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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Bihar wants Rs 112 crore to tackle floods
At a time when the flood fury in Bihar is at its peak, the state government is looking towards the centre for succour. For the moment, the state government wants the centre to release Rs 112 crore
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20 more taluks drought-hit
Karnataka has declared 20 more taluks as drought-hit taking the number of taluks reeling under the natural calamity to 146 out of 176 of them in the state, the minister of revenue, Mr H C
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Tackle pollution, poverty, Governor urges scientists
Haryana Governor Babu Parmanand called upon environmentalists and scientists to develop techniques which would be useful in solving problems like pollution, unemployment and poverty. Delivering the
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Two week death toll was 11435
The heatwave that roasted France this summer killed 11435 people in the first two weeks of August alone, making it, in human terms one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history. The
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Erosion causing concern at Hatighuli
The erosion by the river Brahmaputra in thirty three villages of Hatighuli area under Doomdooma revenue circle, Assam, has affected eighteen thousand people last month. It is continuing till now,
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Tender minds to help in making Kanpur city clean and green
Adults are rigid while children are flexible and accomodating thus to further the cuase of clean environment one has to reach the members of society through the children for concrete results. St
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Compliance with WTO standards stressed
Under the World Trade Organization regime, only those countries will have access to global markets that comply with the international standards agreed upon by its member states. This was stated by
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Ecological body finds local silencer fit
A silencer manufactured by a rickshaw driver was declared environmentally-friendly by a committee constituted by the Punjab Environment Department (Pakistan). The department also directed all
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EU study warns of landfill law loophole
The environmental benefits of the 1999 EU landfill directive could be compromised by vaguely worded definitions of waste treatment in a directive on waste incineration adopted the following year,
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France promises aid for drought stricken farmers
The French Government has pledged approximately