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JAPAN RIVER DAMS
In 2016, when river dams trapped Japan's giant salamanders, scientists came up with an unusual solution: building custom ladders instead of removing the damsResearchers in Japan developed special ladderways for giant salamanders to cross river dams. These step-type structures with side walls pro...- Watch Snakes on the street: Nearly 900 snakes, including cobras, escape flooded farm in China, enter nearby villagesNearly nine hundred snakes, including venomous cobras, escaped a flooded breeding farm in Guangxi. Villagers used nets to catch the reptile...
- Nearly 2 million people flee in China as typhoon lashes Taiwan, Japan islandsTyphoon Bavi has forced nearly two million people to evacuate their homes in China. Northern Taiwan and Japan's islands also experienced se...
- Japan cancels over 200 flights as double storm threat growsJapan faces severe transport chaos and landslide threats as two tropical storms, Mekkhala and Higos, converge with a seasonal rain front. O...
- Heavy rains from nearby Typhoon Mekkhala pound Taiwan, 200 to be evacuated on east coastTyphoon Mekkhala's outer bands have unleashed heavy rains and localized flooding across Taipei and southern Taiwan. Authorities are evacuat...
- Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening 'the world's kitchen'Toxic runoff from unregulated rare earth mines in Myanmar and Laos is contaminating the Mekong River and its tributaries, threatening the l...
- Another Three Gorges Dam above Earth? China plans to build an enormous 1-kilometer-wide solar power station in space that will beam continuous energy back to EarthChina intends to build a 1-kilometer-wide solar power station in space, sending energy to Earth via microwaves.
- Hydro power is facing a deepening dry spellHydro’s problems resemble those of the other veteran form of clean power, nuclear. Unlike wind and solar, it’s been an established technolo...
- China's Hydropower Strategy: Threats, challenges and responsesEring added that China’s proposed mammoth hydropower project in Medog county of Tibet will be a great threat to India and negatively impact...
- Ageing dams in India, US, other nations pose growing threat: UN reportUN report says most of the 58,700 large dams worldwide were constructed between 1930 and 1970 with a design life of 50 to 100 years.
- Water aerodrome proposal gets Civil Aviation Ministry nodThe Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued regulations in June this year, prescribing procedures and requirement for licencing...
- Budget 2018: Government to come up with framework for investment in sea plane operations: Arun JaitleySea planes have been making headlines since PM Modi flew across the river Sabarmati to Dharoi dam as part of his election campaign.
- China effect? Myanmar too facing a debt crisisMyanmar might be heading towards a debt crisis following China’s move forcing Myanmar to hand over majority stakes in a deep sea strategic ...
- Sheikh Hasina wants Modi government to become stakeholder of planned Ganges Barrage projectBut because the Ganges flows to Bangladesh from India, we take a long-term view of the project and our prime minister is keen to get India ...
- Manohar Parrikar inaugurates first cable-stayed bridge in J&KParrikar today inaugurated the cable stayed-bridge on river Ravi at Basholi situated on Dunera-Basohli-Bhadharwah road.
- Manohar Parrikar to inaugurate first cable stay bridge of Jammu and Kashmir on December 24Currently India has three cable-stayed bridges - Hooghly bridge at Kolkata, Naini Bridge in Allahabad and Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link in Mumbai.
- Three Japanese companies warm up to investment in MaharashtraFadnavis said 3 Japanese companies have handed over letters of intent for investment in the state under the government's 'Make in Maharasht...
- Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik urges Centre to allow state to avail World Bank, ADB loansPatnaik today wrote to Gadkari seeking inclusion of the state for financial aid from WB, JICA, and others to ensure safe drinking water.
- Gangetic dolphin facing threat of extinction due to pollutionIn a census conducted in 2012, the number of Gangetic dolphins in Uttar Pradesh was found increasing from 600 in 2005 to 671.
- Japanese delegation evinces interest in Kalpasar projectA trade delegation from Japan has shown interest in the ambitious Rs 30,000-crore Kalpasar Project which proposes to build a dam in Gujarat.
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