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Evacuation begins in Prayagraj, Water levels of Ganga, Yamuna cross danger
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 9 (ANI): As the water levels of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers crossed the danger mark in Prayagraj on Monday, the UP administration announced a high alert in the area and started evacuating families affected by floods.
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New method to detect impact of sea level rise
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], August 7 (ANI): A new simple, Inexpensive and fast method to analyse sulfur isotopes, which can be used to help investigate chemical changes in environments such as oceans, and freshwater rivers and lakes, has recently been developed by the University of Adelaide scient
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No backtracking on sharing of waters of river Godavari, Krishna: Telangana
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 7 (ANI): Reiterating that the work of the officials must be committed to protecting the interests of the Telangana agriculture, and long interests of the farmers in the state, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao at a review meeting on Friday said ther
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Low-lying areas of Prayagraj inundated as water level rises in rivers Gang
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 6 (ANI): As monsoon rains increase the water level in rivers Ganga and Yamuna, the low-lying areas of Prayagraj have been inundated and the administration is on high alert.
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White Rivers Media celebrates '9 years of passion, disruption and impact'
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 6 (ANI/PRNewswire): White Rivers Media, an independent integrated digital agency headquartered in Mumbai, celebrated its 9th anniversary today.
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Some rivers showed improvement in water quality during COVID-19 lockdown l
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): Monitoring of rivers during March and April last year to assess the impact of COVID-induced lockdown showed that some of them - Brahmani, Brahmputra, Cauvery, Godavari, Krishna, Tapi and Yamuna - showed improvement in water quality, the government inform
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Drinking water with high nitrate content causes blue baby syndrome, says M
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with Pollution Control Boards and Committees in different States and Union Territories (UTs) has been monitoring the water quality of rivers and other water bodies across the country through a network
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Guidelines on River Centric Urban Planning circulated to all States: Centr
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): To assist urban local bodies, the departments of Urban Development and the State Town and Country Planning in taking action to conserve and preserve rivers, water bodies, and flood plains, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) in the month of Ma
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Scientists develop new method to detect impact of sea level rise
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], August 3 (ANI): University of Adelaide scientists have developed a new simple, inexpensive and fast method to analyse sulfur isotopes, which can be used to help investigate chemical changes in environments such as oceans, and freshwater rivers and lakes.
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Nehru, Tibet and China by Avtar Singh Bhasin: A Review by Ambassador A R G
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): China and India have been neighbours for millennia and have no option but to continue to coexist forever. Separated by tall, mighty and perennially snow-clad Himalayas, each country has been a civilizational colossus for centuries nurtured and nourished by a
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Biden to revise Trump-era rule on toxic wastewater from coal plants
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 27 (ANI): US President Joe Biden will revise the Trump-era rule that allowed many coal-fired power plants to avoid or delay installing equipment that could prevent lead, selenium and other toxic pollutants from seeping into rivers and streams, the Environmental Prote
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Under Operation Varsha, Army rescues over 100 people from flood-affected a
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Pune Maharashtra [India], July 24 (ANI): After the unprecedented rains resulted in overflowing of various rivers in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri, Kohlapur, Sangli, and other districts, the Army under Operation Varsha has mobilised columns for flood relief in the state and has taken over 100 peopl
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