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The Delhi government on Thursday imposed a blanket ban on firecrackers, including those branded ‘green’, between November 7 and 30, with the city reeling under the impact of hazardous air quality and a steep rise in ... Read More>>
The central government has notified an Ordinance to constitute a Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region (NCR) and adjoining areas. The Commission will monitor and check air pollution levels ... Read More>>
WHY IN NEWS Every year in the month of October, we see a thick blanket of smoke in the air over Punjab, Haryana and extending all the way to Delhi. It is because of paddy stubble burning which not only poses serious heal... Read More>>
The Royal Astronomical Society announced that a team of astronomers has discovered Phosphine in sizeable amounts in the atmospheric clouds of Venus. This molecule can be synthesized industrially, or by bacteria that... Read More>>
The population of the majestic Asiatic Lion in Gujarat’s Gir sanctuary is up by almost 29 per cent. According to a survey called “Poonam Avlokan”, the population of the Asiatic Lion (674) has shown an increase rate... Read More>>
A pregnant elephant was killed in Kerala allegedly by someone who fed the animal a pineapple stuffed with firecrackers. Forest officers said the cracker-filled fruit was set as bait to kill wild animals. This incident ha... Read More>>
A massive fire has engulfed the Baghjan oil well in Assam’s Tinsukia district. The oil well in Assam has been continuously flowing out gas, or undergoing a blowout, since May 27. A raging fire at the natural gas fi... Read More>>
An army of desert locusts after leaving a trail of crop destruction in 18 districts of Rajasthan and a dozen districts of Madhya Pradesh, has reached Jhansi and Agra in Uttar Pradesh, prompting the government to decl... Read More>>
Amphan, a powerful tropical cyclone caused widespread damage over Eastern India and Bangladesh in May 2020. It is the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the Ganges Delta since Cyclone Sidr of the 2007 season and the fi... Read More>>
A gas leak, reminiscent of the 1984 Bhopal tragedy, has claimed at least 11 lives and affected thousands of residents in five villages in Visakhapatnam> in Andhra Pradesh. The source of the leak was a styrene plant own... Read More>>
