Environment
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2.9KTamil Nadu Pollution Control orders closure of Sterlite plant in Thoothukudi after police shoots over 11 people dead
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has ordered the closure of Sterlite Copper Smelter plant in Thoothukudi with immediate effect and...
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Another civilian killed in Tamil Nadu as police fires on protesters demanding closure of polluting Vedanta copper plant
One more civilian has confirmed to have died in police firing on protesters demanding closure of UK-based Vedanta Resources subsidiary Sterlite’s copper...
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2.1KWHO quotes Govt data to place Srinagar as tenth most polluted city, Govt says no such data shared
World Health Organisation (WHO) quoting Government data placed Srinagar as the world’s tenth most polluted city. Srinagar has been listed as the tenth...
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6.0KToxic and Stinking: The dying Khushal Sar Lake in Kashmir
The water body that was once a source of food for Srinagar, is dying a silent death. Just five kilometers away from...
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22.7KTime for ‘Shajkaan’: The springtime wild mushrooms under axe and jackboot
With advent of spring every year, women vendors from Uri and other far-flung areas walk down to Baramulla town with a basket...
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3.5K‘High Alert’: Departments, volunteers fire-fighting as forests burn across Kashmir
Srinagar: Reacting to news of forest fires across Kashmir from the past few days, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on...
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Huge fires destroy acres of forests in Bandipora, Kangan, Anantnag, Kupwara, Srinagar and Budgam
Massive fires destroyed acres of forest areas in multiple district across Kashmir on Saturday, burning trees and vegetation. In Ganderbal, the fire...
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3.3KDC Srinagar calls for collective, individual efforts to preserve water bodies
Visits Nallah Amir Khan, calls for immediate remedial steps for its restoration Srinagar: In response to appeals from the locals, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar,...
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5.5KIndia, Pakistan hold negotiations on Indus water treaty, Permanent Indus Commission meet begins
The two-day meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) began here today with India and Pakistan expected to discuss various issues under...
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2.7KWular, Asia’s largest fresh water lake, shrinking as illegal encroachment on banks continue
Mafia selling patches of Wular to buyers, in connivance with Fisheries department, allege locals Bandipora: Despite repeated directions from the Jammu Kashmir High...
