Vedanta Cairn Oil and Gas said on Monday that it has appointed three senior executives with diversified experience, including overseas, to bolster the company's health and safety practices across various functional areas.


Vedanta Cairn appoints 3 health, safety, environment executives


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India on Monday signed a $48 million loan agreement with the World Bank to strengthen community-led landscape management in Meghalaya.


World Bank to lend $48 mn for landscape management in Meghalaya


The Himachal Pradesh government on Monday decided to set up a water supply and wastewater management authority, with World Bank funding, for the state capital, an official said.


Shimla to have water supply authority


Renewable energy major Suzlon announced on Monday that it commissioned 626 MW of wind power projects in the last financial year, achieving the most installations done by any company during 2017-18.


Suzlon installs 626 MW of wind projects in 2017-18


India is set to get a normal monsoon this year, with average rainfall likely to be 97 per cent, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced on Monday.


At 97 percent, normal monsoon this year, says IMD


Four elephants were killed after a train hit them on a railway track in Odisha's Jharsuguda district on Monday.


Four elephants killed in Odisha


A large bushfire that has threatened homes in Sydney is likely to have been deliberately lit, Australian authorities said on Monday.


Sydney bushfire deemed deliberate act


Police in the US have found animal waste in counterfeit makeup -- the market for which in India stands at a whopping over Rs 40,000 crore.


Animal faeces found in counterfeit makeup


Plastic garbage converted into flotation devices, seaweed strewn on beaches broken down into compost and art installations fabricated from bottle caps and straws littered on Goa's beaches are the showstoppers of a 150-day-old beach cleanliness campaign in Goa.


Sun, sand and sanitation: Goa celebrates beach hygiene campaign with music party


With its much-touted bio-toilets proving less than reliable, Indian Railways is turning to vacuum toilets for 13 premier trains, including the Howrah Rajdhani, Goa Rajdhani, Amritsar Swarn Shatabdi and Bandra-Patna Humsafar.


As bio-toilets clog, Railways turns to vacuum toilets in 13 trains


Over 170 countries, comprising India, on Friday reached a historic agreement in London to reduce shipping carbon dioxide emissions by "at least" 50 per cent on 2008 levels by 2050 with an emphasis on scaling up action to 100 per cent by the mid-century.


Over 170 countries agree to reduce shipping emissions by 2050


The Haryana government on Friday justified the setting up of a Rs 502 crore Integrated Solid Waste ManagementApower plant in Gurugram district saying that it will not only generate electricity but also help in keeping the area clean.


Haryana justifies waste management plant in Gurugram district


While the presence of a leopard at North Delhi could not be confirmed, animal experts and the forest department on Thursday suggested that people learn to co-exist with the feline.


Learn to coexist, say foresters as leopard goes undetected


India may not see power tariff auction for wind-solar hybrid projects or common bidding for power projects in near future, said a top official of Siemens Gamesa India on Thursday.


Common bidding for power projects not soon: Siemens


The US needs to invest $150 billion in gas infrastructure to be able to service its growing natural gas production, even as it is capable of supplying the clean fuel at most competitive prices, an American gas company executive said on Thursday.


US needs to invest $150 bn in gas infrastructure


New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Thursday a ban on all new offshore oil exploration, describing her decision as a transition towards a zero-carbon economy.


New Zealand bans all new offshore oil exploration


Simplifying procedures for exploration of coal bed methane (CBM) gas from blocks allotted to Coal India Ltd (CIL), a cabinet panel on Wednesday allowed relaxation to the state miner and its subsidiaries from applying for grant of license for extracting CBM in their coal bearing areas.


Cabinet simplifies coal bed methane extraction from CIL blocks


The Narmada Control Authority (NCA) has sought the opinion of all the stakeholder states on the Gujarat government's demand to release around 1,500 cubic feet water per second (cusec) on a regular basis.


Stakeholder states' views sought on Gujarat's Narmada water demand


The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday gave its ex-post facto approval to an agreement with the International Solar Alliance (ISA) for India serving as its host country.


Cabinet approves HQ pact with International Solar Alliance


More than 18,000 people are still staying at Fiji evacuation centres after tropical cyclone Keni hit the country a day earlier with heavy rain and destructive winds, the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) said on Wednesday.


Cyclone Keni hits Fiji, 18,000 in evacuation centres


In a bid to boost eco-tourism in the state, the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal for setting up the Tiger Conservation Foundation at the Dudhwa wildlife reserve, an official spokesman said.

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