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Environment/Wildlife

Battle on to save world’s rarest mammal from extinction

June 5, 2020 New Delhi: With only ten Vequitas estimated to be alive today there is a global effort to save them.The battle to save Vequita Phocoena sinus, world’s rarest marine mammal, continues even through…

Environment

BluSmart completes 1.75 lakh zero-emission trips in Delhi-NCR

June 5, 2020 New Delhi:  The electric ride-hailing platform BluSmart on Friday said that it has completed 4.75 million clean pollution-free kms by making 1,75,000 zero-emission trips in Delhi-NCR. BluSmart has saved 325 tonnes of…

Cabinet clears ordinances for agriculture market reforms

June 3, 2020 New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval to three landmark decisions for helping farmers and transforming the agriculture sector, which include amendment to the Essential Commodities Act, Farming Produce…

Environment

UP to have 800-km Herbal belt

May 29, 2020 Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh will develop 800 km roads as Herbal belt with medicinal and herbal trees along both sides of the road. Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Maurya,…

Environment

Global warming reaches ocean depths, threatens deep-sea life

May 27,2020 Sydney:  Even though the deeper layers of the ocean are warming at a slower pace than the surface, animals living in the deep ocean are more exposed to climate warming and will face…

Cyclone Amphan hits Bengal; high-speed winds in Kolkata

May 20, 2020 Kolkata: Severe cyclonic storm Amphan made a landfall in West Bengal on Wednesday afternoon, with Kolkata and its nearby areas witnessing high-speed winds exceeding 100 kmph accompanied by heavy rains. The cyclone…

Cyclone Amphan is second disaster amid COVID fight: NDRF

May 19, 2020 New Delhi: The National Disaster Response Force on Tuesday said as many as 41 teams are pre-positioned to carry out evacuation and awareness in both Odisha and West Bengal which are likely…

Environment & Agriculture

Activists want no extension of clearance to Himachal hydro project

May 15, 2020 Shimla: Close to 1,000 representatives of environmental action groups, locals and academics have asked the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change not to grant extension of clearance to the state-run Kashang…

Environment & Agriculture

Telangana farmers can now grow only what the govt wants

May 13, 2020 Hyderabad: Buoyed by the expansion of irrigation coverage and a bumper paddy crop this season, Telangana has decided to go for a new agriculture policy under which farmers will have to grow…

Environment

Increasing green spaces in cities may prevent premature deaths

May 4, 2020 New York: Researchers now claim that planting trees and making urban environments greener can prevent many premature deaths every year. The study, published in the journal The Lancet Planetary, analysed the impact…

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