Tag: Environment

Iran hits targets in Iraq, Syria as fears of widening conflict grow amid Gaza Syllabus: Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance. Mains Examination: General Studies II: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora. Key Points to Ponder: • What’s the ...

NEW DELHI: Mickey Arthur, the former team director of Pakistan, conceded that the ODI World Cup match against India in Ahmedabad was one of the most challenging moments during his tenure, navigating the team through a hostile environment.Following Pakistan's inability to reach the semifinals of the showpiece event last ...

Amid ST row, Manipur CM hints at panel to discuss Kuki status Syllabus: Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance. Mains Examination: General Studies II: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Key Points to Ponder: • What’s ...

Forty-eight-year old Raja Mohammed Akhtar Khan's booming recycling business came to a halt a few weeks ago. He was making 1 million Pakistani rupees (€3,200, $3,540) monthly but the exodus of Afghan refugees from the South Asian country in recent weeks — many of whom were involved in trash and scrap collection — has dealt ...

This year saw an increase in natural disasters the world over, from floods in Libya and New York and deadly wildfires in Hawaii and Greece – all very real effects of climate change. Globally, there have been twice as many days where temperatures exceed 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees ...

The government has already started taking steps to facilitate mining the lithium mineral in Reasi, according to multiple reports. However, mining in such a hilly district has its own challenges.For one, owing to its fragile ecology, the Himalayan region is extremely vulnerable. Raising environmental concerns of large-scale mining, experts warned that ...

To initiate environmental awareness is not that difficult but to initiate environmental policy and environmental action, you can get old doing that. So in 2022, I thought time is running out for me, if not for the world, and I said I’m going to ride a motorcycle from London ...

On the steep slope of a glacier jutting through the Hunza valley in Pakistan’s mountainous far north, Tariq Jamil measures the ice’s movement and takes photos. Later, he creates a report that includes data from sensors and another camera installed near the Shisper glacier to update his village an ...

Cloud seeding was used to counter the hazardous smog in the megacity of Lahore, one of the world’s most polluted cities.Artificial rain has been used for the first time in Pakistan in a bid to combat hazardous levels of pollution in the megacity of Lahore, says the provincial government. ...

Artificial rain was used for the first time in Pakistan on Saturday in a bid to combat hazardous levels of smog in the megacity of Lahore, the provincial government said.   Issued on: 16/12/2023 - 18:53 2 min In the first experiment of its kind in the South Asian country, ...