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GD Agarwal was urging the government to take steps to stop construction of hydroelectric projects along the rivers tributaries. (Photo: File | PTI)

Death of environment too big a price to pay

The grandiose schemes drawn up to restore the Ganga remain mostly on paper.

14 Oct 2018 2:04 AM IST

Indian coast guard ship (R) battling to extinguish the fire from the Panamanian-registered crude oil tanker New Diamond, some 60 km off Sri Lankas eastern coast.(AFP)

Fire-stricken oil tanker pushed away from Sri Lankan coast

The vessel is larger than the Japanese ship which crashed into a reef in Mauritius, leaking more than 1,000 tonnes of...

5 Sept 2020 10:02 AM IST

Internally displaced people flee fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants on a road in eastern Mosul, Iraq. (Photo: AP)

UN warns of oil spill south of Mosul

The warnings came in report released on environmental damages caused by oil fires intentionally started by retreating IS...

13 Jan 2017 1:28 PM IST