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April 27, 2024

South India Faces Severe Water Crisis as Reservoir Levels Drop to 17%

New Delhi: The southern region, encompassing states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, has significantly reduced water storage compared to historical averages at just 17 per cent of reservoir capacity,…

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April 18, 2024

Watch: Dubai Turns Green

New Delhi: Over the last few days, Dubai experienced an unprecedented weather event as heavy rain swept through the city. The deluge led to widespread disruption, affecting air travel and inundating streets throughout…

Environment

April 17, 2024

UAE’s Artificial Rain Linked to Dubai Weather Chaos

New Delhi: Dubai, known for its arid climate and blistering temperatures, was battered by torrential rain on Tuesday, triggering widespread flooding throughout the desert nation. The unforeseen downpour not only halted the bustling…

Amandeep Singh, (Right), along with another volunteer during the plantation drive in 2019 (photo: special arrangement)

Sikh group’s efforts bear fruit: J&K’s first Miyawaki forest lush and green in just a year

Srinagar: It started in Japan, is being increasingly adopted in other parts of the world, and has finally shown results in Jammu and Kashmir too. The Miyawaki method of afforestation can be…

July 19, 2020

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Waste dumped in Wular: NGT seeks action-taken report from Kashmir Govt

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has directed the authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district to submit an action-taken report on alleged dumping of municipal solid waste in Wular Lake around…

July 11, 2020

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Man-animal conflict: Kashmir Wildlife Dept sets-up accommodation for team at Nishat Conservation Reserve

Srinagar: Grappling with growing man-animal conflict, Wildlife Department, Kashmir, has set up an official accommodation for forest personnel at Brane-Nishat Conservation Reserve to increase their responsiveness. Wildlife Warden, Central, Altaf Hussain said…

July 10, 2020

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Watch: Kashmir’s iconic Panther House to charm visitors in new avatar

Srinagar: From an abandoned zoo to environmental awareness center, the iconic Panther House at Chasma Shahi is all set to charm the people in a new avatar. Department of Wildlife Protection has…

June 29, 2020

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‘Encroaching forest land’: CBI initiates probe against trust run by Lal Singh

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has initiated a preliminary enquiry (PE) against RB educational trust run by former Jammu and Kashmir minister Chaudhary Lal Singh relating to illegal encroachment…

June 26, 2020

Govt creates J&K Forests Dev Corp, company to take over erstwhile SFC

Srinagar: J&K government has created a company ‘Jammu and Kashmir Forest Development Corporation’ which will take over all the assets and liabilities of the erstwhile J&K State Forest Corporation which ceased to…

June 25, 2020

In a first, 14 majestic Hanguls caught on camera in South Kashmir’s Shikargah

Srinagar: Wildlife conservationists have a reason to rejoice as 14 majestic Hanguls have been sighted in the Shikargah area of Tral in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Wildlife Warden Shopian Intesar Suhail said the sightings on…

June 23, 2020

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Surgery to DNA bank: Kashmir all set to have first of its kind ‘wildlife hospital’

Srinagar: For the first time, Kashmir is set to have a state-of-the-art hospital for wild animals. Department of Wildlife is coming up with high-end Wildlife Health Care Centre at Dachigam National Park…

June 20, 2020

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Living with COVID: Beating tension with a dash of creativity

Srinagar: Amid COVID-19 gloom, Asmi discovered the joy of harvesting the fruits of her labour quite literally!Every day, the 34-year-old government teacher, hailing from the uptown area of Srinagar, spends an hour…

June 12, 2020

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Locusts can fly up to 150km in a day and a one-square-kilometre swarm can eat as much food as 35,000 people. (Photo sourced from internet)

Another locust attack in India in July, warns UN’s FAO

New Delhi: India might face another attack of crop-munching desert locusts in July, the Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO) has warned amid an ongoing outbreak that has prompted the…

June 6, 2020

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