Nairobi Water Problems to Persist Until 2026
Nairobi — The Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company, says water rationing in Nairobi County is expected to persist until the year 2026. The company's Managing Director Nahashon Muguna said completion of
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Angola: Over 2,000 People Left Homeless in Moxico Storm Aftermath
Luena — At least 2,330 people have been left homeless in eastern Moxico province after heavy torrential rains in the region which destroyed 466 houses. A report from the Provincial Command Civil Protection
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Uganda: Mayor Faults Parliament Over Degazetting Namyoya Forest
Mukono Municipality mayor George Kagimu has asked Parliament to respond to a petition where authorities protested the plan to degazette Namyoya Forest Reserve in Goma Sub-county, two years ago. Mr Kagimu
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For clean drinking water in Kenya, just add sunshine
EMUCHIMI, Kenya, Feb 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - On a sunny afternoon in Western Kenya, Eunice Shigali filled a 10 litre jerrycan with water, then unfolded it like a suitcase and placed it in the
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Angola: Heavy Rains Create Havoc Across Country
Luanda — The heavy rains battering across the country have caused huge damages and inundated many houses due to the poor drainage systems of the cities, said on Wednesday, in Luanda, the commander of the
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EU pledges 370 mln USD for rural development in Mozambique
The European Union (EU) in Mozambique told Xinhua on Thursday in Maputo that it has an aid package of more than 300 million Euros (about 370 million U.S. dollars) to support the country's rural development
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East African lions dying of poisoning
Inside East Africa’s largest national park, Ruaha in Tanzania, stands a group of conservationists with six carcasses of dead lions before them. Beside the lions is another carcass of a cow, which they
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Bombay High Court issues notices to MoEF, CIDCO over green nod
The PIL seeks quashing of environmental clearance given by MoEF in November 2010 besides setting aside consent granted by Ministry of Civil Aviation for construction of phase-I of the project. The Bombay
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New drug targets for malaria found
Scientists have discovered crucial new processes that allow malaria parasites to escape red blood cells and infect other cells, offering potential new treatment targets. The researchers are working with
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Questions on plastic: Limited data, diffused focus in Parliament replies
India will host the official global World Environment Day celebrations on June 5. The theme will be ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’. But MPs also seem interested in the many uses of plastic — from parks to notes
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Pollution lens on plant
Bhagalpur: The environment and pollution control board of the Bihar Assembly has focused on the NTPC Kahalgaon super thermal power project within a week of chief minister Nitish Kumar criticising the project
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Air pollution worse than shown by KSPCB data: report
The pollution in the city has reached alarming proportions when considered the real situation and its severity is higher when compared to that suggested by the data from Karnataka State Pollution Control
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Winter takes a break as mercury hits 30°C, pollution shoots up in Gurugram
GURUGRAM: Is winter over? February may just be in its third week but it certainly seemed so in the NCR on Wednesday. The maximum temperature crossed the 30-degree Celsius mark for the first time this
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Students of Andhra Pradesh become eco-warriors to protect nature
GUNTUR: In a bid to create awareness among the students about the importance of greenery and hygiene and to bring the pollution levels in the cities under control, Guntur Municipal Corporation (GMC) in
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All outlets in city to sell BS-VI fuel from April 1
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that cleaner Euro-VI petrol and diesel would be dispensed at all retail outlets in the national capital from April 1. On February 5, SC had
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AI can help fight spread of TB in India: Study
Researchers have found that an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system can reduce the spread of tuberculosis in India by helping public health programmes better locate, and treat, people living with infectious
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Jaipur becomes swine flu capital of country with 578 cases in ’18 so far
Pink City does not seem to be in the pink of health. Data shows that more than half of the swine flu cases reported from across states in the country are from Jaipur. According to Centre’s Integrated
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Soil Satyagraha against Chutka nuclear power plant project
BHOPAL: Up in arms against the Rs 17,000 crore Chutka nuclear power plant project, famers in Mandla district have stopped researchers from collecting soil samples for tests. Officials of a Mumbai-based
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Avaada Power commits Rs 10,000 cr investment in UP
Avaada Power, a clean energy company, today said it will invest Rs 10,000 crore in setting up 1,600 MW solar projects in Uttar Pradesh. The firm signed an MoU with the UP government during Investors
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Kakodkar moots solar-like subsidy for nuclear power
Anil Kakodkar, a former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, today pitched for subsidising nuclear energy so that it competes with low-cost solar power. "Nuclear is also carbon-free, it is sustainable.