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Shekha Jheel Bird Sanctuary is India’s 99 Ramsar site

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday announced the designation of Shekha Jheel Bird Sanctuary in Aligarh as a Ramsar site, taking India’s total to 99 and the state’s tally to 12.

January 2025 the warmest on record: Copernicus

January 2025 was the warmest on record globally, with the average surface temperature 0.79 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2000 January average, the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reported on Thursday.

Zimbabwe’s economic outlook positive in 2025, says World Bank

Zimbabwe's economic outlook is positive, with growth expected to increase to six per cent in 2025, up from two per cent last year on the back of an anticipated recovery in agriculture and robust growth in industry and services, the World Bank (WB) said Friday.