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SC stays Bombay HC order quashing CRZ clearances granted for coastal road
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the Bombay High Court order which quashed the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearances granted for the southern part of a Rs 12,000-crore coastal road project.
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6 Sri Lankan refugees detained in Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 17 (ANI): The Q Branch of Tamil Nadu police on Tuesday detained six Sri Lankan refugees, including a child, in the state's coastal town of Rameswaram while they were trying to escape to their native country on Tuesday.
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NGT emphasises on ensuring beaches remain fit for bathing, survival of aqu
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 3 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) expressed concern about coastal pollution and emphasized on the necessity of ensuring that coastal water at beach remains fit for bathing and survival of aquatic life and noted that sewage and industrial effluents are pollutin
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Harvesting fog can provide fresh water in desert regions: Study
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Nov 27 (ANI): The upcoming technology fog harvesting, also known as 'Moisture farming' is not just for the deserts of Tatooine. Fog harvesting technology may provide an additional freshwater source in foggy coastal areas with little precipitation.
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Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza in retaliatory attack
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], Nov 27 (ANI): The Israel Defence Forces launched airstrikes on Hamas targets in the southern Gaza Strip on late Tuesday night (local time) in response to a rocket attack from the coastal enclave earlier in the evening, the army said.
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BIMSTEC maiden coastal security workshop concludes in Delhi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 22 (ANI): The three-day maiden Coastal Security workshop for Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) countries concluded here on Friday.
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'BIMSTEC constitutes unique link between South Asia and South-East Asia'
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 21 (ANI): Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical & Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) constitutes a unique link between South Asia and South-East Asia, Vijay Thakur Singh, Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Wednesday.
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IMD predicts heavy rainfall at isolated places in Coastal Andhra Pradesh,
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 19 (ANI): Isolated places in Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal and Rayalseema are likely to receive heavy rainfall today, predicted India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday.
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Unable to tackle locust swarms, Sindh minister suggests Karachiites to mak
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov 12 (ANI): Karachiites are witnessing swarms of locusts descending upon their city from Balochistan's coastal areas. Taking a jibe over the situation, Sindh minister of agriculture Ismail Rahu has asked the people to take advantage of the situation calmly by preparin
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Cyclone Bulbul will weaken into depression during next 12 hours, says IMD
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 10 (ANI): The deep depression over coastal Bangladesh and neighbourhood lay centered at 5:30 pm on Sunday about 170 km east-northeast of Sunderban National Park, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said.
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Bangladesh evacuates 1.5 million people as Cyclone Bulbul approaches
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Nov 10 (ANI): Authorities here have so far evacuated about 100,000 people from its low-lying coastal villages and islands as Cyclone Bulbul crossed the coast of West Bengal with a maximum wind speed of 110-120 km per hour gusting upto 120 km per hour into Bangladesh.
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Cyclone Bulbul approaches Bangladesh's coastal area of Satkhira
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Nov 9 (ANI): A very severe category cyclone Bulbul is set to arrive at the Bangladesh coasts on Saturday midnight.
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