Hanumangarh (Rajasthan), For over a decade, farmers in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district have been artificially recharging the groundwater in the region from the Ghaggar river. Having been forced to take this route due to the gradually depreciating water table, it has helped replenish not just the phreatic zone, but also fetc

Bonn,  Stating that polluter nations shop around for new fossil fuels, and block finance for vulnerable communities impacted by climate-induced loss and damage, Climate Action Network (CAN) on Thursday claimed that the Bonn Climate Conference showed the disconnect between the negotiation rooms and the reality on the gr

Guwahati,   Heavy downpours continued to lash parts of Assam on Thursday where two children have been killed due to landslides in the Goalpara district. The incident happened in the Azadnagar area in Goalpara.

Due to heavy rain, the land collapsed and two children died on the spot. The deceased were

Madrid,  Three wildfires continue to burn out of control in the community of Catalonia in northeast Spain, the region's fire services have confirmed.

Fires in Artesa de Segre and Castellar de la Ribera in the province of Lleida, and in Corbera d'Ebre in neighboring Tarragona have already devastated 1,

Srinagar,  Weather was inclement in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the MeT department forecast partly cloudy sky with light rain, thundershowers towards the afternoon on Friday.

"Partly cloudy sky with light rain/thundershowers is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours", an o

New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Heavy showers lashed Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) on Friday morning bringing much-needed relief from the sweltering heat and pushing air pollution levels down to "satisfactory" at most stations.

Parts of Delhi-NCR also received rains around midnight.

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Beijing,   China's national observatory on Friday renewed a yellow alert for high temperatures, as heatwaves hit parts of the country.

During daylight hours on Friday, parts of Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hubei, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, and Xinjiang are expected to s

Jammu,  Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was suspended on Friday due to landslides in the Banihal sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district.

Traffic department officials said that the traffic movement on the national highway was suspended after a massive landslide and heavy boulders

New Delhi, At 2,55,453 tonne in May 2022 compared to 2,28,319 tonne in May 2021, the export of oil meals for May 2022 has provisionally reported a hike of 12 per cent even as its overall export during April-May 2022 was reported at 5,89,425 tonne compared to 532,024 tonne that is, a hike by 11 per cent.

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London,  The United Kingdom's central bank has hiked interest rates for a fifth time since December in a bid to tame spiralling inflation, reports said.

The Bank of England said on Thursday that it would raise the cost of borrowing by 25 basis points to 1.25 per cent despite fears that soaring prices