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Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday appealed to the poor living in the periphery and buffer zones of the Musi River and other water bodies in the city to cooperate with the govt in completing the Musi rejuvenation project and protect other water bodies, primarily to save their lives, property, and household items, including educational certificates, which have been washed away in floods caused by cloudbursts linked to climate change."Due to drastic climate changes, especially aft ...Read More >
Today, globally, people are speaking about climate change, but M.S. Swaminathan had raised the issue 50 years ago, said Chief Minister M.K. Stalin at the Centenary Tribute event held at the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) in Chennai on Saturday. "Swaminathan made the Green Revolution happen to feed the people of India at a time when many were starving. He was a guardian of food security and worked towards poverty eradication," Mr. Stalin said. Addressing the gathering, MSSRF Chair ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India will have 13 UNESCO Biosphere Reserves with the UN body on Saturday designating the country's Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve for that list. Twenty-six new sites have been added during the fifth World Congress of Biosphere Reserves (WCBR) in Hangzhou, China. This is India's first high-altitude cold desert biosphere reserve and one of the coldest and driest ecosystems in UNESCO's WNBR. It covers the Pin Valley National Park and its surroundings, Chandratal and Sarchu and Kibber Wil ...Read More >
Chennai: Chief minister M K Stalin on Saturday praised agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan for his contributions to green revolution, adding that India will never forget him.At Swaminathan's centenary birth anniversary celebration in Chennai, Stalin said, "Few people have lived their lives, impacting crores of people. Swaminathan is one of them. When crores of people were hungry, he undertook green revolution and eradicated hunger. For this, India will never forget him," adding, "He had farsig ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sep 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Sunday appealed to people to support the prestigious Musi Rejuvenation project, aiming to revive the extinct river and protect Hyderabad from flood fury in the future. Speaking after the inauguration of the revived Batukamma Kunta Lake at Amberpet, the Chief Minister said that even more than two centimetres of rainfall in Hyderabad is causing flooding. Voicing concern over the climate change causing frequent cloud ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 28 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy inaugurated Batukamma Kunta Lake at Amberpet in Hyderabad on Sunday. CM Reddy appealed to the people to extend all kinds of support, regardless of politics, to the prestigious Musi Rejuvenation project, which aims to revive the extinct River Musi and protect the city from future flood fury, a Telangana CMO release said. Speaking after the inauguration of the revived Batukamma Kunta Lake at Amberpet, the C ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 28 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy inaugurated Batukamma Kunta Lake at Amberpet in Hyderabad on Sunday. CM Reddy appealed to the people to extend all kinds of support, regardless of politics, to the prestigious Musi Rejuvenation project, which aims to revive the extinct River Musi and protect the city from future flood fury, a Telangana CMO release said. Also Read | Karur Tragedy: Madras High Court Cancels Urgent Hearing on Stampede at Vij ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 28 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy inaugurated Batukamma Kunta Lake at Amberpet in Hyderabad on Sunday. CM Reddy appealed to the people to extend all kinds of support, regardless of politics, to the prestigious Musi Rejuvenation project, which aims to revive the extinct River Musi and protect the city from future flood fury, a Telangana CMO release said. Speaking after the inauguration of the revived Batukamma Kunta Lake at Amberpet, the C ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sep 28 (UNI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy today highlighted the importance of the revival of Musi river which has turned into a dump yard due to neglect of the previous governments. The CM said "Our government is moving forward to protect water bodies and revive the abandoned lakes and ponds under the Musi project." Speaking after the inauguration of the revived Batukamma Kunta Lake at Amberpet in the city, Revanth Reddy appealed to the people to extend all support to th ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 28 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Spiti Valley, located in the Lahaul-Spiti district, has been recognised as India first Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve under UNESCO prestigious Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme. According to an official release, the recognition was formally conferred during the 37th International Coordinating Council (MAB-ICC) meeting, held in Hangzhou, China, from September 26 to 28. With this inclusion, India now has 13 Biosphere Reser ...Read More >
Shimla, Sep 28 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday congratulated the state's Forest Department and its Wildlife Wing after Spiti Valley was recognised as India's first Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve under UNESCO's prestigious Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme. The recognition was formally conferred during the 37th International Coordinating Council (MAB-ICC) meeting held from September 26 to 28, 2025, in Hangzhou, China. With this inclusion, India now has ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 28 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh's Spiti Valley, located in the Lahaul-Spiti district, has been recognised as India's first Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve under UNESCO's prestigious Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme. According to an official release, the recognition was formally conferred during the 37th International Coordinating Council (MAB-ICC) meeting, held in Hangzhou, China, from September 26 to 28. With this inclusion, India now has 13 Biosphere ...Read More >
Shimla, Sep 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Himachal Pradesh's Spiti Valley in Lahaul-Spiti district has been recognised as India's first Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve under UNESCO's prestigious Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme. The recognition was formally conferred during the 37th International Coordinating Council (MAB-ICC) meeting held in Hangzhou, China, from September 26 to 28. With this inclusion, India now has 13 Biosphere Reserves in the MAB Network. This feat has been made possible due to t ...Read More >
Leh/New Delhi: Jailed activist Sonam Wangchuk's wife Gitanjali Angmo has trashed allegations of "Pakistan link" and financial irregularities against him. Terming the charge that Wangchuk incited the violence in Leh as "misplaced", she claimed that he has been protesting in the "most Gandhian way possible" and the "situation escalated" on September 24 due to the actions of the CRPF. Police detained climate activist Wangchuk on Friday under the stringent National Security Act (NSA), two days aft ...Read More >
Leh/New Delhi, Sep 28 (PTI) Jailed activist Sonam Wangchuk's wife Gitanjali Angmo has trashed allegations of "Pakistan link" and financial irregularities against him. Terming the charge that Wangchuk incited the violence in Leh as "misplaced", she claimed that he has been protesting in the "most Gandhian way possible" and the "situation escalated" on September 24 due to the actions of the CRPF. Police detained climate activist Wangchuk on Friday under the stringent National Security Act (NSA), ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): The Government e Marketplace (GeM) and the Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management (AJNIFM), on Wednesday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen India's public procurement system through training, research and knowledge building. According to a statement, the MoU, signed in Delhi, aims to integrate GeM's digital procurement platform with AJNIFM's expertise in training and capacity building. The release stated that the col ...Read More >
This roundup of The Conversation's climate coverage was first published in our award-winning weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine. Around the world, rivers and lakes that sustained civilisations for millennia are vanishing before our eyes. The Caspian Sea - the world's largest inland body of water - has shrunk dramatically in just a few decades. The Ganges nourishes hundreds of millions of people across India and Bangladesh, yet is drying at a rate scientists say is unprecedented in the pa ...Read More >
New Delhi: After accusing Sonam Wangchuk of instigating Ladakh violence, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday cancelled the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) licence of Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL), an NGO founded by the climate activist. The decision comes two months after CBI initiated a preliminary inquiry into the alleged FCRA violations by Wangchuk and the institution. The order said that the organisation was served a show-cause notice ...Read More >
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addressed the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), held in New York on Friday UNITED NATIONS, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 26th Sep, 2025) Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addressed the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), held in New York on Friday. Following are the highlights of the prime minister's speech: - This was the third time PM Shehbaz Sharif addressed the UNGA session -- In September 2022, Septemb ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: The anti-corruption wing of Odisha Police Thursday arrested a retired Chief District Veterinary Officer (CDVO) and a staff of the Animal Husbandry department on the charge of embezzling Rs 18 lakh central adaptation grants for climate change. "Trilochan Dhal, former CDVO of Nuapada district, and Ashok Kumar Dau, statistical enumerator posted at the office of CDVO, Nuapada, have been arrested for misappropriation of government money of over Rs 18 lakhs by way of transferring ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) World Conservation Congress 2025 adopted a motion on Thursday recognising India's first dugong conservation reserve in Tamil Nadu's Palk Bay as a global model for marine biodiversity conservation. The motion, proposed by the Omcar Foundation, received overwhelming support during electronic voting. Nearly 98% of countries and government agencies and 94.8% of NGOs, research institutions and organisations voted in favour. "The a ...Read More >
Srinagar, Sept 25: As a part of nationwide Shramdaan "Ek Din Ek Gantha Ek Saath" with a pledge call to citizens for joining hands for the Nations cleanliness under Swachhata Hi Seva 2025 campaign, Krishi Vigyan Kendra -Srinagar, SKUAST-K organised the mega Swachhata Service drive (National Shramdaan) today on 25 Sept 2025 in collaboration with the higher Secondary education Institutions in vicinity of the Kendra at Aspire World School (AWS), Humhama Srinagar. According to a statement issued her ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 15 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Monday said the issue concerning ecology and environmental conditions was not going to be limited to Himachal Pradesh only as the entire Himalayan range, which was "very violent" this time, was facing it. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said it would pass its order on September 23 in the suo motu matter concerning issues relating to ecology and environmental conditions prevailing in Himachal Pradesh. "Ultimately, it is not going to ...Read More >
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of a harsher winter in India by the end of this year, attributing the forecast to the possible resurgence of La Niña. This weather phenomenon, which is characterized by cooler sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, can have far-reaching impacts on global weather patterns. In India, La Niña is often associated with colder-than-average winters. The US National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Centre has predicted a 71% ch ...Read More >
Pune: Meteorologists have issued a warning that India could experience a severe cold wave by the end of this year. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) attributes this to the possible resurgence of La Niña, a cooling phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) that influences global weather patterns. While India avoided extreme heat this year, the upcoming winter is expected to bring unusually low temperatures, especially from December to January. The US National Weather Service's Cl ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Southwest (summer) monsoon started withdrawing from some parts of west Rajasthan Sunday against the normal date of Sept 17, IMD said. Normally, the withdrawal process ends on Oct 15 - a few days ahead of onset of winter monsoon in Peninsular India.It's the earliest withdrawal of monsoon since 2015, when the retreat began on Sept 4, under the old regime where normal date of beginning of withdrawal used to be Sept 1 based on records during 1901-1940. This is also the earliest withdrawal ...Read More >
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh forest department is set to commemorate 'Seva Parva' from Sept 17 to Oct 2.The two-week campaign, to mark the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will focus on cleanliness drives, anti-single-use plastic efforts, weed removal in bird sanctuaries, and public awareness programmes on environmental protection, rainwater harvesting, and water conservation.To ensure the campaign's success, principal chief conservator of forests Sunil Chaudhary has instructed officials ...Read More >
KOCHI: With the Kerala Urban Policy nearing formal adoption, Prof M Satish Kumar, chairman of the Kerala Urban Policy Commission, which was tasked with preparing it, spoke to TNIE on the state's challenges and possibilities on the sidelines of the two-day Urban Conclave, which concluded in Kochi on Saturday. Excerpts: Given the shifting demographics and trends, what are the challenges faced by Kerala in implementing an urban policy? The Kerala model has raised awareness of participatory govern ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 14 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla emphasised that all legislatures must establish standards to ensure the quality of their proceedings and debates. Expressing concern about the planned deadlock in the House, Om Birla underscored the need for comprehensive dialogue among all political parties and elected representatives. He also urged the media to give prominence to the viewpoints of elected representatives engaged in factual and substantive discussion ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 14 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla emphasised that all legislatures must establish standards to ensure the quality of their proceedings and debates. Expressing concern about the planned deadlock in the House, Om Birla underscored the need for comprehensive dialogue among all political parties and elected representatives. He also urged the media to give prominence to the viewpoints of elected representatives engaged in factual and substantive discussion ...Read More >
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