State Of The Environment
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Amazon wildfires: Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro to skip summit on crisis
Brazilian government spokesperson Otavio Rego Barros said that Bolsonaro could not go because of a scheduled surgery.
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Uttarakhand: Gupta brothers fined Rs 2.5 lakh for leaving behind waste after sons’ weddings in Auli
The weddings of two scions of the South African business family in the hill town have raised concerns about ecological damage.
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Uttarakhand CM dismisses ecological concerns over NRI family’s lavish weddings in hill town
Trivendra Singh Rawat claimed the events would help promote the state as a wedding destination.
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Trending
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Virat Kohli uses an 'MRF bat'. Rohit Sharma uses a 'CEAT bat'. But whose bat do they really use?
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SC stays Bombay HC order that minor’s groping without ‘skin-to-skin contact’ is not sexual assault
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Caught on camera: How Deep Sidhu was chased away from the farmers’ protest at Red Fort in Delhi
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‘Please don’t follow me now’: Actor Rhea Chakraborty asks paparazzi when spotted in Mumbai
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‘Delhi is our capital too’: A blow-by-blow account of the farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day
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Air quality has improved after closure of Sterlite Copper plant, says Tamil Nadu government
Data submitted by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board showed reduced levels of sulphur dioxide.
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Report on environment ranks India among bottom five of 180 countries, warns of public health crisis
The Environmental Performance Index study said India had made ‘little progress’ to efforts to tackle air pollution as compared to China.
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Encroachers have taken up more than 670 sq km of forest area in Maharashtra: Hindustan Times
Agricultural practices, construction of religious structures and urbanisation near tier I and II cities were the main concerns, an official said.
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Video
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Watch: Time-lapse of the snowiest day in over five decades seen in Omaha, US
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Watch: Doctors suture head injury of farmer under mobile phone lights after tractor rally
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Watch: Meet Simba, the first lion cub born from artificial insemination in a Singapore wildlife park
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Watch: Massive deployment of forces outside the Red Fort in Delhi a day after tractor rally violence
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Watch: Rekha Bhardwaj, Yashraj Mukhate collaborate for a capella version of Bollywood song ‘Insaaf’
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Uttarakhand HC issues legal notice to river Ganga soon after it is declared a ‘living entity’
The High Court asked it and other respondents to explain why land on the riverbank was given to construct a garbage dump.
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Watch: Narendra Modi unveils controversial 112-foot Shiva statue at Isha Foundation
Dedicated to ‘Adiyogi’, a form of Shiva, the Jaggi Vasudev-led organisation scheduled the ceremony at 6 pm on Mahashivratri, amid protests.
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2016 will be the hottest year on record, says World Meteorological Organisation
The United Nations body said the global temperature had set a new high for the third year in a row at 1.2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
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The Reel
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Digital premiere of Tamil movie ‘Master’ on Amazon Prime Video
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Satyajit Ray at 100: Why Sharmila Tagore considers ‘Devi’ her best collaboration with the master
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Netflix acquires Chaitanya Tamhane’s ‘The Disciple’
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‘Love Scandal & Doctors’ trailer: In AltBalaji web series, drugs, crime and murder at a hospital
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‘Aelay’ trailer: Tamil drama about an ice candy seller stars Samuthirakani, Manikandan
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Bengaluru steel flyover: Will not proceed with construction, city authority tells High Court
The National Green Tribunal has stayed its construction for four weeks and asked for a report.
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Ozone hole over Antarctica is showing first signs of healing, finds new study
The gap was around 4 million sq km smaller in September 2015 than it was in 2000, scientists said.
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1,50,000 penguins die after massive iceberg makes them landlocked
The colony of 1,60,000 has reduced to only 10,000 as the penguins are forced to make a 60-km trip to find food.
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The Field
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Hockey: India concede two goals in final quarter to go down against World no 2 Argentina
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Pant, Ashwin among four Indians in contention for newly-introduced ICC player of the month award
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Sourav Ganguly complains of chest pain again, to be readmitted to hospital: Report
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Pause, rewind, play: When Djokovic won his first Major at 2008 Aus Open to foretell his dominance
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Being locked up for months in bio-bubbles is unsustainable, says Australia’s Aaron Finch