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No fuel in vehicles in NCR without pollution certificate

No fuel in vehicles in NCR without pollution certificate

Chandigarh, Oct 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) In view of the stringent measures being implemented to control air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region, the Haryana Transport Department has directed all petrol pump…

Gyirong: Rescue personnel conduct search operations at the core affected zone of the Gyirong mudslide disaster in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 3, 2026. The land route along National Highway 216 to Gyirong Port was largely restored on Sept. 2, allowing rescue personnel, relief supplies and search-and-rescue equipment to enter the core zone and continue search operations. (Xinhua/Ding Zengnida via IANS)

Tibet-Nepal floods put China’s stark death toll gaps and rising climate risks under spotlight

Rome, Oct 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The August 2026 flood tragedy that struck the Tibet-Nepal border continues to raise questions weeks later, particularly over the sharply different reactions in Nepal and…

Himachal records 41st lowest monsoon rainfall since 1901

Himachal records 41st lowest monsoon rainfall since 1901

Shimla, Oct 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The southwest monsoon withdrew from Himachal Pradesh on Saturday, against the normal withdrawal date of Sept 25, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) centre here…

New Delhi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge during a meeting of the INDIA bloc at the Constitution Club of India in New Delhi on Wednesday, September 30, 2026. (Photo: IANS/Deepak Kumar)

Cong chief Kharge urges PM Modi’s immediate intervention as K’taka faces severe drought

New Delhi, Oct 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Congress National President, Mallikarjun Kharge, on Saturday said that he has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah over the "severe"…

Chennai: A woman carries an umbrella while walking during rainfall in Chennai on Tuesday, December 16, 2025. (Photo: IANS)

Heavy rain forecast for Nilgiris, Coimbatore; showers likely across Tamil Nadu

Chennai, Oct 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Moderate rain accompanied by strong winds is likely across Tamil Nadu’s Western Ghats districts and several southern and central districts on Saturday and Sunday, the…

New Delhi: Commuters wade through smoggy conditions during a cold winter morning in New Delhi, Thursday, January 22, 2026. (Photo: IANS/ Deepak Kumar)

Monsoon withdrawal followed by mild chill to Delhi-NCR mornings, evenings; AQI remains in moderate category

New Delhi, Oct 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The weather is changing across several parts of the country, including Delhi-NCR, as conditions have become favourable for the withdrawal of the monsoon from North…

Odisha govt launches statewide ‘Sujala’ campaign to promote water conservation

Odisha govt launches statewide ‘Sujala’ campaign to promote water conservation

Bhubaneswar, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Odisha Housing & Urban Development (H&UD) Department Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra on Friday inaugurated the statewide ‘Sujala’ campaign in Bhubaneswar,…

Gandhi Jayanti: Jitendra Singh, Delhi ministers join cleanliness drives under ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ campaign

Gandhi Jayanti: Jitendra Singh, Delhi ministers join cleanliness drives under ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ campaign

New Delhi, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Friday participated in a cleanliness drive at the Vinay Marg premises on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, while paying floral…

Southwest monsoon yet to withdraw from Northeast as region records 26 pc rainfall deficit

Southwest monsoon yet to withdraw from Northeast as region records 26 pc rainfall deficit

Guwahati/Agartala, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Though the process of withdrawal of the Southwest Monsoon has started from parts of western India, its retreat from the Northeastern region has not yet been…

New Delhi: A deserted view of India Gate following its closure to visitors amid security arrangements during the BRICS India Summit 2026, in New Delhi on Friday, September 11, 2026. (Photo: IANS/Deepak Kumar)

Monsoon to withdraw from Delhi, Punjab within 48 hours; more rain likely in several states

New Delhi, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The monsoon is expected to withdraw from the plains of North India, including Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, within the next 48 hours. However, the withdrawal…

CMFRI project offers fresh hope for declining Vembanad black clam

CMFRI project offers fresh hope for declining Vembanad black clam

Kochi, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) A scientific stock enhancement project by the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR-CMFRI) has shown promising results in restoring the declining black…

Maha govt declares surveys in 19 more talukas beyond declared drought areas

Maha govt declares surveys in 19 more talukas beyond declared drought areas

Mumbai, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Maharashtra government has declared drought across 265 talukas across the state, officials said on Thursday. In addition to these "Trigger-1" talukas, public…

Building Araku into a premier global coffee destination: Chandrababu Naidu

Building Araku into a premier global coffee destination: Chandrababu Naidu

Amaravati, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Andhra Pradesh government is actively investing in building Araku into a premier global coffee destination, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said on Thursday.…

Odisha CM urges citizens to join efforts to make Bhubaneswar cleanest city

Odisha CM urges citizens to join efforts to make Bhubaneswar cleanest city

Bhubaneswar, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday urged citizens to take individual responsibility for keeping the state capital Bhubaneswar clean, saying the…

Guwahati: A view of the banks of the Brahmaputra River as dark rain clouds loom over the city skyline, in Guwahati on Sunday, April 26, 2026. (Photo: IANS)

Northeast logs lowest southwest monsoon rainfall since 1901: IMD

Guwahati, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Northeast has experienced its driest southwest monsoon in 125 years, with East and Northeast India recording just 1,017.1 mm of rainfall during the June-September…

Katihar: A view of partially submerged areas following severe floods, in Katihar district, Bihar, on Sunday, September 13, 2026. (Photo: IANS)

Flood crisis deepens in Bihar as embankments breached by Gandak River across multiple districts

Patna, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The flood situation in Bihar has worsened following heavy rainfall in Nepal’s Gandak basin, with the river swelling sharply and embankments breached at several locations.…

Chennai Corporation to resume waste segregation campaign from today

Chennai Corporation to resume waste segregation campaign from today

Chennai, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) in Tamil Nadu will resume its 40-day household waste segregation awareness campaign across the city’s southern region on Thursday,…

New Delhi: India Gate and adjoining areas wear a deserted look amid heightened security arrangements during the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on Saturday, September 12, 2026. (IANS/Prem Nath Pandey)

Dry weather to persist in Delhi with cooler nights ahead; AQI remains moderate

New Delhi, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The weather in the national capital has turned quite dry, with bright sunshine keeping daytime temperatures warm. However, a slight drop in night temperatures is…

TN: Heavy rain forecast in Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Erode today

TN: Heavy rain forecast in Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Erode today

Chennai, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Heavy rain accompanied by strong winds is likely in Nilgiris, Coimbatore and Erode districts on Thursday, the Meteorological Department said, as a trough extending…

TN dams at 34 pc capacity; drinking water concerns mount

TN dams at 34 pc capacity; drinking water concerns mount

Chennai, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Water storage in Tamil Nadu’s 90 dams has fallen to about 34 per cent of their combined capacity, raising concerns over irrigation and drinking water supplies as…

SC rules out total ban on firecrackers, says no 24-hour bursting either

SC rules out total ban on firecrackers, says no 24-hour bursting either

New Delhi, Sep 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled out a complete ban on firecrackers ahead of Diwali, while making it clear that unrestricted bursting of crackers throughout the…

Kolkata: Members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) take part in a protest march from Swami Vivekanandas ancestral house, demanding an end to what they describe as red terror in educational institutions across the state, in Kolkata, Wednesday, September 30, 2026. (Photo: IANS/Kuntal Chakrabarty)

Green energy scheme ‘big push’ towards achieving 900 GW non-fossil capacity by 2035: PM Modi

New Delhi, Sep 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the Cabinet decision on the Green Energy Corridor Phase-III (GEC-III) scheme is a "big push" towards achieving 900 GW…

Water shortage threatens samba crop on 11.424 acres in TN’s Nagapattinam

Water shortage threatens samba crop on 11.424 acres in TN’s Nagapattinam

Nagapattinam, Sep 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Samba paddy cultivation across 11,424 acres in Tamil Nadu's Thalainayar faces losses as inadequate Cauvery water has left sown seeds parched nearly a month after…

Rewa: A view of the Ultra Mega Solar Power project in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa that was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from New Delhi via video conferencing on July 10, 2020. Union Power Minister RK Singh and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan were among the dignitaries present on the occasion.The 750-MW solar project is said to be Asia's biggest. The Rs 4,000-crore project has three units of 250 MW each at a solar park spread over 1,500 hectares developed by Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL), a joint venture company of Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Limited and Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), a central PSU. (Photo: IANS/PMO)

Cabinet greenlights over Rs 1.86 lakh crore mega green energy scheme

New Delhi, Sep 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Green Energy Corridor Phase-III (GEC-III) scheme to enable evacuation of up to 135 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy across…

Dakshin Dinajpur: A farmer burns paddy stubble after harvest in a field near Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal, on Sunday, December 14, 2025. (Photo: IANS)

Punjab records 52 stubble-burning fires; one FIR filed

Chandigarh, Sep 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) A total of 52 incidents of fires linked to paddy stubble burning have been reported across Punjab as of Tuesday, with physical verification confirming signs of crop…

New Delhi: A deserted view of India Gate following its closure to visitors during the BRICS Summit 2026, in New Delhi on Sunday, September 13, 2026. (Photo: IANS/Qamar Sibtain)

Delhi-NCR likely to turn dry as rains ease; air quality remains in moderate category

New Delhi, Sep 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi-NCR is likely to witness a significant shift in weather from Wednesday, with the recent spell of rain and thunderstorms expected to give way to predominantly…

Heavy rain forecast for 11 TN districts today; temperatures likely to rise

Heavy rain forecast for 11 TN districts today; temperatures likely to rise

Chennai, Sep 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Heavy rain, accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds, is likely at isolated places in 11 Tamil Nadu districts and Karaikal on Wednesday, the Meteorological…

CMFRI cruise explores hidden ecological world of Kerala’s Vembanad lake

CMFRI cruise explores hidden ecological world of Kerala’s Vembanad lake

Kochi, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), a national institute under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, took a team of people on a journey…

Bhupender Yadav gives PRAMAAN certificates for deforestation-free timber sourcing

Bhupender Yadav gives PRAMAAN certificates for deforestation-free timber sourcing

New Delhi, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday handed over the first PRAMAAN certificates under the Indian Forest and Wood…

UP: Several villages in Kushinagar inundated after heavy rainfall; CM Yogi takes cognisance

UP: Several villages in Kushinagar inundated after heavy rainfall; CM Yogi takes cognisance

Kushinagar, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Several surrounding villages were inundated after a major embankment breach, causing severe damage along the Narayani River near Tatwa Tola in Kushinagar district.…