Chennai, Dec 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Vehicle movement on the Cuddalore-Puducherry-Chennai Highway, which had been halted for two days due to flooding, resumed on Wednesday. The flooding occurred after excessive water was released from the Thenpennai River,…
Mumbai, Dec 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) About 127 companies in India are committed to net-zero targets, according to a report. The report by ICRA ESG Ratings’ showed that about 7 per cent of these belong to high…
Srinagar, Dec 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Cold wave tightened its grip on Kashmir Valley as the minimum temperature dropped to minus 2 degrees Celsius in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar city on Wednesday. Director of the local Meteorological…
Los Angeles, Dec 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) More lake-effect snow continues to slam the Great Lakes areas in the United States with snow squalls, strong winds and winter storms. The significant lake-effect snow event, which began late…
Riyadh, Dec 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Saudi Arabia announced five environmental initiatives in a bid to enhance biodiversity across the kingdom, according to local media reports. The five new initiatives feature a $60 million investment to boost…
Hyderabad, Dec 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Parts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh were jolted by an earthquake of 5.3 magnitude on the Richter Scale on Wednesday morning. The tremors were felt in Hyderabad, Vijayawada and other parts…
Chennai, Dec 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) A holiday has been declared for schools and colleges on Wednesday in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram and three panchayat unions of the Cuddalore district due to heavy rainfall and flooding along the…
Bangkok, Dec 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The death toll from severe flooding in Thailand has risen to 25, with six provinces remaining inundated as water levels gradually receded, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported on…
Sydney, Dec 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Australia has recorded its hottest spring on record, with the national average temperature over two degrees Celsius higher than the long-term average. According to new data from the Bureau of Meteorology,…
Bhopal, Dec 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Holding banners, pamphlets and photographs in their hands, survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy on Tuesday held a protest march on the 40th anniversary of one the biggest chemical disasters. During…
Ulan Bator, Dec 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene has urged nations to strengthen collaboration in combating desertification, highlighting its increasingly severe impact on global communities, according to the Mongolian government’s press office. The…
New Delhi, Dec 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has summoned the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) Vice-Chaiman, the District Magistrate of West Delhi, and the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) Managing…
New Delhi, Dec 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) AAP Rajya Sabha MP, Raghav Chadha on Tuesday proposed a series of solutions to tackle stubble burning and the resulting air pollution, which he stressed is not just a Delhi…
Chennai, Dec 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has issued a yellow alert for 15 districts of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, predicting heavy rain of up to 11 cm in interior and Western Ghat…
New York, Dec 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Parts of the Great Lakes region in the United States saw new snow and faced the prospect of even more this week after American travellers battled harsh weather to get…
New Delhi, Dec 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The national capital continued to suffer from toxic air, with the average Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi recorded as ‘poor’ on Tuesday. According to the Central Pollution Control Board…
Riyadh, Dec 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) At the 16th Conference of the Parties (CoP16) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender…
Islamabad, Dec 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will pay an official visit to Saudi Arabia on December 3-4 to attend the One Water Summit, the Foreign Ministry said. The summit, a joint initiative…
Riyadh, Dec 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) opened here, calling for global efforts to restore land and boost drought resilience. Running until…
New Delhi, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited (CFCL) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) on Monday signed an agreement for research, to establish the “CFCL-TERI Centre of Excellence for Advanced and…