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  Going with the floe: Scientists to set up Arctic ice camp

  Science | October 04, 2019 19:22 IST

  After several days of searching, researchers found a suitable floe measuring about 2.5 kilometres by 3.5 kilometres (1.5 miles by 2.2 miles) in the Arctic Sea north of Russia that will serve as a base for the mission, the institute said.

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  Grown-ups mock children because world view threatened, says Greta

  World | September 28, 2019 8:14 IST

  Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg said Friday she doesn’t understand why grown-ups and world leaders would mock children and teens for acting on science, responding to attacks on her campaign as students conducted the second wave of global protests demanding action on climate change.

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  Meet India's Greta Thunberg, the environment crusader

  India | September 27, 2019 15:26 IST

  Ridhima Pandey, now 11, filed a petition in 2017 at India’s National Green Tribunal, which oversees environmental concerns, for not taking serious enough steps to combat climate change. It was dismissed, but she escalated it to the Indian Supreme Court.

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  Climate change: Why we must take this wake-up call seriously

  World | September 25, 2019 23:46 IST

  Earth is in more hot water than ever before, and so are we, an expert United Nations climate panel warned in a grim new report Wednesday. Sea levels are rising at an ever-faster rate as ice and snow shrink, and oceans are getting more acidic and losing oxygen, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said in a report issued as world leaders met at the United Nations.

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  Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg wins Alternative Nobel

  World | September 25, 2019 13:52 IST

  Thunberg is being recognized “for inspiring and amplifying political demands for urgent climate action reflecting scientific facts,” the prize foundation said.

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  PM Modi announces coalition for disaster management

  India | September 25, 2019 7:02 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a global Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York, a Ministry of Home Affairs statement said here on Tuesday.

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  Who is Greta Thunberg

  Fyi | September 24, 2019 15:45 IST

  The 16-year-old, Thunberg gave an emotional appeal in which she scolded the leaders with her repeated phrase, “How dare you.” She also said that the representatives of different countries are failing young people because of their inaction to address global heating and that "young people are starting to understand" their "betrayal."

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  Greta Thunberg is an internet sensation. Courtesy her stare at Trump

  September 24, 2019 15:09 IST

  Greta Thunberg is all of 16!

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  You are failing us: Teen climate activist at UN climate talks

  World | September 24, 2019 11:11 IST

  As they made their pledges at the Climate Action Summit, though, they and others conceded it was not enough. And even before they spoke, teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg shamed them over and over for their inaction: “How dare you?”

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  Sweden's climate change activist Greta Thunberg powerful speech at UN on climate change

  News | September 24, 2019 11:43 IST

  Climate activist, Greta Thunberg, gave a powerful speech on Monday at the summit in which she accused the world leaders for ignoring climate change.

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  World not doing enough on climate change, warns Modi

  India | September 24, 2019 9:05 IST

  President Donald Trump, who was boycotting the Climate Action Summit and holding a parallel meeting on religious freedom, unexpectedly dropped in while Modi was speaking.

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  PM Modi speaks at UNSG's Summit on Climate Change in New York

  News | September 24, 2019 10:15 IST

  PM Modi at UNSG's Summit on Climate Change, in New York: On this year's India's Independence Day, we called for a mass movement to have freedom from single use plastic.

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  EIB to support 1 trillion euros of climate action investment

  World | September 21, 2019 8:44 IST

  At the UN Climate Action Summit, it will be discussing its new ambition for climate action with delegates from countries, business, the private sector and civil society.

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  Jackie Shroff's 'Bhidu-style gyaan' on climate change is funny yet thought-provoking. Watch viral video

  Trending | August 05, 2019 20:29 IST

  Sacred Games actress Kubbra Sait and Badla director Sujoy Ghosh also hailed 'Apna Bhidu' aka Jackie Shroff.

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  Barry’s flood threat lingers as storm slowly sweeps inland

  World | July 15, 2019 9:11 IST

  Though the system was downgraded to a tropical depression Sunday afternoon and its winds were steadily weakening since it made landfall Saturday in Louisiana, Barry’s rain bands created a flooding and tornado threat stretching from central Louisiana to eastern Mississippi and beyond. Several Louisiana parishes were under flash-flood warnings Sunday night.

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  Tripura floods: 10,000 people left homeless; NDRF, security forces on high alert

  India | July 15, 2019 7:16 IST

  In West Tripura and Khowai districts, where temporary relief camps were opened by the administration, around 10,000 people had taken shelter in government buildings and local clubs.  NDRF and State Disaster Volunteers and police Personnel are on ground to tackle any situation.

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  Climate warming may increase malaria risk in colder regions

  World | June 28, 2019 11:33 IST

  A slight rise in temperature may increase the risk of malaria to hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people, in areas that are currently too cold for malaria parasites to complete their development, according to a study.

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  Mizoram starts campaign on global warming, climate change

  India | June 26, 2019 16:24 IST

  The Mizoram government has launched an awareness campaign across the state on climate change and global warming, officials said on Wednesday.

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  Trump blames India, China for not doing enough on climate change

  World | June 06, 2019 20:11 IST

  US President Donald Trump has blamed India and China for not doing enough on climate change. He claimed that the US has "cleanest air".

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  Torrential rain more frequent with global warming: Study

  Science | June 05, 2019 13:14 IST

  The number of extreme downpours increased steadily between 1964 and 2013 -- a period when global warming also intensified, according to research published in the journal Water Resources Research.