Category: Environment

Only five water arsenic removal technologies reach WHO standard: Study

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Only five of the 14 technologies designed to remove arsenic from groundwater -- a health…

7 years ago

Tamil Nadu has given us a bad name, Vedanta tells SC

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The Vedanta Group whose Sterlite Copper smelting plant has been shut down since May 28,…

7 years ago

Indian fashion is getting into its own through Indian weddings: Anita Dongre

By Radhika Bhirani Mumbai, Jan 31 (IANS) What with the lavish and luxurious weddings of the likes of Isha Ambani…

7 years ago

Gigantic hole in Antarctic glacier signals rapid decay: NASA

Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) A team of scientists from the US space agency NASA has discovered a gigantic hole made…

7 years ago

Thousands of birds of 100 varieties congregate at Pong wetlands

Shimla, Jan 31 (IANS) Hundreds of thousands of birds of belonging to over a hundred species have been spotted in…

7 years ago

Two tremors hit Uttarkashi

Dehradun, Jan 31 (IANS) Two earthquakes of minor intensity on Thursday hit Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand. According to the India…

7 years ago

Afternoon flights land at Srinagar airport

Srinagar, Jan 31 (IANS) After seven morning and forenoon flights were cancelled on Thursday due to poor visibility at the…

7 years ago

Gigantic cavity in Antarctic glacier signals rapid decay

Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) Scientists from NASA have discovered a gigantic cavity, almost 300 metres tall, growing at the bottom…

7 years ago

Polar vortex covers US Midwest in snow

Chicago, Jan 31 (IANS) Snow and ice blanketed large parts of the US Midwest due to a Polar Vortex, resulting…

7 years ago

Infosys arm to revive lake in Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 31 (IANS) Global software major Infosys' philanthropic arm on Thursday said that it will restore the Panchakalyani lake…

7 years ago

Tourists cheer snow in Himachal’s Manali

Shimla, Jan 31 (IANS) Nearby spots of the Himachal Pradesh capital and Manali received an overnight spell of snow on…

7 years ago

Light snow in Kashmir, weather to improve

Srinagar, Jan 31 (IANS) There was fresh snowfall in the Kashmir Valley and rains in Jammu region on Thursday as…

7 years ago

Cludy Thursday morning in Delhi, thunderstorm with hail likely

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) It was a cloudy Thursday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 8.2 degrees…

7 years ago

Jammu-Srinagar highway closed

Jammu, Jan 31 (IANS) No traffic will be allowed on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Thursday due to fresh snowfall and…

7 years ago

Karnataka eyes investments, jobs in electric vehicles segment

Bengaluru, Jan 31 (IANS) Tech-savvy Karnataka would offer incentives to attract huge investments in rolling out electric vehicles (EV), generate…

7 years ago

Government slashes import duty on electric vehicle components

New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Electric vehicles (EVs) are set to get cheaper following the government's decision to lower the…

7 years ago

Delhi’s air turns very poor; rain might bring relief

New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Delhi's air quality took a sudden downward turn on Wednesday to 'very poor' after days…

7 years ago

10-month-old leopard dies on Gurugram-Faridabad Expressway

Gurugram, Jan 30 (IANS) A 10 month-old-leopard cub died after it was hit by an unidentified vehicle on the Gurugram-Faridabad…

7 years ago

Leopard cub dies on Faridabad expressway

Gurugram, Jan 30 (IANS) A 10-month-old leopard cub died when an unidentified vehicle rammed it on Saturday night on the…

7 years ago

IL&FS crisis not to impact clean Ganga projects: Official

Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) The ongoing Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) crisis will not affect projects worth Rs 10,000…

7 years ago



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