Category: Environment

Alert train driver saves elephant on track

Guwahati, May 8 (IANS) A train driver applied emergency brakes to save an elephant crossing a railway track in Assam,…

7 years ago

Famed Kerala temple festival faces ‘elephantine’ problem

Thrissur (Kerala), May 8 (IANS) The Kerala government's decision not to allow a 54-year-old elephant to feature in a prominent…

7 years ago

Cyclone Fani: Odisha death toll rises to 41

Bhubaneswar, May 8 (IANS) The death toll in Odisha so far due to cyclone Fani has increased to 41, even…

7 years ago

Maneka comes as saviour for ailing donkey

Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh), May 8 (IANS) Union Minister Maneka Gandhi's love for animals is well known and this recently came…

7 years ago

Gujarat to shift 8 Asiatic Lions to UP zoo

Ahmedabad, May 8 (IANS) Eight Asiatic lions from the Sakkarbaug (Junagadh) zoo of Gujarat will be soon transferred to a…

7 years ago

Nat Geo to launch international ‘Sea to Source’ expeditions against plastic waste

Patna, May 7 (IANS) "Sea to Source: Ganges" an international all-female expedition to study plastic pollution in one of the…

7 years ago

Indonesia volcano erupts, spews ash cloud

Jakarta, May 7 (IANS) A volcano erupted in Indonesia's North Sumatra province on Tuesday, spewing a dark ash cloud about…

7 years ago

Ex-Australian PM Abbott bets $100 on no climate change

Sydney, May 7 (IANS) Tony Abbott bet me $100 that the climate will not change in 10 years, says an…

7 years ago

Ex-Australian PM bets $100 climate will not change

Sydney, May 7 (IANS) Tony Abbott bet me $100 that the climate will not change in 10 years, says an…

7 years ago

Panic as six-foot snake found at a Mathura bank

Mathura, May 6 (IANS) A six-foot rat snake was the first customer to slither in at a bank here on…

7 years ago

HC stays demolitions near Goa turtle-nesting sites

Panaji, May 6 (IANS) The Panaji Bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday stayed the Goa Coastal Zone Management…

7 years ago

Heat wave continues in Telangana, Andhra

Hyderabad/Amaravati, May 6 (IANS) Telangana and Andhra Pradesh remained in the grip of severe heat wave conditions on Monday, with…

7 years ago

Falcon ‘Longleng’ reaches northeast, joy in Naga Hills

Guwahati, May 6 (IANS) The arrival of an Amur falcon in the northeast as it heads back from Africa to…

7 years ago

PM Modi doing politics with cyclone Fani: Mamata

Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a proposed meeting on cyclone Fani, West…

7 years ago

‘No coercive action’: SC relief to Volkswagen on NGT fine

New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said that "no coercive action" would be taken against the…

7 years ago

A million species threatened with extinction: IPBES

Paris, May 6 (IANS) Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history and the rate of species' extinction…

7 years ago

Ratan Tata invests in Ola electric mobility

Mumbai, May 6 (IANS) Ratan Tata, the Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons, has invested in domestic ride-sharing company Ola's newly-launched…

7 years ago

How tech firms could cut their carbon footprint

London, May 6 (IANS) Digital technology companies could reduce the carbon footprint of services like YouTube by making changes to…

7 years ago

41 killed as Russian plane crash lands in Moscow

Moscow, May 6 (IANS) At least 41 people, including two children, on board a Russian Aeroflot plane were killed after…

7 years ago

Modi announces Rs 1,000 cr for cyclone hit Odisha

Bhubaneswar, May 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced an additional Rs 1,000 crore assistance for Odisha which…

7 years ago



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