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    Panel recommends hike in fixed cost paid for urea

    A ministerial panel on Thursday recommended increase in fixed cost paid to urea by Rs 350 per tone but there will be no increase in the rate of crop nutrient for farmers as government will subsidise the additional cost, pegged at Rs 900 crore. Fertiliser Ministry had moved the proposal for modified New Pricing Scheme […]

    Environment

    Minimum temperature rises in Punjab, Haryana Chandigarh

    The cold conditions relented in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh with the minimum temperature rising up by four degrees Celsius above normal at some areas on Wednesday even as fog enveloped a few parts of the region. The minimum temperatures hovered between one to four degrees Celsius above normal in most parts of Punjab and Haryana, […]

    Environment

    Dimension Data Scores High For Its Carbon Emissions Disclosure

    Dubai, UAE :  Dimension Data, the USD 5.8 billion global IT services and solutions provider, said today that it has been awarded a score of 94 (out of 100) by CDP* for disclosure of its climate change strategy. Colin Curtis, Dimension Data’s Global Director for Sustainability said, “This is the sixth year that Dimension has […]

    Environment

    World’s smallest water lily stolen from London

    The tiny ‘Nymphaea Thermarum’ was stolen on Thursday from the Princess of Wales Conservatory, a giant glass house at the gardens in the southwest of the capital, a Scotland Yard statement said. “Officers have been informed that the plant would have had to have been dug, or pulled up, from a shallow water lily pond,” […]

    Environment

    Cold claims six lives in North; barring Delhi region shivers

    Unabated cold wave claimed six lives in Northern plains on Thursday and temperature in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh hovered around freezing point throwing normal life out of gear. The mercury in Leh, in the frontier region of Ladakh, was recorded at a low of minus 13.6 degrees Celsius while Kargil town recorded minus […]

    Environment

    Mercury dips in higher reaches, fog sweeps plains of north

    Temperatures plummeted further in the hilly areas of northern India on Sunday even as fog affected normal life at several places in the plains under the unrelenting cold wave sweeping the region.  Delhi woke up to a shallow fog cover in the morning although the conditions cleared as the day progressed. The minimum in the […]

    Environment

    First-ever dinosaur fossils from Saudi Arabia discovered

    Scientists have discovered the first-ever dinosaur fossils in Saudi Arabia, dating back to 72 million years. Dinosaur fossils are exceptionally rare in the Arabian Peninsula and the newly identified specimen were excavated in the northwest part of Saudi Arabia along the coast of the Red Sea.  An international team of scientists from Uppsala University, Museum […]

    Environment

    Snowfall prompts closure of NH in J&K, avalanche warning in HP

                   A moderate rise in temperatures on Wednesday did not translate into any great relief from the cold in northern India where fresh snowfall led to the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway and prompted authorities to issue an avalanche warning in Himachal Pradesh. Delhi saw the minimum temperature registering a dip from the 6.1 […]

    Environment

    Leh reels at minus 17.4 C as Cold wave continues in Kashmir

    The mercury continues to be in a free fall in Kashmir and Ladakh divisions as Leh was the coldest recorded place at minus 17.4 degrees Celsius in the state.  Last night Leh recorded a plunge of almost 10 degrees from the previous nights minus 7.9 degrees Celsius, an official of the MET Department said. Temperature […]

    Environment

    Fresh spell of snow in Himachal, cold conditions persist

    Piercing cold wave conditions continued unabated in Himachal Pradesh as tribal areas and other higher hills had fresh spell of snowfall while the mid and lower hills received moderate rains.  The sky remained heavily overcast and icy winds swept the region forcing peopleto stay indoors. The tribal Bharmaur valley witnessed 21 cm of snow while […]

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