Category: Environment

165 dead from diseases in Pakistan’s Sindh

Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) The toll in an outbreak of water-borne and food shortage diseases has reached 165 in a…

9 years ago

New wave equation developed for faster tsunami detection

New York, March 1 (IANS) Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have identified a new and more reliable source…

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Activist launches Israel’s first fruit bat shelter

Tel Aviv, March 1 (IANS) An animal rights activist in Israel has launched the nation's first fruit bat shelter out…

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NGT to hold day-to-day hearing on Art of Living event

New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday adjourned till Wednesday the hearing on a plea…

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Japan to stipulate 80 percent emission cut goal by 2050

Tokyo, March 1 (IANS) The Japanese government will stipulate a long-term goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent…

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China’s panda pair to leave for South Korea

Beijing, March 1 (IANS) A pair of giant pandas will leave China for their new home in South Korea on…

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Hazy morning in Delhi

New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) It was a hazy morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 15.1 degrees Celsius,…

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Gurgaon faces water shortage

Gurgaon, Feb 29 (IANS) The residents of Gurgaon have been facing a water crisis for last few days, first due…

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Extreme weather kills at least six in Italy

Rome, Feb 29 (IANS/AKI) A woman died in northwest Italy when a slab of ice and rocks than fell from…

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Two schemes for rain-fed areas launched: Jaitley

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The government on Monday said it has launched two important schemes to increase crop yield…

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Old trees found in China

Beijing, Feb 29 (IANS) Ten trees believed to be over 100 years old were found on a demolition site in…

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No hard copies of budget, government goes the green way

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Going the green way, the central government decided not to hand out hard copies of…

9 years ago

Sea levels rise behind high climatic damage costs: Study

London, Feb 29 (IANS) With the rise in sea levels, costs of climatic damages like floods are also increasing constantly…

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Government allocates Rs.9,000 crore for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The central government on Monday announced allocation of Rs.9,000 crore for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan…

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Driest place on Earth gives clue to life on Mars

Washington, Feb 29 (IANS) A Mars-like laboratory in the “driest place on Earth” is helping NASA scientists study the limits…

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Partly cloudy morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy morning here with the minimum temperature settling at 18 degrees…

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Eruption warning issued for volcano in Japan

Tokyo, Feb 28 (IANS) Japan's weather agency on Sunday issued an alert for the possible eruption of a volcano in…

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Chile completes reconstruction 6 years after quake

Santiago, Feb 28 (IANS) Six years after a devastating earthquake shook Chile on February 27, 2010 and claimed over 500…

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Groundwater depletion linked to Nepal earthquake?

By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) Extensive groundwater extraction in the Indo-Gangetic Plain over the last five decades has…

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Partly cloudy morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature settling…

9 years ago



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