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Environmental conservation

When temperatures fall in a city by 11 degrees overnight, the citizens may temporarily rejoice, but the governments must be alarmed. (PTI file image)

DC Edit | Save cities from eco disasters

Indian cities, especially its six big metros, have metamorphosed into ecological-disaster-attracting hubs

25 May 2022 7:18 AM

Mayor Gangambike Mallikarjun

Sensitise kids about plastic menace: Gangambike Mallikarjun

Teachers always create indelible impression among their students and they listen carefully what their teachers says.

26 Jul 2019 3:07 AM

Extinction Rebellion climate change protesters held up banners as they briefly blocked the road near the Bank of England, in the City of London recently. Extinction Rebellion created blockades at various locations in the British capital for 10 days. (Photo: AP)

UK becomes first country to declare a ‘climate emergency’

On Wednesday night a bipartisan UK Parliament passed an extraordinary measure: a national declaration of an environment and climate emergency.

02 May 2019 5:31 PM

Banner-wielding climate change activists want the politicians to prioritise tackling environmental change to save the planet from irreparable damage. (Photo: AFP)

Climate protests take over London’s financial hub

Activists from Extinction Rebellion, an academic environmentalist group campaigned around the London Stock Exchange.

26 Apr 2019 6:34 PM

Fernandina Giant Tortoise is one of 15 known species of giant tortoises in the Galapagos, at least two of which have already vanished. (Photo: AFP)

Giant tortoise re-emerges from extinction

Fernandina Giant Tortoise thought to be extinct for over 100 years recently discovered again on Galapagos Islands.

22 Feb 2019 5:06 PM

A Monarch butterfly rests on the forehead of a man, at the Amanalco de Becerra sanctuary, on the mountains near the extinct Nevado de Toluca volcano, Mexico. (Photo: AP)

Mystery monarch haven located in Mexico

Locals finally find the monarch butterfly colony in Mexico after years-long search.

16 Feb 2019 5:15 PM

It is not temperatures but scarcity of water limiting the growth of forests as global warming increases. (Photo: File)

Global forest growth limited by scarcity of water as climate warms up

Study analysis ring width measurements from trees across all continents, except Antarctica.

21 Jan 2019 4:15 PM

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Uber’s audio recording feature sparks worries

On its website, Uber has stated: “To maintain the privacy of parties in the vehicle, the recorded content is encrypted, and neither riders nor drivers can listen to it.” (AFP Photo)

Bike taxi services run in Hyderabad without helmets

File photo of a motorist wearing a helmet. (Photo: AFP)

Woman gets husband ‘married’ to his ex-lover

A woman sacrificed her marriage and got her husband married to his ex-lover in Tirupati district. (Representational Image/DC)

Woman cop saves life with CPR as stampede breaks out at Gymkhana grounds

Woman Constable Dawa Naveena who saved the life of a woman during the stampede at Gymkhana grounds in Hyderabad on Thursday. (Photo By Arrangement)

‘Dead woman’ comes back home two days after ’burial’

Pack of 11 stray dogs attack medico at Chest Hospital in Hyderabad

The first-year postgraduate medical student suffered deep wounds from multiple bites on her arms, legs and other body parts. She was immediately taken to the hospital’s casualty ward for treatment. (Image: PTI)

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Members of Extinction Rebellion take part in a demonstration outside the venue of the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. (AP)

In Pictures | COP26 protesters in Glasgow

Saudi’s annual Hajj pilgrimage will start this Wednesday amid growing concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. (Saudi Ministry of Media via AP)

This year, Hajj pilgrims to be given sterilised pebbles

The protests in Portland have drawn international attention to race relations in the USA. The standoff between federal agents and protesters turned into a violent fight at night on Thursday. (AP)

In Pictures| Standoff with federal agents continues in Portland

This cute group of penguins are making most of Singapore city’s zoo while it’s locked down for public. (Handout photo released by Wildlife Reserves Singapore)

For these penguins in Singapore’s city zoo, lockdown is flippin' fun

A man walks by Teatro Marcello in Rome which is unsually empty due to coronavirus epidemic(AP)

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A child cries as he waits in line to board a plane for Beijing at the airport in Hong Kong (AP)

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