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By Vishal Gulati Shimla, Sep 3 (IANS) A naughty monkey is not seeing eye to eye with residents of the Himachal Pradesh capital. He is focusing instead on their spectacles and running away with them! Cloudy day ahead in Delhi, rains likely ( 10:58 ) New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The national capital is likely to see cloudy skies and some rains Friday, a weather official said. Panda still endangered despite baby boom ( 08:03 ) Beijing, Sep 3 (IANS) China\'s giant pandas remain still an endangered species despite the birth of 23 cubs in zoos across the country in the past two months, panda researchers have said. Scanty rains trigger drought fears in Orissa ( 21:50 ) Bhubaneswar, Sep 2 (IANS) Poor monsoon rains have triggered drought fears in half of Orissa, an official said Thursday. Tar balls spoiling Goa beaches may stay till October: Government ( 21:08 ) Panaji, Sep 2 (IANS) Goa's tourism season, which begins in October, could be in peril. Heavy rains lash capital (Lead) ( 19:00 ) New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Heavy rains lashed the capital Thursday evening bringing some respite from the hot and humid weather that Delhiites woke up to in the morning. Leopard kills 7-year-old boy in Uttar Pradesh ( 15:17 ) Lucknow, Sep 2 (IANS) A leopard has killed a seven-year-old boy in a village adjoining the Katarniaghat forest reserve in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, an official said Thursday. Typhoon Kompasu hits South Korea ( 12:36 ) Seoul, Sep 2 (DPA) Typhoon Kompasu made landfall in northern South Korea early Thursday, leaving two dead and causing the worst disruption to power and transport networks in the capital for a decade, a report said. Congress MP asks Jairam Ramesh to probe Goa oil spill ( 11:32 ) Panaji, Sep 2 (IANS) As the state government tries to downplay the tar ball menace that has polluted several of Goa's famed beaches, an MP of the ruling Congress has asked union Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh to probe the matter. Humid morning in Delhi, rains expected ( 10:17 ) New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Delhiites woke up to a hot and humid morning Thursday with the weather office predicting rains as the day progresses. CWG: Over 63,000 posters, hoardings removed in Delhi ( 22:03 ) New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) With just over a month to go for the Commonwealth Games, Delhi Urban Development Minister A.K. Walia Wednesday said that around 63,000 posters, hoardings and boards have been removed from the capital between January and August. Dalai Lama speaks out against caging egg-laying hens (Lead) ( 20:24 ) Dharamsala, Sep 1 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Wednesday expressed distress over the confinement of egg-laying hens in tiny battery cages and urged for an end to the fowl-abuse. Need hi-tech to check floods: Sidhu ( 19:25 ) Chandigarh, Sep 1 (IANS) Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu Wednesday emphasised the need to use hi-tech mechanisms to check floods. Confining egg-laying hens in cages cruel: Dalai Lama ( 19:21 ) Dharamsala, Sep 1 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has decried the practice of egg-laying hens being confined in cages and has urged the industry to be more humane to the birds. Heavy rains in Delhi, more to come (Second Lead) ( 19:00 ) New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Delhi witnessed heavy downpour Wednesday after nearly five days of hot and humid weather, bringing much-needed relief to the residents. The weatherman has forecast more rains till Thursday. Heavy downpour lashes Delhi (Lead) ( 16:13 ) New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) A heavy downpour took the Delhiites by surprise Wednesday afternoon and brought the much-needed relief from the hot and humid weather. India to study impact of mobile towers on birds, bees ( 13:41 ) New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) India will study the harmful impact of mobile phone towers on birds and bees, with the environment ministry constituting a committee that is also tasked with formulating guidelines on their installation. Orissa irrigation project gets initial forest clearance ( 12:55 ) New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The environment ministry has accorded initial forest clearance to the Brutanga irrigation project in Orissa, clearing the way for diversion of over 1,527 hectares of forest land across a tributary of Mahanadi river. Tourism industry hopes for best as tar invades Goa beaches ( 11:05 ) Panaji, Sep 1 (IANS) The tourism industry in Goa has its fingers crossed for the forthcoming season as wave after wave of messy tar balls have begun invading the state's beaches, covering the coastline in semi-solid, smudgy layers of dark slime. Indian wins American science journalism award ( 10:51 ) Washington, Sep 1 (IANS) India's Pallava Bagla has won the American Geophysical Union (AGU) David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism for his articles on the impact of climate change on Himalayan glaciers. Hot day in store for Delhi ( 10:26 ) New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) It will be another hot and humid day for Delhi with rains likely to evade the capital for the fifth consecutive day, the weather office said Wednesday. Himachal got more rains than normal this year ( 09:45 ) Shimla, Sep 1 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh has received three percent more rains than normal during the current monsoon season, the weather office said here Wednesday. Ganga pollution: Regulator gets more teeth ( 22:34 ) New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) can now directly issue showcause or closure notices to industries polluting the river Ganga in Uttar Pradesh, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said Tuesday. World Bank cites Andhra water project for food security ( 22:02 ) By Arun Kumar Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) With the global population expected to reach nine billion by 2050, the World Bank has cited India's Improved Rural Community Water Project in Andhra Pradesh as a model for better water management. Indian scribe wins American Geophysical Union Award ( 22:01 ) By Arun Kumar Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) India's Pallava Bagla has won the American Geophysical Union (AGU) David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism for his articles on the impact of climate change on the Himalayan glaciers.  1 2 
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