State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Environment
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Sympathy for the environment at stones' UK shows
The Rolling Stones are the first band in the world to undertake an eco-friendly "carbon-neutral" tour. Nine scheduled dates on the U.K. leg of the Stones' Licks world tour have been made
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Wind, rain lash Texas as forecasters ease cautions
Rain and wind lashed Texas and Louisiana , but U.S. forecasters lifted storm warnings for Texans living along the Gulf of Mexico, saying the weather system that had been Tropical Storm Grace had
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Landslides kill 13 in China, 25,000 evacuated
At least 13 people have been killed and thousands evacuated in northwestern China after landslides and floods destroyed homes, the official Xinhua news agency said. Storms over the past week
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Effluent treatment plants to be set up in six industrial estates
The Pakistan government will establish six effluent treatment plants in six selected high priority industrial estates and clusters in the country with an estimated cost of $ 145 million, minister of
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Implementation of WTO rules linked with subsidies' withdrawal
Pakistan has linked implementation of WTO rules and regulations, for its industrial sector, with developed countries' withdrawal of subsidies and support to farming community, which Commerce Minister
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Floods-affected libraries to get help
National Library and Documentation Services Board (Sri Lanka) has taken steps to assist 26 libraries affected by the recent floods in Galle, Matara and Ratnapura. The decision has been taken to
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Taj corridor probe: CBI quizzes Maya
CBI officials questioned former UP Chief Minister Mayawati for nearly three hours at her Mall Avenue residence here and said there was enough evidence to show that she was aware of the controversial
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Earth temperature highest in past 2,000 years: Study
The earth is warmer now than it has been at any time in the past 2,000 years, the most comprehensive study of climatic history has revealed. Confirming the worst fears of environmental scientists,
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Kerala imposes, Tripura renews plastic ban
In a major eco-friendly step, a ban on plastic articles of upto 30 microns came into force in Kerala. Under the ban, the local administration and revenue authorities can take action against those
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Distress deaths
At least four suicides because of an endemic and enduring drought, and that too within the space of barely one week, have been reported from various parts of rural Karnataka. The usually unflappable