Environment

Eight Workers Trapped, Many Injured As Tunnel Collapsed In India’s Telangana

NEW DELHI, Feb 23 (NNN-PTI) – At least eight workers were trapped and many others injured yesterday, after a portion…

Court Rules Against Suspension Of Nuclear Plant Operations In South-Western Japan

TOKYO, Feb 22 (NNN-NHK) – A Japanese court, yesterday, rejected a request by thousands of residents, to suspend operations of…

Mongolia To Host UNCCD COP17, Advancing Global Action Against Desertification

BERLIN, Feb 22 (NNN-DPA) – The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the government of Mongolia, signed an…

Intense Cold Spell Hits Wide Areas Of Japan

TOKYO, Feb 21 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s weather agency said, a strong cold air mass and a winter pressure pattern, brought…

Serbia Unveiled 84-Million-Dollar Forest Project

BELGRADE, Feb 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Serbia, yesterday, launched an 84-million-U.S. dollar- project, to strengthen forest resilience, enhance energy security for…

Kazakhstan Plans To Take Rare Fish Species In Aral, Caspian Sea For Scientific Purposes

ALMATY, Feb 21 (NNN-KNA) – Kazakhstan plans to seize limited number of rare and endangered fish species, as well as…

Bolivia Flood Death Toll Rose To 30

LA PAZ, Feb 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in Bolivia has risen to 30,…

ADB Approves 125 Million USD Loan To Modernise Water Supply In Uzbekistan

MANILA, Feb 20 (NNN-PNA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), yesterday said, it has approved a loan of 125 million…

Australian Authorities To Euthanise 90 Stranded False Killer Whales

SYDNEY, Feb 19 (NNN-AAP) – About 90 surviving false killer whales will be euthanised, after a pod of 157 became…

Kazakhstan To Increase Water Volume In North Aral Sea To 27 Billion Cubic Metres By 2030

ALMATY, Feb 19 (NNN-KNA) – The volume of water in the North Aral Sea is expected to increase from the…