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WORST WILDLIFE DISASTERS
Are the world’s freshwater sources vanishing before our eyes? Satellite images reveal an appalling global water crisisAcross the globe, our precious rivers, lakes, and reservoirs are diminishing at an alarming rate. Cutting-edge satellite imagery underscore...- Assam flood situation critical, NDRF rushed to Barak ValleyA total 44 people have lost their lives so far in floods and lanslides in the state since June 14.
- Over 200 rare marine animals died due to chemical leak from sunk ship, hears Lankan courtBriefing on the damage to aquatic life in the aftermath of 'X-Press Pearl' container ship sinking, the attorney general's office told the m...
- Estimated 3 billion animals affected by Australia bushfires: StudyNearly three billion animals were killed or displaced by Australia's unprecedented 2019-20 wildfires in "one of the worst wildlife disaster...
- Cyclone toll hits 95 as Bangladesh and India start mopping upIndia and Bangladesh began a massive clean-up on Thursday after the fiercest cyclone since 1999 killed at least 95 people, leaving a trail ...
- Over 1 cr people hit as floods ravage Bihar, Assam; death toll shoots up to 114No casualties have been reported from flood-hit Muzaffarpur, Saharsa and Katihar districts so far.
- Rains cause landslides, floods in many states; claim 57 livesIn Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district, a girl was killed and her parents were missing following a landslide yesterday that buried their hou...
- Assam flood situation worsens; PM speaks to Tarun GogoiManmohan Singh spoke to Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to discuss the situation and extended the central help.
- Assam flood takes 80 more villages under its gripFlood situation in Assam turned critical today as 80 more villages in the worst-hit Dhemaji and Morigaon districts were submerged.
- Bhopal gas verdict, compensation issues made headlines in MPthe Union Carbide issue and the compenstation paid, political controversies, policy decisions and wildlife matters . kept Madhya Pradesh in...
- Mining blow to Western GhatsThe verdant Western Ghats look set to be ravaged by mining. The Maharashtra govt has approved no less than 49 leases for excavating iron an...
- BP to conduct test to show if Gulf well deadBP Plc will conduct a pressure test on its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well late on Saturday to make sure that cement pumped into the botto...
- Supertanker skims oil as spill now worst accident on recordA Taiwanese supertanker skimmed oil from the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday as the months-long disaster became the worst accidental spill on re...
- BP reattaches cap, but oil closes Florida beachesBP resumed full siphoning operations from the ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well Thursday, but Florida was forced to close down popular touri...
- Gulf containment cap reattached, collecting oil: BPBP's containment system siphoned gushing crude from a ruptured oil well Thursday, a day after an accident forced workers to remove the "top...
- BP's under-fire Hayward hands the reinsBP's Tony Hayward handed over management of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on Wednesday after enduring weeks of criticism and ridicule in the...
- Fitch cuts BP rating, puts on negative watch amid oil spillFitch placed BP on negative watch, citing risks arising from oil disaster.
- BP now trying to contain flow of oilAfter its 'top kill' experiment to plug the leak in the Gulf failed, BP is now trying to contain flow of oil even as the Obama administrati...
- No end in sight to spill as BP costs mountFailed containment efforts and an unfavorable weather could prolong the three-week-old crisis.
- Human error: Man-made ecological disastersThe oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico is now about the size of Puerto Rico. It has already reached the marshes of Louisiana. As environmental...
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