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Sun-dimming chemicals may curb global warming
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], Nov 26 (ANI): Scientists are proposing an innovative way to tackle climate change: spraying sun-dimming chemicals into the Earth's atmosphere. However, the technique is unproven as of now.
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548 injured in Iran earthquake
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Sar Pol-e Zahab [Iran], Nov 26 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale has left over 548 people injured here, as search and rescue operations are underway at the site of incidence. No deaths have been reported so far.
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6.3 magnitude quake jolts Iran-Iraq border
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Nov 25 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale jolted the Iran-Iraq border area on Sunday.
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Earthquake of magnitude 6.7 in Fiji
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Lambasa [Fiji], Nov 19 (ANI): A high-intensity earthquake of magnitude 6.7 hit the town of Lambasa of the island nation Fiji on Sunday.
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Earthquake of magnitude 6.5 rocks Kamchatka Peninsula
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky [Russia], Nov 15 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 hit the eastern coast of Russia's far eastern Kamchatka peninsula, seismologists said on Thursday.
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Uttarakhand: 5.0 Earthquake strikes Pithoragarh
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) [India], Nov 11 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale struck Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand on Sunday afternoon.
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5.3 magnitude earthquake jolts Mizoram
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Champhai (Mizoram) [India], Nov 11 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 5.3 magnitude on the Richter scale struck Champhai district in Mizoram at around 10:45 pm on Saturday night.
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Thick haze, smog persist in Delhi, AQI slips to 'hazardous'
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 9 (ANI): The thick blanket of smog and fog have shrouded the national capital on Friday after the country celebrated the festival of light- Diwali. According to the autonomous meteorological body set up under the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences, System of Air Quali
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6.8 magnitude earthquake jolts Norwegian Island of Jan Mayen
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Jan Mayen [Norway], Nov 09 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 6.8 magnitude on the Richter Scale struck Norway's Jay Mayen Islands in the wee hours of Friday morning.
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Potters look forward to better Diwali with Deepotsav
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 5 (ANI): As the banks of river Sarayu await to be lit up with three lakh 'diyas' (earthen lamps) on the occasion of 'Deepotsav' event here, the potters, for the first time in years, felt that they are being rewarded for their hard work.
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Cracks on road to Polavaram, officials deny earthquake rumours
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
West Godavari (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Nov 04 (ANI): After cracks appeared on the road that leads to Polavaram project site giving way to earthquake rumours, the government officials on Saturday confirmed that it was not an earthquake.
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Stone laid for NCCR in Visakhapatnam
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Nov 02 (ANI): Union Minister of Science and Technology, Environment, Forest and Climate Changes and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan, on Friday laid the foundation for the National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR) and Training Facility for India Meteorology D
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