The southwest monsoon advanced over almost the entire Himachal Pradesh on Thursday and there are chances of more showers in next four days, the weather bureau here said.


Southwest monsoon covers entire Himachal


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India is committed to follow the green path but needs technology and finance as it continues to work to meet objectives of the international environmental conventions, an Indian official said here on Thursday.


India bats for technology, finance to achieve climate goals


Traffic movement on the Delhi-Gurugram expressway, which is part of the Delhi-Jaipur highway, was badly hit near the Hero Honda crossing after brief spell of pre-monsoon rainfall on Wednesday, said irate persons trapped there.


Traffic movement hit on the Delhi-Gurugram expressway after rain


As many as 21 live exotic birds of foreign origin, smuggled into India from Bangladesh, were recovered here, a statement said on Wednesday.


21 exotic birds of foreign origin recovered in Bengal


The government-run NBCC India Ltd, that is redeveloping infrastructure in south Delhi requiring axing thousands of trees, on Wednesday directed its contractors not to cut any tree till July 4.


NBCC asks contractors not to cut trees till July 4


"Blue Planet II: One Ocean and The Deep" executive producer James Honeyborne says he wants to inspire people with the "incredible variety of life beneath the waves" with the series.


Aim of 'Blue Planet II' is to inspire people: Producer


The AAP on Wednesday accused the Central government of flouting all the basic environmental clearance criteria for its redevelopment plans for south Delhi, and demanded scrapping or at least reconsideration of the project.


Centre flouted environment clearance criteria: AAP


Financing entities the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) have agreed to take joint steps to improve climate finance flows to best meet the needs of developing countries in tackling the global climate challenge, it was announced on Wednesday.


Green bodies pledge to improve climate funding for developing world


Actress Sunny Leone's cosmetics brand 'Star Struck by Sunny Leone' uses animal rights organisation PETA India's cruelty-free logo as it is against testing products on animals.


Sunny Leone against animal testing for her cosmetics brand


Humans must transform their key economic systems and move to a circular economy to restore the ecosystems. The transformation is needed and is possible, a top environmentalist has said.


Move to circular economy to restore ecosystems: GEF chief


The government on Tuesday issued an advisory forecast warning rapid rise in water levels of rivers in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Assam, Meghalaya and north Bengal following a prediction of heavy rainfall in the current week.


Advisory forecast for rapid rise in water levels of several rivers


Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Tuesday wrote to Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Harsh Vardhan and Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri demanding various clearances for a number of Central government employees' colonies, for which thousands of trees were to be cut in the national capital.


Delhi minister seeks documents of redevelopment colonies from Union Ministers


Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K.Palaniswami on Tuesdary reiterated his government's intention to close down Vedanta Ltd's copper smelter unit - Sterlite Copper - in Thoothukudi.


TN government's intention to close down Sterlite Copper: CM


Shimla and other parts of Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday saw pre-monsoon showers, bringing much relief from the scorching heat, weather officials here said.


Himachal gets pre-monsoon showers


Playing a crucial role to mitigate climate change and other environmental challenges across the globe, India on Tuesday announced it will increase for the next four years the money it pays to the Global Environment Facility (GEF), a mechanism to provide grants for environment projects.


India increases grants to $15m to handle global environment crises


Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain over the weekend in Vietnam have killed 15 persons, and left 11 others missing, authorities said on Tuesday.


15 killed in Vietnam flood


The Thai authorities on Tuesday are continuing their search and rescue efforts to find 12 children and an adult trapped inside a cave in northern Thailand.


Rescue on for boys football team, coach trapped in Thai cave


Five persons died in lightning strikes and one drowned as heavy monsoon showers left various areas of the metropolis and the southern Bengal districts waterlogged on Monday, with the weatherman warning of "heavy to very heavy rainfall" in the northern part of the state over the next five days.


Six dead, Kolkata roads waterlogged following heavy monsoon showers


The Congress on Monday blamed both the BJP-led Central government and Delhi's AAP government for the decision to chop over 16,000 tres in the national capital, saying the green cover of the city is depleting rapidly under them.


Under BJP, AAP green cover in Delhi depleting rapidly: Ajay Maken


A 32-storey skyscraper in Mumbai was feared to be at risk after a parking lot and driveway caved in while at least seven persons were killed as heavy rains clobbered the city and large parts of coastal Maharashtra, officials said here on Monday.


Mumbai skyscraper at risk as heavy rains clobber Maharashtra


Eight nations, including India, around the Bay of Bengal were brought together on Monday to develop and agreed programme for ocean governance with a tranche of multi-million dollars through financial institution Global Environment Facility (GEF) to tackle unsustainable fisheries.

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