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PM Modi expresses condolences over loss of lives in cloudbursts, heavy rai
Updated : 6 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed condolences over the loss of lives due to cloudbursts and heavy rains in different parts of the country and said the fury of nature has become a challenge for the entire human race, as also the country.
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Kathua Cloudburst: Union Minister Jitendra Singh visits flood-affected are
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Speaking to media persons, Union Minister Singh said, "...We have come here and assessed what actions will be taken to provide immediate relief... Today, the DC has arranged for rations at all the relief centres... We have also distributed relief materials on our part..."
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India extends UN Act privileges, immunities to International Big Cat Allia
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Bhupendra Yadav, the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, shared on Friday that the Government of India has issued a Gazette Notification, extending the privileges and immunities to the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) under the UN Act 1947.
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"Five families...tried to end my political life": Expelled RJD leader Tej
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Expelled RJD leader and elder son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav, alleged that five powerful families, without naming them, had conspired against him to destroy his political and family life.
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Spain declares Galicia wildfire zones disaster as record heatwave fuels de
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Spain will declare wildfire-hit areas in northern Galicia as disaster zones. Fires have burned nearly 4,000 sq km, killed four, and forced massive firefighting efforts. PM Sanchez warned of climate change impacts. Human activity is linked to many fires, with 23 arrests and 89 under investiga
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UN urges Pakistan to boost disaster preparedness amid monsoon risks
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
UNOCHA has urged Pakistan to strengthen disaster risk strategies as heavy monsoon rains threaten floods, landslides, and glacial lake outburst floods in vulnerable regions, including Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan. The report highlights climate change, droughts, and past flood losses, st
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On World Elephant Day, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin highlights AI-early warning
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
"In Coimbatore, the Minister of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Bhupendra Yadav, is joining the celebrations and will visit our AI-powered early warning system at Madukkarai, which has enabled over 2,800 safe elephant crossings since February 2024 with zero t
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World Elephant Day to be celebrated in Coimbatore, human-elephant conflict
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu Forest Department, will organise the World Elephant Day celebration on August 12 in Coimbatore. The annual event reaffirms the global commitment to conserve one of the planet's most ico
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Glacial lake outburst floods devastate Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan,
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Climate change-driven disasters continue to batter Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) as a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) from the Shishper Glacier tore through Hassanabad Nullah, swept away part of the Karakoram Highway, and destroyed public and private properties.
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PM Modi's leadership roars behind Project Lion's triumph: Union Minister B
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, on Sunday, credited the success of Project Lion to the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Climate change threatens Himalayan stability, scientist warns after tree c
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
As intense monsoon rains hit Himachal Pradesh for the third consecutive year, scientists and environmentalists have raised serious concerns over the increasing frequency of high-intensity rainfall, triggered by a dangerous combination of global warming, delayed western disturbances, and mon
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef suffers most widespread coral bleaching on
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most widespread coral bleaching on record in 2024 due to climate change-driven heat stress, with coral cover dropping sharply, especially in the south, Al Jazeera reported. Experts warn urgent emissions cuts are needed to protect the reef's future.
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