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Mumbai gears up for first giant eco-friendly Ganpati idol

BY QUAID NAJMI Aug 29, 2019 Mumbai: For the first time in the 126-year history of sarvajanik (public) Ganeshotsav celebrations, a prominent association will unveil gigantic ‘eco-friendly’ idol of Lord Ganesha, here next week. The…

Brazil rejects G7 aid to tackle Amazon wildfires

Aug 27, 2019 Brasilia (Brazil): Brazil government on Monday rejected the aid by G7 members to fight wildfires in the Amazon and asked French President Emmanuel Macron to focus on “France and its colonies”. This…

Flood alert for Pak rivers after India releases water

Aug 19, 2019 Islamabad: Authorities in Pakistan’s Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces have issued flood alerts after India released water into river Sutlej and the Alchi dam “without preschedule”, the media reported. The Provincial Disaster…

Environment

Newly discovered lake in Nepal may be the world’s highest

Aug 11, 2019 Lamjung: Newly discovered Kajin Sara lake in Manang district of Nepal is all set to become the world’s highest lake replacing Tilicho lake (also in Manang), which currently holds the title. The…

Environment&Agriculture

Pesticides overkill in Punjab killing farm-friendly insects

By Arjun Sharma Amritsar, Aug 10 (IANS/ 101Reporters) Amrik Singh, 46, a Bathinda-based farmer, was in despair after the entire cotton crop on his three-acre land was destroyed by whitefly in 2017. He then decided…

Environment&Agriculture

Global food crisis coming if climate change not checked: UN Report

Aug 8, 2019 New Delhi: A global food crisis is in the making if climate change is left unchecked, according to a report released Thursday by a United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC). Rise…

Environment&Agriculture

Sahjan’ saplings in demand for UP plantation drive

Aug 9, 2019 Lucknow: As the Uttar Pradesh government embarks on a mission to plant 22 crore saplings in a single day on Friday, a huge demand has been witnessed for the ‘sahjan’ saplings. Sahjan…

Environment/Energy

Taller towers planned for less windy states to produce wind energy

Ambassador of Brazil Andre Aranha Correa do Lago, Ambassador of Norway Nils Rangnar Kamsvag, Danish envoy Peter Taksoe-Jensen and Chair, CII Renewable Energy Council Sumant Sinha at the CII Wind Energy Conclave in New Delhi…

Environment

Extreme heat waves in Europe were caused by human-induced climate change

Aug 3, 2019 London: The extreme heat waves that enveloped parts of Western Europe last month were made much more likely and intense by human-induced climate change, a study has found. A recent report from…

Environment/Wildlife

Tiger population growth ‘good sign’ for meeting UN goals

Arul Louis July 31, 2019 United Nations:  The doubling of India’s tiger population between 2006 and 2019 is being welcomed as a “good sign” by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, according to his Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq.…

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