New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Global warming is leading to an accelerated rise of the sea level in the north Indian Ocean as compared to the global estimate, Parliament was informed on Monday. Recent studies…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The average temperature rose over half a degree in India over the last 10 years between 2007 and 2016, the Rajya Sabha was told on Monday. The temperature rose by…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The government has chosen ten islands in Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar for their holistic development in the first phase of work being done by newly constituted Island Development Agency…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Inadequate flow, discharge of untreated effluent and over-extraction of ground water are the major reasons for high level of pollution in the Yamuna river, the Rajya Sabha was told on…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The government is working on reducing the number of cars on the roads by boosting the public transport system in the cities as well as between key cities, Union Road…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) A total of 77 Gross Polluting Industries (GPIs) were issued closure directions between January and May this year in Kanpur region for violating environmental norms, the Rajya Sabha was informed…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Tree plantation will be undertaken along 1,513 km of National Highways under the Green Highways Scheme by the National Highway Authority of India, parliament was told on Monday. The plantation…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) In the next two years, solar power will be cheaper than the electricity grid in the residential sector, says solar energy provider SunSource Energy which on Monday successfully implemented the…
Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) Heavy downpour and high tide battered the eastern metropolis and some districts, inundating large swathes of land on Monday. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused Jharkhand of releasing water without…
By Vishal Gulati Cartagena (Colombia), July 24 (IANS) He’s known as the Father of Trees. He’s a Franciscan missionary and believes in practising what he preaches. His roots are in Germany but he has been…
Mumbai, July 24 (IANS) Actress Sunny Leone, the brand ambassador of a mineral water company, says people should try to conserve water. “As an individual, I always keep certain things on mind like the product…
Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) Heavy rain and high tide battered this eastern metropolis and some districts of West Bengal, resulting in a flood-like situation across large swathes of land, officials said on Monday. Incessant rain…
Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) Overnight rains battered the eastern metropolis and several districts of West Bengal resulting in a flood-like situation in several areas, officials said on Monday. Heavy rains were likely to persist during…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Monday witnessed noisy scenes as the Opposition members led by Congress created pandemonium, demanding a discussion on the issue of atrocities against Dalits and Muslims by…
Ranchi, July 24 (IANS) Heavy rainfall across Jharkhand over the last three days has hit normal life. The Met Office has forecast more rain till Wednesday. This has, however, brought cheer to the farmers as…
By Sapna Gopal India has to make suitable policy changes by December this year to remove measures it had undertaken to protect its fledgling solar manufacturing sector from foreign competition, according to a recent notice…
Dehradun, July 24 (IANS) After a brief lull last week, the monsoon on Monday returned to the hill state of Uttarakhand, the Met office has said. Rains began in some parts of the state since…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) It was a cloudy Monday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.5 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average. “The sky will remain generally…
Washington, July 24 (IANS) US biologists have discovered three new species of toads living in Nevada’s Great Basin in an expansive survey of the 190,000 square miles ancient lake bottom. The discoveries, detailed in a…
Colombo, July 24 (IANS) The Sri Lankan navy rescued two young elephants washed out to the sea from drowning on the coast of Trincomalee. This incident is the second of its kind after a team…
