India's Gujarat on Tuesday got a United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) award for women's leadership with low cost and sustainable technology to tackle storms.


Gujarat's women group gets UN award


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Akademik Lomonosov, the world's first "floating" nuclear power plant (FNPP) for installation in remote areas, has been started and brought to 10 per cent of its capacity, Russian state-run atomic energy corporation Rosatom announced on Tuesday.


World's first floating nuclear plant operational in Russia


India's falling oil and gas production is a matter of concern which the government has sought to address by initiating various reforms in the sector, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Tuesday.


Falling oil, gas output a concern; gas trading hub soon: Pradhan


As nearly 200 countries entered the second week of their crucial climate negotiations here, the sports sector and the UN Climate Change on Tuesday jointly launched the Sports for Climate Action Framework to drive climate awareness and action.


Now, sports a unifying tool for climate action


Canada will continue to lead critical climate negotiations, the country's Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna has said while urging the world to do its part to find solutions to fight climate change at home and abroad.


Canada will continue to lead critical climate talks: Minister


Actors Anushka Sharma and Kartik Aaryan have been named India's Hottest Vegetarians, according to votes on the official website of People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India.


Anushka, Kartik named India's hottest vegetarians


A wildlife preservation society in Australia on Tuesday voiced grave concerns for the koala population, after a devastating wildfire tore through an area which is an important habitat for the species.


Entire koala population could be 'wiped out' by wildfire


A scientific survey has found a clue to the tsunami that struck Indonesia in September that killed over 2,000 people, on the seabed, the media reported on Tuesday.


Indonesia tsunami clue found on seabed


The global fashion sector on Monday significantly increased momentum to address climate change by launching the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action.


Global fashion sector to step up climate actions


The World Bank on Monday praised India's success in renewable energy auctions that delivered record-setting low prices for solar power and said that the number of countries with strong policy frameworks for sustainable energy more than tripled -- from 17 to 59 -- in the eight years till 2017.


World Bank praises India's renewable energy success


Global carbon dioxide emissions are rising again but India's ranking has improved by three points, a Germanwatch report said on Monday.


Global emissions rising again, but India's ranking improves


Global investors -- the single largest policy intervention from corporates on climate change -- on Monday called on governments around the world to step up action to address climate change.


Global investors want nations to step up climate action


Consumers in Britain paid on average 75 pounds more for gas and electricity in the year after the referendum in which the majority supported the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union (EU), says a study.


Brexit leading to higher energy bills in Britain: Study


A baby elephant that strayed from its herd and fell into a 30 feet deep well in Gosi village in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district was rescued after a five-hour long operation on Monday.


Baby elephant falls into well, rescued


Strange disease has killed a total of eight elephants in northern Tanzania's district of Ngorongoro, authorities confirmed on Sunday.


Strange disease kills 8 elephants in Tanzania


The US, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Kuwait have blocked the other 193 assembled countries in this Polish city from "welcoming" the recent IPCC report, even though the report had been requested by the earlier UN climate summit in Paris in 2015.


US, Russia block UN panel report on climate change


As the first week of the crucial UN climate summit ended this weekend, businesses, investors, local authorities, trade unions and NGOs on Sunday called upon the European Union to commit to significantly increase the current climate commitments by 2020, in order to secure a successful outcome of the summit.


EU urged to commit significant increase in climate commitments by 2020


A smart campus cloud network -- a set of guidelines for starting climate action -- was launched at the ongoing UN climate action summit in this Polish city to make the university campuses green, an official associated with the project said on Sunday.


Now, toolkit for environment-friendly universities


US President Donald Trump once again railed against the Paris climate deal on Saturday, claiming that the ongoing riots in the French capital were taking place because the citizens there didn't want to pay "large sums of money, much to third world countries".


Trump attacks Paris climate deal, cites protests in France


Thousands of student demonstrators took to the streets of Australias main cities on Saturday in their latest protest against the planned launch of a coal mine in Queensland state by Indian conglomerate Adani.


Australian students protest against Adani coal mine's launch


The Sara Ali Khan-Sushant Rajput starrer Bollywood film "Kedarnath' will not be released in the hill state of Uttarakhand, an official said on Friday.

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