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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Seven days after, banned poly bags doing the rounds in Himachal Pradesh
Seven days after the Himachal Pradesh government banned the use of virgin polythene carry bags of other than specified size and thickness, these continue to do the rounds with both shopkeepers and
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Kolaghat rapped over waste disposal
The officials of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board criticised Kolaghat Thermal Power Station engineers for not taking adequate relief measures in the three villages adjacent to the KTPS in
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Hussainsagar turns into an ocean of pollutants
Last year, Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and others had talked about banning the idol immersions in the Hussainsagar from 2003. But there seems to be no let up or hindrance for
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HC authorities to restrict use of loudspeakers
Bombay High Court has directed the Centre, Maharashtra Government and police to disallow use of loud speakers in the city if they did not conform to noise levels laid down in a recent government
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MPs asked to help developing countries against WTO
The People's Rights Movement (PRM) held a protest demonstration outside the Parliament House to express solidarity with the thousands of protestors in Cancun, Mexico, who have successfully derailed
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Immersion's fine but what about pollution: Expert
The Mumbai city is constantly endangered by the threat of a growing environmental imbalance and the prevalent practice of immersing Ganesh idols in water is only adding to the city's already severe
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Big river zinc to meet with EPA on air violations
Big River Zinc, a U.S. unit of Korea Zinc Co. 10130.KS , said it will meet with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to discuss its recent citations for clean-air violations and allegedly
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Pawar's Baramati epicentre for Shinde's political cloud seeding!
As the Congress-NCP led Democratic Front government is struggling to bring rains to scarcity hit regions of seven districts of the Maharashtra state through "Cloud Seeding" experiments, research in
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New 'wetland lodge' for Sigiriya
Work on the Rs. 200 million
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New program for garbage disposal in Colombo suburb
A public interest litigation filed by Public Interest Law Foundation against some Municipal Councils in the Court of Appeal complaining that they did not have proper proposals for disposal of