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Homeless flock to shelter homes as Delhi shivers

New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): As the biting cold persists in the national capital, homeless people have been flocking to night shelters to save themselves from the chilly weather.

2019-12-20T03:47:59.928861+00:00 IST

Environment

Cold wave conditions to prevail in Punjab, Haryana and Uttrakhand for next 24 hrs: IMD

New Delhi [India], Dec 19 (ANI): Cold day conditions at isolated pockets are likely to continue over Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, West Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during the next 24 hours, predicted India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday.

2019-12-19T07:46:22.875441+00:00 IST

Environment

Delhi: Despite shelter homes, homeless spend nights out in cold

New Delhi [India], Dec 19 (ANI): Despite the availability of night shelter homes, many homeless prefer to sleep on footpaths in the biting cold citing that the accommodation provided by the government lacks basic facilities and have unhygienic conditions.

2019-12-19T03:45:35.578001+00:00 IST

Environment

Delhi cold wave: Homeless people flock to night shelters

New Delhi [India], Dec 18 (ANI): As temperatures dipped in the national capital, the homeless turned towards night shelters to survive the chilly winter.

2019-12-18T03:40:21.754127+00:00 IST

Environment

TN village churns out colourful clay, paper mache dolls ahead of Christmas

Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Ahead of Christmas, artisans in Vilacheri are bringing out clay and paper mache dolls, infusing them with colour.

2019-12-17T09:40:47.526000+00:00 IST

Environment

Delhi's air quality improves to 'moderate' category

New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI): The air quality of the national capital improved significantly from the "poor" to the "moderate" category on Tuesday.

2019-12-17T04:33:43.678116+00:00 IST

Environment

Dense fog to prevail in Punjab, Bihar, parts of Northeast during next 24 hours: IMD

New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Dense fog is likely to prevail over Punjab, Bihar and parts of Northeast during the next 24 hours according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

2019-12-17T03:29:41.752750+00:00 IST

Environment

IMD predicts dense fog in Punjab, West Rajasthan

New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): There will be dense fog over Punjab and West Rajasthan on December 17 according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).

2019-12-16T04:49:15.977452+00:00 IST

Environment

Delhi-NCR air quality cripples down to 'poor' from 'moderate'

New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): After a brief improvement in the air quality of the national capital, the Air Quality Index (AQI) crippled down to 'poor' category from 'moderate' on Monday.

2019-12-16T04:43:11.145544+00:00 IST

Environment

Fossils indicate of global warming on Earth even before dinosaur's extinction

Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 15 (ANI): Evidence collected from the Antarctic seashells by researchers have revealed the earth was stressed and unstable even before the asteroid impact that led to wiping out of dinosaurs on the planet.

2019-12-15T17:22:24.132314+00:00 IST

Environment

Kullu's Malana village receives snowfall, life comes to standstill

Kullu (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Dec 15 (ANI): The normal life of the people residing in Malana village in Kullu came to a standstill after the region received knee-deep snow on Sunday.

2019-12-15T11:35:52.013754+00:00 IST

Environment

Cold wave forecast in J-K, Himachal Pradesh

New Delhi [India], Dec 15 (ANI): Cold Wave conditions are very likely to prevail in isolated pockets over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand predicted India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday.

2019-12-15T06:17:41.962738+00:00 IST

Environment

Karnataka man builds mini forest in just an acre

Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], Dec 14 (ANI): Nowadays, finding a patch of lush greenery in urban areas is next to impossible with concrete forests surrounding us. But this 60-year-old Karnataka man took it upon himself to contribute to nature and increase the green cover in Shivamogga city.

2019-12-14T08:28:10.693130+00:00 IST

Environment

North India becomes winter wonderland with snowfall in several hilly states

New Delhi [India], Dec 14 (ANI): Normal life remained paralyzed on Saturday in several parts of hilly areas in northern India due to heavy snowfall over the past couple of days.

2019-12-14T05:03:56.197017+00:00 IST