1. Environment & Weather

Environment & Weather

Environment

Environmental activists begin 4-day protest in UK

Aug 29, 2020 London:  Environmental activists from the Extinction Rebellion group have kicked-off four days of protests across the UK, urging the country’s lawmakers to back a climate emergency bill. In a document outlining the…

Environment/Wildlife

Wild bee larvae, a food delicacy, is disappearing from Tangkhul kitchen as forests go on depleting

Aug 27, 2020 Ukhrul(Manipur) The Tangkhul community has a traditional practice of rearing wild bees (apiculture) both for honey collection and for consuming the bee larvae since time immemorial. Wild bee larvae, which is considered…

Environment/Wildlife

Coordination among B’ Desh, Myanmar, India Nepal must for saving dolphins

25 Aug 2020 New Delhi: Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanamar and Indian have decide to coordinate their efforts for conservation of river Dolphins, a unique species found mainly in rivers of Asia and South America, which are…

Gujarat HC moved to know ‘real reason’ for Gir lion deaths

Aug 22, 2020 Gandhinagar:  A PIL has been filed in Gujarat High Court, seeking direction to the state government not to suppress the “real cause” of death of lions in Sasan Gir, the only abode…

Environment & Agriculture

Farmers get smart with smart phones to save crops

By Nitin Jugran Bahuguna Aug 21, 2020 Vadodra(Gujarat): Vagaries of weather and pest attacks are a vexing and recurring problem for farmers engaged in cotton cultivation. Like many cotton farmers, Nilesh Patel, 39, of Kurali…

Environment/Agriculutre

By Ranjit Devraj Aug 20, 2020 New Delhi: Raising livestock can significantly help Nepali farmers avoid burning crop residues — a practice known to generate atmospheric pollutants that increase warming, and severely impact health, says…

Environment/Weather

US Death Valley records highest temperature since 1913

Aug 17, 2020 Los Angeles:  Temperature in the Death Valley, located in Eastern California, reached 54.4 degrees Celsius, a record high in the country since 1913, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). “Death Valley,…

Environment/Energy

India’s wind, solar generation share spikes in 5 years

Aug 13, 2020 New Delhi: India’s wind and solar share rose from three per cent of the total generation in 2015 to 10 per cent in the first half of 2020 and at the same…

By G S Radhakrishna

Human intervention in God’s own country killing people

By G S Radhakrishna Aug 11, 2020 Bangalore: Gods own country-Kerala- may soon lose its tag, what with the havoc caused by human interference causing landslides, killing countless people over years. The havoc and destruction…

Environment/Wildlife

77 new butterflies found in Matheran hills; survey after 125 years

Aug10, 2020 Mumbai: After a span of over a century, lepidopterists from Mumbai tracked down 77 new butterflies while carrying out a survey in the hill township of Matheran in Maharashtra. The last survey of…

WP2Social Auto Publish Powered By : XYZScripts.com