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Earthquake of magnitude 3.5 hits Meghalaya's South Garo Hills
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In a tweet, NCS said, "Earthquake of Magnitude:3.5, Occurred on 23-04-2023, 15:33:33 IST, Lat: 25.26 & Long: 90.94, Depth: 5 Km, Location: South Garo Hills, Meghalaya."
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UN Chief urges accelerated climate action and protection of biodiversity o
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In his statement, Guterres highlighted the crucial relationship between humanity and the natural world, stating that our health and survival depend on maintaining a healthy environment. However, he expressed concern over the ongoing destruction of forests, wetlands, oceans, coral reefs, rive
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Fungal genetics might help develop new biotechnologies: Study
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Fungi, an integral component of the Earth's biological system, have long been employed to improve human life. While these creatures are still mostly unknown, a new research report argues that their distinct genomes could be used to advance the biotech sector.
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Kareena Kapoor to Ananya Panday, celebs extend greetings on World Earth Da
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Earth Day is globally marked on April 22 to spread awareness about various environmental issues. On this occasion, several B-town celebs took to their social media handles to send out wishes for their fans.
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ISRO's PSLV-C55 successfully places two Singaporean satellites into orbit
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) On Saturday successfully launched its PSLV-C55 from Sriharikota and it places two Singaporean satellites for Earth observation into the intended orbit. ISRO chief S Somanath announced here the success of the Mission.
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Europe hotting up, 15700 deaths linked to heatwave in 2022: WMO report
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Record-breaking heat waves affected Europe during the summer. In some areas, extreme heat was coupled with exceptionally dry conditions. Excess deaths associated with the heat in Europe exceeded 15,000 in total across Spain, Germany, the UK, France, and Portugal.
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This Earth Day, De Power Ko Green Signal: Tata Power & News18 take sol
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): Sustainable is indeed attainable. In a big push to its long-term mass movement on promoting green energy adoption in India, Tata Power, one of India's largest integrated power companies, and News18 released an inspirational film on television an
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Earthquake of 6.2 magnitude rocks Timor-Leste's Dili
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck the northern part of Dili, in the Asian country of Timor-Leste on Saturday at 13:53 pm (local time, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.
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World Earth Day: Bal Raksha Bharat launches report to examine disaster ris
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): Megacities have drawn much of the attention when it comes to urban disaster risk. Mapping the terrain of interaction between disasters and at-risk children, Bal Raksha Bharat (globally known as Save the Children), launched a report - Child-centred
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China's search for rare earth elements and its effects on environment
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
China is home to over 35 per cent of the world's rare-earth metal reserves. Currently, China dominates the REE industry, providing 85 per cent of the world's supply in 2016. Reports state that while demand surged, production increased by more than 27 per cent in the first half of 2021, and R
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WMO annual report highlights continuous advance of climate change
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Droughts, floods and heatwaves affected communities on every continent and cost many billions of dollars. Antarctic sea ice fell to its lowest extent on record and the melting of some European glaciers was, literally, off the charts.
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Earthquake of magnitude 6.0 jolts northern part of Molucca Sea
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to NCS, the earthquake struck at a depth of 72 kms. A post on the official Twitter handle of NCS read, "Earthquake of Magnitude:6.0, Occurred on 21-04-2023, 15:51:18 IST, Lat: 2.77 & Long: 127.08, Depth: 72 Km, Location: Northern Malucca Sea."
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