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Heavy rainfall disrupts normal life in Mumbai, CM urges people to stay indoors

Mumbai, Aug 29 (IBNS): Normal life in Mumbai was disrupted badly as continuous downpour for the past three days hit the city and left several low-lying areas inundated.

Climate change one of the biggest threats to global prosperity and stability: British High Commissioner

Kolkata, Aug 24 (IBNS): British High Commissioner to India, Dominic Asquith, said climate change is one of the biggest threats to global prosperity and stability at the ‘Environment and Energy Conclave’ organised by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry here on Thursday.

Typhoon Hato: At least 12 dead in Macau and Hong Kong

Victoria, Aug 24 (IBNS): At least 12 people have died in Hong Kong and Macau after Typhoon Hato battered these areas on Wednesday, reports said.

Warmer waters from climate change will leave fish shrinking, gasping for air, finds study

Toronto, Aug 23 (IBNS): Fish are expected to shrink in size by 20 to 30 per cent if ocean temperatures continue to climb due to climate change.

Powerful typhoon barrels into Hong Kong, forces a closure

Victoria, Aug 23 (IBNS): A powerful typhoon barrelled into Hong Kong on Wednesday morning, forcing schools and offices to remain shut, while inundated streets and damaged properties remained a common sight, reports said.

Water Activists call for setting up a National Water Literacy Mission

Vijayapura, Karnataka, Aug 20 (IBNS): At a time when a large part of India is inundated with floods and states like Karnataka face acute drought condition, water activists from 101 river basins and sub-basins of the 30 states of the country unanimously adopted the Vijayapura Declaration to “ensure water, food and livelihood security and climate resilience through a drought and flood free India”, here on Friday last.

Assam flood situation improves, death toll mounts to 60

Guwahati, Aug 18 (IBNS) : The critical situation of Assam flood has been gradually improved but still over 25.93 lakh people of 20 districts remain homeless in the second wave devasting flood in the state.

Bengaluru lakes spewing toxic foams, CM assures to solve problem in one or two years

Bengaluru, Aug 17 (IBNS) : Bengaluru two giant lakes-Bellandur and Varthur- are spewing toxic foam onto its streets after the city's heaviest August rain, media reports said.

While rescue operations continue in HP, more landslide news comes in from Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IBNS): While rescue teams continued with their search operations on Monday at the site of the landslide in Himachal Pradesh, two areas in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand were also affected by landslides, according to media reports.

National Mission for Clean Ganga approves 10 Namami Gange projects worth Rs. 2,000 crore

New Delhi, Aug 10 (IBNS): National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved ten projects in Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh to the tune of about Rs 2,033 crore, the Union Ministry of Water Resources announced on Thursday.

Union Minister Pradhan says India to have Biofuel Policy soon

New Delhi, Aug 10 (IBNS): The objective of “World Biofuel Day” is to sensitize youths, farmers and other stakeholders about the benefits of biofuel and seek their involvement in Biofuel programme run by the Government, said Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday.

US tells UN about Paris Climate Change walkout

Washington/New York, Aug 5 (IBNS): The United States has formally written to the United Nation about their decision to pull out of the Paris climate deal, though it said that it will continue to be involved in talks, reports said.

Climate change could put rare bat species at greater risk

London, Aug 2 (IBNS): An endangered bat species with a UK population of less than 1,000 could be further threatened by the effects of global warming, according to a new study led by the University of Southampton.

Forecast for rapid rise in water levels of rivers of several Indian states

New Delhi, July 28 (IBNS) Rainfall Forecast issued by India Meteorological Department for the next two days indicate that heavy to very heavy with extremely heavy downpour very likely in East Madhya Pradesh, North Chhattisgarh, East Rajasthan and heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places in West Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, north Madhya Maharashtra, Gujarat on July 28 and 29,

Met office issues severe weather warning for July 27 to 31

New Delhi, Jul 27 (IBNS): The India Meteorological Department has issued severe weather warning for the period of July 27-31, 2017.