following heavy rainfall and…

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Kerala hamlet finds place on global sanitation map

By Sanu George Thiruvananthapuram, March 14 (IANS) Pulluvila, a sleepy hamlet located close to the airport here, has earned a…

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49 die in rain-triggered accidents in Pakistan

Islamabad, March 14 (IANS) At least 49 people were killed and 80 injured over the last four days in accidents…

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ZSI expanding DNA barcoding database

Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) is expanding its database of genetic sequences to enable precise…

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GIS-enabled complete list of Indian fauna soon: ZSI

Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) A simple click of a button will soon tell you which animals live where in India,…

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Rahul seeks relief for hailstorm-hit farmers

New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday asked the government to assess crop damage following hailstorms…

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Access damage to crops: Kejriwal to official

New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday directed Divisional Commissioner A. Anbarasu to estimate the…

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Dead whale washes ashore on Bali beach

Jakarta, March 14 (IANS) The carcass of a 16.2-metre-long sperm whale washed up on a beach in Indonesia's Bali island…

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February temperatures hit record high: NASA

New York, March 14 (IANS) Driven by strong El Nino event in the tropical Pacific Ocean and human-caused global warming,…

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AoL to set up bio-diversity park at Yamuna floodplain

New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Art of Living (AoL), headed by spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, on Monday,…

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Juvenile dusty eagle owl seized from smugglers in Agra

Agra, March 14 (IANS) Illegal trade in owls was exposed in Agra district of Uttar Pradesh when a nature photographer…

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3,000 tonnes of radioactive waste unreported in Japan

Tokyo, March 14 (IANS) A survey has found that at least 3,000 tonnes of un-designated radioactive waste from the 2011…

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Rain, hailstorm damage crops in Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow, March 14 (IANS) Rain lashed the eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh as well as the Allahabad district on Monday,…

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Jammu-Srinagar highway reopened to light vehicles

Jammu, March 14 (IANS) The strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway was on Monday reopened for light vehicular traffic after remaining closed…

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