Category: Environment

Shimla, Manali cut off after snow, traffic hampered

Shimla, Jan 7 (IANS) Traffic to tourist destinations Shimla, Manali and Dalhousie were cut off from the rest of Himachal…

9 years ago

Snowfall brings Kashmir Valley to standstill

Srinagar, Jan 7 (IANS) Moderate to heavy snowfall brought Kashmir Valley to a standstill as land and air links with…

9 years ago

Haryana, Patanjali to tie-up for World Herbal Forest

Chandigarh, Jan 6 (IANS) The Haryana government will soon sign an MoU with yoga guru Ramdev's Patanjali Yogpeeth for the…

9 years ago

Bad weather cuts short army chief’s J&K visit

Jammu, Jan 6 (IANS) Indian Army chief, Gen. Bipin Rawat on Friday cut short his three-day long maiden visit to…

9 years ago

Suzlon secures 105 MW wind power project from Axis Energy

Hyderabad, Jan 6 (IANS) Suzlon Group, one of the leading renewable energy solutions provider, Friday announced that it has secured…

9 years ago

Application maps eco sensitive areas, highlights zones open to development

Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) Experts from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, have designed a web-enabled application that identifies…

9 years ago

Manali gets season’s first snowfall

Shimla, Jan 6 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh's popular tourist resort Manali on Friday received season's first snowfall, making it more picturesque,…

9 years ago

Abrupt sea level rise seen 15,000 years ago could happen again

London, Jan 6 (IANS) Global warming is replicating conditions that triggered an abrupt sea level rise of several meters in…

9 years ago

‘Challenge to Indian solar policy in WTO shows US anti-protectionist’

Washington, Jan 6 (IANS) Outgoing US Trade Representative (USTR) Mike Froman has said that the successful American challenge at the…

9 years ago

Humans settled in Tibet at least 7,400 years ago: Study

Washington, Jan 6 (IANS) Humans likely established permanent settlements on the high-altitude Tibetan plateau at least 7,400 years ago, much…

9 years ago

Schools in China begin installing anti-smog domes

Beijing, Jan 6 (IANS) Several schools in northern China are installing huge domes where children can play and exercise during…

9 years ago

A pest threatens Japan heritage island forest

Tokyo, Jan 6 (IANS) A nematode pest from pinewood is threatening to infest a forest on the Japanese island of…

9 years ago

Heavy snowfall closes Jammu-Srinagar highway

Srinagar, Jan 6 (IANS) The strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway was closed on Friday due to heavy snowfall. The closure followed snowfall…

9 years ago

Manali hills wrapped in snow

Shimla, Jan 6 (IANS) The hills near Manali in Himachal Pradesh on Friday recieved snow, a weather official said. Manali,…

9 years ago

Cold wave in Lucknow forces schools to shut down

Lucknow, Jan 6 (IANS) All schools up to eighth standard have been closed in the Uttar Pradesh capital till January…

9 years ago

What’s common to Arab Spring, European Summer, American Winter

By Rajendra Shende Mohamed Bouazizi was a Tunisian fruit vendor. Six years ago, in Decemebr 2010, he set himself ablaze…

9 years ago

70 trains delayed, 23 rescheduled due to fog

New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) At least 70 trains were running late and were 23 rescheduled due to dense fog…

9 years ago

Partly foggy Friday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) It was a partially foggy Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 11.5…

9 years ago

US Navy-trained dolphins on a saving mission

New York, Jan 6 (IANS) US Navy-trained dolphins are being tapped to save worlds smallest porpoise, vaquita, that is on…

9 years ago

7 trains cancelled, 85 delayed due to fog

New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) At least 85 trains were running late and seven others cancelled on Thursday due to…

9 years ago



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