Climate
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UN chief Antonio Guterres highlights three priorities for climate action
World | Sep 24, 2021, 07:27 AM ISTMuch bolder climate action is needed ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, this Nov- with the Group of 20 largest economies in the lead- to maintain international peace and security, Xinhua news agency quoted Guterres as saying.
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Step up climate action by learning from ozone layer protection: UN chief Antonio Guterres
World | Sep 17, 2021, 08:12 AM ISTThe Montreal Protocol began life as a mechanism to protect and heal the ozone layer. It has done its job well over the past three decades. The ozone layer is on the road to recovery, Xinhua news agency quoted him as saying.
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BRICS adopts 'New Delhi Statement', India stresses on climate equity
India | Aug 28, 2021, 09:11 AM ISTThe Environment Ministers adopted the New Delhi Statement on Environment, which is aimed at furthering spirit of Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation and Consensus in Environment among BRICS Nations.
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Temperatures hover below normal in Haryana and Punjab
India | Jul 15, 2021, 09:24 PM ISTThe maximum temperatures hovered below normal limits at most places in Haryana and Punjab on Thursday.
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Delhi records minimum temperature of 22.3 degrees Celcius
India | May 08, 2021, 10:26 AM ISTThe national capital on Saturday recorded a minimum temperature of 22.3 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season's average.
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India to witness normal Monsoon this year, predicts IMD
India | Apr 16, 2021, 12:59 PM ISTLong Period Average rainfall will be 98 per cent with an error margin of plus and minus 5 per cent.
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US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate meets Dharmendra Pradhan
News | Apr 07, 2021, 05:29 PM ISTUnited States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry on April 07 met Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan in the national capital.
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Biden's special envoy for Climate John Kerry meets Prakash Javadekar
News | Apr 06, 2021, 04:40 PM ISTUS Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry met Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi on April 06.
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Intensive irrigation in India enhances deadly 'moist heat stress', study finds
Science | Oct 27, 2020, 06:37 PM ISTIntensive irrigation in India is increasing atmospheric moisture levels and enhancing potentially deadly extreme 'heat stress' conditions where people's bodies do not cool down easily, a new study says.
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Two Srinagar-bound flights diverted due to snowfall
India | Dec 20, 2019, 06:44 PM ISTFresh spell of snowfall on Friday in Kashmir has forced diversion of two Srinagar-bound flights, officials of the Airport Authority of India said here. "Two Srinagar-bound flights have been diverted so far due to snowfall. If the weather continues to remain like this, the operations will have to be suspended for the rest of the day," the officials said.
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Rains, snowfall continue in northern states; cold conditions to prevail
India | Dec 14, 2019, 11:43 PM ISTRains and snowfall in several parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Saturday pulled the mercury down in the region. In Delhi, the maximum temperature dropped by four notches at 19.2 degrees Celsius. The minimum was recorded at 9.7 degrees Celsius.
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Rise in global temperature will bring more destructive climate impacts:UN report
World | Nov 26, 2019, 02:09 PM ISTThe report warned that even if all current unconditional commitments under the Paris Agreement are implemented, temperatures are expected to rise by 3.2 degree celsius by the end of the century.
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Activists arrested in New York, London climate protests
World | Oct 11, 2019, 01:12 PM ISTThe protesters, some of whom were wearing orange life jackets, on Thursday parked a small, lime-green sailboat at the intersection of Broadway and West 44th Street in New York City's Time Square to draw attention to the planet's rising sea levels.
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Nearly 100 climate activists arrested in New York
World | Oct 08, 2019, 01:12 PM ISTThe protest on Monday was part of a series of global demonstrations organised by the UK-based Extinction Rebellion movement in some 60 cities worldwide.
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Priyanka Chopra trolled for her tweet supporting Greta Thunberg
Celebrities | Sep 25, 2019, 05:36 PM ISTPriyanka Chopra received backlash on Twitter after she tweeted in support of climate activist Greta Thunberg whose speech at the recently held UN Climate Action Summit went viral.
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Warm morning in city
India | Sep 05, 2019, 11:00 AM ISTAccording to the MeT department, the humidity level recorded at 8.30 am was 83 per cent.
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Collaboration with India on climate action is quite important: UN official
World | Aug 28, 2019, 01:34 PM IST" Prime Minister Modi met only a few days ago with the Secretary General in Biarritz and recommitted to continue to lead on climate and particularly dealing with solar energy which they have a huge and very important initiative" UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the 2019 Climate Summit Luis Alfonso de Alba said here Tuesday.
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Humid morning in Delhi, rains expected
India | Jul 24, 2019, 11:25 AM ISTThe weatherman has forecast light to moderate rains with thunderstorm for the day. The maximum temperature is likely to settle at 37 degrees Celsius while the minimum temperature likely to hover around 27 degrees Celsius.
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Education institutions declare climate emergency
India | Jul 11, 2019, 01:45 PM ISTNetworks representing over 7,000 higher education institutions from across the world on Thursday declared a climate emergency and agreed to undertake steps to address the crisis.
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Maximum temperatures hover above normal in Punjab, Haryana
India | Jul 02, 2019, 07:27 PM ISTAmong other places in Haryana, Ambala, Bhiwani and Hisar recorded their respective maximums at 39.4, 40.8 and 38.8 degrees Celsius, up to four notches above normal, the metrological department said.