New Delhi, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Even as the Indian team that went to Namibia for initiating the process for bringing cheetahs to India has returned, it may still be months before the African wild cat…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) It is not just the road widening for Char Dham Yatra project that has earned flak for the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). In Telangana, a special committee of…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) As if pollution from plastic, industrial effluents, and sewage was not enough to damage the health of Indian rivers, a new study has found that they are now prone to…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan’s objections to the hydro-power projects Pakal Dul, Lower Kalnai and Kiru in Jammu and Kashmir are likely to figure in the agenda at the annual meeting of the Permanent…
Denver (US), Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Last summer, drought conditions and water shortages dominated headlines in America’s West, and 2022 has seen some half a dozen states ramping up to fight over the water they want…
Jakarta, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least four people were killed and more than 20 wounded as a revised 6.1 magnitude quake destroyed over 10,000 buildings and houses in Indonesia’s western province of West Sumatra on…
Sydney, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Scientists from Australia’s Queensland Museum have re-described a species of bright blue octocorals or “soft coral” found in the Australian state of Queensland. The finding published in the Zootaxa journal on…
Canberra, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) A high risk cyclone warning has been issued for Australia’s Northern Territory (NT). The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) on Thursday night upgraded the cyclone threat for Saturday and Sunday from “moderate”…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Green Tribunal has noted multiple failures of the authorities in taking action against environmental violations by a slaughter house at Ghazipur in the national capital. A NGT bench…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) With a target to remove up to 5,00,000 ocean-bound plastic bags in Goa and to take global action beyond ambition to restore ocean health, the ninth annual World Ocean Summit…
Jakarta, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least two persons were killed and dozens of others wounded as a 6.2-magnitude quake hit Indonesia’s western province of West Sumatra on Friday, an official said. Head of the Operation…
Sydney, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) As record rainfall sweeps across Australia’s eastern coast, flash flooding and severe thunderstorms have prompted severe warning after a third loss of life. In the early hours of Friday morning, police…
Chennai, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has dismissed a review petition filed by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco) against its order of slapping a fine…
Jakarta, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) A 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s western province of West Sumatra on Friday, but with no potential to trigger a tsunami. The quake jolted at 8.39 a.m. Jakarta time (0139 GMT), with…
By Nivedita Khandekar New Delhi, Feb 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amidst a raging debate over illegal Bt Brinjal and Bt Cotton, opinion is split amongst farmers’ groups even as the Centre has maintained that it is the…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The World Economic Forum (WEF) and the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on a jointly-designed ‘Sustainable Cities India Programme’,…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Green Tribunal has asked a three-member joint panel to verify the factual position, and take remedial action, on a plea alleging violations by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s…
Chennai, Feb 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tamil Nadu government has commenced work for the country’s first dugong conservation reserve in the Palk Bay region. Dugongs are endangered species that are protected under Schedule 1 of the…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Green Tribunal has directed District Magistrate, Baghpat, and the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board to act on a complaint regarding ongoing polluting leather treatment work in the district,…
Beijing, Feb 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) A study led by Chinese scientists showed that global warming has suppressed shrub growth in Greenland and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. A research group led by Liang Eryuan from the Institute of…