Category: Environment

Thailand sanctuary records rise in tiger population

Bangkok, Feb 19 (IANS) A sanctuary in Thailand has become the only site in Southeast Asia where tigers are confirmed…

9 years ago

Humans damaged Madagascar’s forests 1,000 years ago

New York, Feb 19 (IANS) A widespread and permanent loss of forests in Madagascar that occurred 1,000 years ago was…

9 years ago

Kerala agri varsity develops hybrid seedless watermelon

Kochi, Feb 19 (IANS) Venturing into the modern agri-farming, state owned INKEL Limited has introduced a yellow seedless hybrid of…

9 years ago

Beijing, five other cities to jointly fight smog

Beijing, Feb 19 (IANS) China's national environmental authority has launched a new plan that targets Beijing, Tianjin and four neighbouring…

9 years ago

Asia’s largest desert reservoir to be expanded

Beijing, Feb 19 (IANS) The largest desert reservoir in Asia, Hongyashan, in China's Gansu province, will expand its storage by…

9 years ago

PETA wants bikers to shed leather jackets, bike accessories

Panaji, Feb 18 (IANS) Bikes are cool, leather riding jackets are not. That's the message PETA is trying to send…

9 years ago

Snake Eats Kangaroo in Australia

Sydney, Feb 17 (IANS) A 17-foot-long snake, believed to be an amethystine python, was seen at a caravan park in…

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38-Feet Dead Whale Washed Ashore on Odisha Coast

Bhubaneswar, Feb 16 (IANS) Another carcass of a whale - the fourth so far this month - was washed ashore…

9 years ago

Better Crop Water Management Could Reduce Hunger

London, Feb 16 (IANS) Improved agricultural water management could significantly boost agricultural production and reduce hunger while at the same…

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Captured Leopard Escapes from Bengaluru Zoo

Bengaluru, Feb 15 (IANS) A hunt is on for a leopard that escaped on Monday from the zoo where it…

9 years ago

Goa Minister Says Peacock Cannot Be Called Vermin

Panaji, Feb 15 (IANS) Goa Forest and Environment Minister Rajendra Arlekar on Monday said there was no possibility of the…

9 years ago

Drones Helping Scientists Collect High-Resolution Data

New York, Feb 13 (IANS) Earth and environmental scientists are relying on affordable advanced technological drones to conduct long-term high-resolution…

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‘Save Bisons, Peacocks, but Monkeys and Wild Boars Are a Menace’

Panaji, Feb 13 (IANS) Modern techniques should be used to keep peacocks and bisons away from farmland instead of culling…

9 years ago

More Natural Gas Discovered in Myanmar

Nay Pyi Taw, Feb 12 (IANS) More natural gas was discovered in the deep-sea offshore block AD-7 at Thalin (1)…

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Delhi Residents Say Odd-Even Scheme Fine, but Need Better Transport

New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Public sentiment on Thursday was by and large positive on re-implementation of the odd-even scheme…

9 years ago

Plea in HC Against Odd-Even Scheme

New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) As the AAP government announced bringing back of odd-even scheme in the national capital, a…

9 years ago

Odd-Even Plan Is Temporary, We’ve Long-Term Solution for Delhi’s Pollution: Prakash Javadekar

By Priyanka Paldev (Madhya Pradesh), Feb 11 (IANS) Delhi's experiment with odd-even car days was a "short-term solution" but the…

9 years ago

US Climate Change Ruling Raises Doubts in India, China: NYT

Washington, Feb 11 (IANS) The US Supreme Court's surprise decision to halt President Barack Obama's climate change regulation could imperil…

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Odd-Even Scheme to Return April 15-30: Kejriwal

New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The odd-even traffic scheme aimed at curbing pollution will be back in Delhi from April…

9 years ago

Delhi Favours Odd-Even Scheme: Survey

New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Some 78 percent of Delhiites want the Delhi government to reintroduce the odd-even scheme to…

9 years ago



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