Category: Environment

Nepal flags off team to remeasure Everest’s height

Kathmandu, April 10 (IANS) An expedition team, assigned to remeasure the height of the world's tallest mountain peak, left for…

7 years ago

Over 1,300 industrial units switch to PNG in Delhi

New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) on Wednesday said it made 1,322 industrial units switch…

7 years ago

UN stops printing press releases, goes paperless

United Nations, April 10 (IANS) The United Nations has announced that it has started going partially paperless by stopping printing…

7 years ago

Sunny Wednesday morning in Delhi, thunder likely

New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) It was a sunny Wednesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature settling…

7 years ago

DPCC slaps fine on over 1,500 units for pollution

New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) here on Tuesday slapped Rs 1 lakh environment damage…

7 years ago

Tiger’s decomposed body found in Bengal’s Sundarbans

Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) In a setback to tiger conservation efforts in Sundarbans, a decomposed body of a big cat…

7 years ago

Over 320,000 affected by severe weather in Sri Lanka

Colombo, April 9 (IANS) Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Centre on Tuesday said that the number of people affected by the…

7 years ago

Air temperatures behind Arctic climate change

New York, April 9 (IANS) Increasing air temperatures and precipitation are the drivers of major climate changes seen in the…

7 years ago

Exempt religious events from pollution norms, EC urged

Panaji, April 9 (IANS) Goa should be exempt from noise pollution rules so that the residents can observe religious events,…

7 years ago

Sunny Tuesday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) It was a sunny Tuesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature settling…

7 years ago

London becomes first city to use pollution charge zone

London, April 9 (IANS) London is the first city in the world to implement a 24-hour, seven day a week…

7 years ago

Indonesia to install tsunami early warning system

Jakarta, April 8 (IANS) Indonesia is set to install buoys and cable base tsunameters (CBT) near Mount Krakatau volcano on…

7 years ago

Punjab-Haryana rains worry farmers over wheat crop

Chandigarh, April 8 (IANS) The skies turned dark over parts of Punjab and Haryana on Monday morning with some areas…

7 years ago

Sunny morning in Delhi; rains likely

New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) It was a sunny morning in the national capital on Monday with the maximum temperature…

7 years ago

Record 17-foot-long python captured in Florida

Miami, April 8 (IANS) Scientists have caught a female python in the US state of Florida that was more than…

7 years ago

Light rains in Delhi bring dip in temperature

New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Delhi was swept by a dust storm followed by light showers on Sunday evening, providing…

7 years ago

Skyscrapers killing up to 1 bn birds annually in US

New York, April 7 (IANS) At least 100 million and maybe as many as a billion birds die each year…

7 years ago

Poacher killed by elephant, eaten by lions

Johannesburg, April 7 (IANS) A suspected rhino poacher was trampled on by an elephant and then eaten by lions in…

7 years ago

Namami Gange has failed, claims Congress

Dehradun, April 7 (IANS) From alleging failure of the Namami Gange plan to rising unemployment in Uttarakhand, the Congress on…

7 years ago

Sunny Sunday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) It was a sunny morning in the national capital on Sunday with the maximum temperature…

7 years ago



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