Kolkata, Sep 22 (IANS) Amid rising per capita greenhouse gas emissions in West Bengal, a number of think-tanks and peer groups operating the environment protection sector have come forward to form a unique alliance of various stakeholders to create awareness and prevent the danger in the state.
Sanaa, Sep 15 (IANS) The people in Yemen, already burdened by the years-long civil war, now face another challenge posed by the unrelenting severe drought, a disaster brought on by climate change.
Amizmiz (Morocco), Sep 11 (IANS) Rescuers are racing against time to search for survivors after a deadly 6.8-magnitude earthquake wreaked havoc in central Morocco.
Paris, Sep 10 (IANS) The lights of Eiffel Tower in Paris were turned off on Saturday in tribute to victims of Morocco's earthquake, the media reported.
Rabat, Sep 10 (IANS) Morocco has declared three days of national mourning after a devastating earthquake late Friday night claimed the lives of 2,000 people.
Rabat, Sep 9 (IANS) At least 296 people have died after a powerful earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale struck central Morocco, the Interior Ministry confirmed on Saturday.
Ottawa, Sep 8 (IANS) The ongoing wildfire crisis in Canada has reached unprecedented proportions, with officials warning that the raging fires have shown no sign of abating in September as well.
Hyderabad, Sep 5 (IANS) Authorities have opened 12 flood gates of Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar on Musi River to release the water downstream as the twin reservoirs were receiving huge inflows due to incessant rain.
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) In a groundbreaking findings, over 37,000 alien species, comprising India’s hyacinth and Lantana, have been introduced by many human activities to regions and biomes around the world, a major new report made public on Monday by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) said.
Shimla, Sep 3 (IANS) Soma Devi, a resident of Panthaghati on the suburbs of the Himachal Pradesh capital Shimla, came all through to meet Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu to present him a cheque for Rs 61,000, her one month pension, as a contribution towards the Chief Minister’s relief fund to help disaster-hit people.
