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Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu), April 24 (IANS) Environmentalists are crying foul over construction activity on land acquired by a hotelier along the biodiversity-rich Kanyakumari coast, located at the southern tip of India.

Raipur, April 22 (IANS) The scorching heat has hit normal life in Chhattisgarh as mercury has already touched 43-degree Celsius mark in the state.

Singapore, April 22 (IANS) The global community runs the risk of the greatest policy failure in the history of mankind if negotiations on how to tackle climate change stay bogged down as they are, UN Environment Programme Executive Director Achim Steiner warned Tuesday.

Singapore, April 22 (IANS) Over 65 percent of people around the world say that governments, businesses and everyone else 'need to take major steps very soon' to tackle climate change and 77 percent are 'ready to make significant lifestyle changes to help prevent' it, shows a recent survey.

Singapore, April 21 (DPA) Illegal trans-boundary trade in ozone-depleting chemicals has increased dramatically in the Asia-Pacific region, said a study released by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Monday.

Bangkok, April 21 (DPA) Solar energy has found a unique outlet in Thailand with one innovator using the sun's rays to roast chicken at his roadside stall, drawing the attention of Japanese researchers and hungry motorists, news reports said Monday.

Shanghai, April 20 (Xinhua) China's first inland Antarctic research station will open next year.
'The preparatory work for the new station is under way,' Sun Bo, leader of the Chinese Antarctic icecap expedition team, told Xinhua Saturday.

Vienna, April 18 (DPA) Countries around the Mediterranean are not prepared to deal with tsunamis occurring in the region, geoscientists have said.

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The central government has permitted seven Chinese engineers to work in restricted areas of Rajasthan, close to India's border with Pakistan. Immigration laws bar entry of foreign nationals in the area without special permission.

Jakarta, April 16 (DPA) Hundreds of residents were evacuated after the Mount Egon volcano on the eastern Indonesian island of Flores erupted but no casualties were reported, officials said Wednesday.