Andhra-based company to plug holes of sunken shipBHUBANESWAR - A company based in Andhra Pradesh has been awarded the contract to plug the holes in a ship that sank off Orissas Paradip port Sep 9, a port official said Sunday. Philippines storm death toll nears 100 (Second Lead)MANILA - Nearly 100 people were killed as tropical storm Ketsana battered a wide area in the Philippines, dumping record rainfall on the capital that caused the worst flooding in 40 years, officials said Sunday. An Australian campaigns to clean the Taj cityAGRA - A 62-year-old Australian who counts Mahatma Gandhi and Swami Vivekananda as his gurus is leading a campaign here to turn the Taj Mahal city of Agra sparkling clean. Tropical storm kills 80 in the PhilippinesMANILA - At least 80 people were killed as tropical storm Ketsana battered a wide area in the Philippines, resulting in record rainfall on the capital that caused the worst flooding in 40 years, officials said Sunday. India’s greenest city to lose ‘dangerous’ treesCHANDIGARH - A number of the trees which had helped Chandigarh get a tag of greenest city of India have become ‘dangerous’. Time running out for Dudhwa’s tigersDUDHWA - Tigers have no place to hide in Dudhwa National Park. With trains and buses plying through the sanctuary, poachers move around easily to pick their targets. Leaders at UN debate push for greater efforts on climate changeUNITED NATIONS - Leaders attending a key UN debate here Saturday urged greater international efforts to tackle climate change, voicing high hopes for successful outcomes at the December climate conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. Central team visits Paradip, recommends measuresPARADIP - A central team, which was here Saturday to inspect the Mongolian ship that sunk off the Paradip coast, recommended stringent measures to avert such accidents. Central team reaches Paradip to inspect capsized shipBHUBANESWAR - Following reports of minor oil spills, a five-member team of the central shipping ministry Saturday reached Orissa’s Paradip port to inspect the ship that sank off its coast earlier this month. G20 hasn’t fixed money to fight climate change: NGOsPITTSBURGH - The G20 leaders have closed their summit here without the industrialised countries following through on their pledge to provide financial and technological assistance to help developing countries limit their greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change, an umbrella group of NGOs said here Friday night. Goa’s illegal resort stands as Russian owners go missingPANAJI - The Goa government has been “unable” to execute the order of demolition of an illegal hotel resort for nearly nine months now as the Russian owners of the property cannot be found, an official said Saturday. ‘Rich nations must help developing world fight climate change’PITTSBURGH - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says developed nations would need to provide funding and affordable technology to developing nations in return for any commitments to fight climate change. Naveen Patnaik seeks wetlands research centre at ChilikaBHUBANESWAR - Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has requested the central government to set up a dedicated research centre for management of wetlands and coastal ecosystems at Chilika Lake, Asia’s largest saltwater lake, an official statement said here Friday evening. Patnaik wants full release of forest fundsBHUBANESWAR - Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has urged the central government to release the full amount of Rs.1,350 crore the state deposited with the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA). Rains forecast as West Bengal celebrates Durga PujaKOLKATA - As thousands of people thronged beautifully decorated pandals (marquees) across West Bengal Friday during the Durga Puja festival, the weatherman warned that rain may play spoilsport Saturday. After UN speech, Lucknow teen eyeing another green firstLUCKNOW - After becoming the first Indian teenager to address the United Nations General Assembly on global climate change, Lucknow girl Yugratna Srivastava aims to notch another first - plant one million trees in the country. It may be a wet Dussehra and Durga puja in BangaloreBANGALORE - Bangaloreans are hoping the skies will not open up over the next three days and spoil the Dussehra and Durga puja festivities in the city which has been lashed by heavy rains in the last two days. Wildlife activists shocked at jail suspension of Sansar ChandNEW DELHI - The Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) Friday said it was dismayed that the Supreme Court had suspended notorious wildlife criminal Sansar Chand’s jail sentence and ordered that he be enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of the trial court. India’s monsoon deficit increases to 22 percentNEW DELHI - India’s monsoon deficit has increased to 22 percent this year and the southwest monsoon has started withdrawing from the northern region, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Friday. G20 leaders must provide more money to fight climate change: WWFNEW DELHI - Leaders at the ongoing G20 summit need to agree on a climate financing strategy to open a green pathway out of the global economic crisis, creating jobs, new investment and securing sustainable economic growth, international NGO WWF said Friday. Humanity goes into debt with natureNEW DELHI - Humanity went into debt Friday, having used up all that the earth’s natural systems can produce this year, according to data from Global Footprint Network (GFN), a research organisation that measures the natural resources we have and we use. Tiger relocation in Madhya Pradesh park delayedBHOPAL - Two tigresses in the Panna national park in Madhya Pradesh, earlier slated to get a male companion Friday, will now have to wait at least for another four weeks as the tiger identified for relocation turned out to be from the same gene pool to which one of the tigresses belongs, a forest department official said. Scientists create sensors to monitor diverse environmentsSYDNEY - Researchers are developing a technique to provide unparalleled ability to explore environments as diverse as oceans and the human body. Farooq, Ramesh to take part in India-US energy dialogueWASHINGTON - Indian ministers Farooq Abdullah and Jairam Ramesh will take part in the US-India Energy Partnership Summit to be held here Oct 1 aimed at contributing to the ongoing high-level India-US dialogue areas such as renewable energy, climate change and technological innovation. Nobel laureates decry delay in India’s mega science projectBANGALORE - Prominent scientists from around the world have called for “urgent action” by the Indian government to prevent any further delay in the construction of the proposed underground physics laboratory in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. ‘Capturing carbon from air only way to save earth’TORONTO - Capturing carbon directly from the air is the only way to prevent dangerous climate changes, says a pioneering Canadian scientist. ‘Green Jobs Fair’ starts in DelhiNEW DELHI - A unique “Green Jobs Fair” was inaugurated Thursday here to create a national movement for a “green economic revolution” to combat climate change in a better way. Delhi mayor starts clean city drive during festivalsNEW DELHI - Delhi Mayor Kanwar Sain Thursday launched a four-week drive asking Delhiites to ensure that the national capital stayed “clean and green” during the Durga Puja and Dussehra celebrations. Oil spill could devastate Orissa coast, says GreenpeaceBHUBANESWAR - The Orissa coast faces devastation if the large amount of oil now inside a capsized ship off the Paradip port spills out of the wreck, international NGO Greenpeace said Thursday. Expert team probes oil spill in Haryana schoolsAMBALA - A team of experts began its probe into the oil spill in two schools in Haryana’s Ambala Cantt town, officials said Thursday. |
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