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Aus faces risk of flooding, cyclones under La Nina

Oct 12, 2020 Canberra: Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology on Monday released a severe weather outlook for October 2020 to April 2021, showing an increased risk of flooding and tropical cyclones under the influence of the…

Environment

Delhi’s air quality dips further

Oct 10, 2020 New Delhi: The air quality index of the national capital plummeted to 221 and stood in the poor category on Saturday, a day after improving a notch, with West Delhi recording the…

Agriculture

‘Green Gold’ of north-east India can become economic game-changer

Oct 8, 2020 New Delhi: Bamboo, the ‘green gold’ of North-East India, and an inseparable part of tribal life has been put to various uses by the innovative people of the region. And till date,…

Environment

NGT pulls up NHAI for dumping muck in J-K’s Chenab River

Oct 1, 2020 New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has pulled up the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and its contactors for dumping muck in Chenab River in the course of four laning of…

Will not allow any damage to eco-sensitive zone via mining: SC

Sep 30, 2020 New Delhi: Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde on Wednesday said the Supreme Court will not allow any damage to the eco-sensitive zone and if an area falls in an eco-sensitive zone,…

Bureaucrats ignored 15,000 suggestions says farmers’ body affiliated to RSS

By Navneet Misra Sep 28, 2020 New Delhi:  When the draft of three important bills related to farmers in the country was being prepared, the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), affiliated with the RSS, passed a…

Agriculture

ICFA head MJ Khan urges Centre to hold dialogue with farmers on new farm laws

Sep 27, 2020 New Delhi: Chairman of Indian Chamber of Food and Agriculture(ICFA) Dr MJ Khan on Sunday urged the Centre to hold dialogue with farmers to allay their fears about the new agrcultural reform…

Environment

EU adopts new rules for state aid to reduce CO2 emissions

Sep 22, 2020 Brussels:  The European Commission has unveiled new guidelines enabling state aid to prevent polluting industries from moving to non-EU countries where the climate standards are lower. The new guidelines were adopted on…

Govt approves MSP hikes for 6 rabi crops

Sep 21, 2020 New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday approved the hike in the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for all mandated six Rabi crops…

Environment

A ‘Chipko’ agitation by women in Telengana village to save their forest

By G S Radha Krishna Sep 19, 2020 Hyderabad: It was a black Wednesday for the women of Gunjoti village of Telengana’s Sangareddy district. It was also a replay of Chipko agitation, though on a…

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