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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Typhoon blasts isles south of Tokyo
Typhoon Koppu was moving north-northeastward off the coast of Honshu evening, gathering strength and generating strong winds on islands south of Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. At 6
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Childhood experiences key to protecting nature
Childhood experiences of nature hold the key to raising the public's environmental awareness, according to a top official at a public institution for environmental education in Germany. Heide
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Eight more villages flooded in Khulna
Eight more villages have been flooded in Batiaghata upazila (Bangladesh)recently due to the rise of water in the Kazibacha river. The flood waters washed away over 100 kutcha houses, 1000 ponds and
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Forgotten agenda from Doha
There is a new kind of conflict brewing between the new world and the old world before the Council for the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Council) on the issue of
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Landslides hit new areas in Uttarkashi
Landslides, continuing for the ninth consecutive day, have hit new areas in Uttarkashi's Garhwal town today, forcing the displaced population to hold special prayers and yagnas to ward off the
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Specialists' fear of N-E posting endangers environment
India's North-east may be described as the country's green lung for its rich forest and bio-diversity, but does the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) really care about it? This is not the
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Environment Ministry heeds Greenpeace warnings
Several hundred ships from across the world set sail for Alang in Gujarat for the last time, arriving here to be dismantled and recycled. For the first time, however, Union ministries of environment
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Haryana to spend Rs 102 cr on solid waste management
The Haryana Government would spend about Rs 102 crore to implement a solid waste management scheme in 26 towns of the state. The Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, who cleaned a part of the area
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Dussehra idols cause water body damage
If dushera offers you bliss of holiday, scope of family reunion and lightens your city, it too carries a potential environmental hazard which may severely affect your health. The trouble will begin
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Rohtang tunnel faces environmental row
Multi-crore Rohtang tunnel, whose foundation stone was laid by the Prime Minister earlier this year because of its immense strategic importance, is in the midst of an environmental controversy with