Climate Change
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Kejriwal to address C-40 Climate Change Summit through video call
India | Oct 10, 2019, 04:44 PM ISTDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will address the C-40 Climate Change Summit through a video conference on Friday after the Ministry of External Affairs denied him permission to visit Denmark, a statement said on Thursday.
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Going with the floe: Scientists to set up Arctic ice camp
Science | Oct 04, 2019, 07:22 PM ISTAfter 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 | Sep 28, 2019, 08:14 AM ISTSwedish 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 | Sep 27, 2019, 03:26 PM ISTRidhima 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 | Sep 25, 2019, 11:46 PM ISTEarth 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 | Sep 25, 2019, 01:52 PM ISTThunberg 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 | Sep 25, 2019, 07:02 AM ISTPrime 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 | Sep 24, 2019, 03:45 PM ISTThe 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
offbeat | Sep 24, 2019, 03:09 PM ISTGreta Thunberg is all of 16!
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You are failing us: Teen climate activist at UN climate talks
World | Sep 24, 2019, 11:11 AM ISTAs 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 | Sep 24, 2019, 11:43 AM ISTClimate 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 | Sep 24, 2019, 09:05 AM ISTPresident 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 | Sep 24, 2019, 10:15 AM ISTPM 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 | Sep 21, 2019, 08:44 AM ISTAt 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 | Aug 05, 2019, 08:29 PM ISTSacred 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 | Jul 15, 2019, 09:11 AM ISTThough 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 | Jul 15, 2019, 07:16 AM ISTIn 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 | Jun 28, 2019, 11:33 AM ISTA 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 | Jun 26, 2019, 04:24 PM ISTThe 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 | Jun 06, 2019, 08:11 PM ISTUS President Donald Trump has blamed India and China for not doing enough on climate change. He claimed that the US has "cleanest air".