Gales lash India and Pakistan coast as cyclone approaches

Mandvi, India, June 15 (AFP/APP): Howling gales and crashing waves pounded the coastline of India and Pakistan on Thursday, hours before the landfall of a powerful cyclone that has prompted mass evacuations. Nearly 150,000 people have fled the predicted path of Cyclone Biparjoy, which means […]

Senate body on Climate Change meets

Islamabad, 14th June, 2023 (Online): The Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change, under the Chairpersonship of Senator Seemee Ezdi, visited the ‘Farash Town’ to observe the Water Filtration Projects installed and managed by World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) to cater the water needs of local community. […]

Biperjoy: Sindh Coastline Authority step up evacuation before landfall

ISLAMABAD 14 June (Online): As Cyclone Biparjoy edges closer, Sindh’s coastline, authorities have speed up evacuations in the province including Keti Bundar, Thatta, Badin, Sujawal and Karachi considering them vulnerable to landfall of cyclone. Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) in latest updates gave cyclone distance of […]

Environment activists smear paint on Monet work in Stockholm

Stockholm, June 14 (AFP/APP): Environment activists on Wednesday smeared red paint and glued their hands to the protective glass on a Monet painting at Stockholm’s National Museum, police and the museum said. “Two women around the ages of 25 and 30 were arrested,” police said, […]

Cyclone to hit districts of Badin, Tharparkar: PDMA

BADIN, Jun 14 (APP): Tropical Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ would likely hit the districts of Badin and Tharparkar. As per an alert issued by Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), different areas of Badin have been declared dangerous. People living in unsafe areas of the coastal belt were […]

Pakistan Navy on high alert amid Tropical Cyclone Biparjoy

KARACHI, Jun 13 (APP): Pakistan Navy has put all its available resources at high alert with requisite assets to provide assistance to the inhabitants of coastal areas of Sindh in case of any emergency amid Tropical Cyclone BIPARJOY. The Pakistan Navy troops have evacuated 700 […]

Landmark youth climate trial begins in Montana

Washington, June 12 (AFP/APP): The first ever climate trial in the United States opened Monday in Montana, brought by young activists suing the state for violating their constitutional right to a “clean and healthful environment.” Held v. Montana is being closely watched as it could […]

California’s honey bees await the famous sunshine

Pasadena, United States, June 6 (AFP/APP):California’s very wet winter gifted the state a spectacular superbloom — an explosion of flowers that delighted hikers and should have been great news for bees. But beekeepers say lingering low temperatures and gray skies in the Golden State are […]