Category: Environment

Everest draws 33% more visitors in 2016

Kathmandu, Jan 2 (IANS) The number of tourists visiting the Mount Everest region has risen by 33.66 per cent in…

9 years ago

Climate change linked to lengthening of bird’s wings in Australia

Sydney, Jan 2 (IANS) The rapid growth in wing length of a common Western Australian bird may be related to…

9 years ago

Mild snow near Shimla hills triggers tourist rush

Shimla, Jan 2 (IANS) The tourist resorts of Kufri and Narkanda near Shimla experienced mild snow in the past 24…

9 years ago

Beijing continues orange alert for air pollution

Beijing, Jan 2 (IANS) Beijing on Monday continued the orange alert for heavy air pollution until Thursday. The Chinese capital…

9 years ago

53 trains delayed, 3 cancelled due to fog

New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) At least 53 trains were running late while three trains were cancelled on Monday due…

9 years ago

Foggy Monday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) It was a foggy Monday morning here with the minimum temperature settling at 11 degrees…

9 years ago

Rain, snowfall likely in Jammu and Kashmir

Srinagar, Jan 2 (IANS) Light rain at isolate places is likely to occur in Jammu and Kashmir as the weather…

9 years ago

Jharkhand coal mine cave-in: Toll rises to 17

Ranchi, Jan 1 (IANS) The toll in Jharkhand coal mine cave-in has risen to 17 with the recovery of one…

9 years ago

No white New Year’s eve in Himachal, but snow expected soon

Shimla, Jan 1 (IANS) Hill stations of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday experienced a sunny morning on the first day of…

9 years ago

Cold, foggy weather to continue in Jammu and Kashmir

Srinagar, Jan 1 (IANS) Despite partial cloud cover on Sunday, dry and cold wave conditions continued in Jammu and Kashmir…

9 years ago

Moderate fog on Sunday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) There was moderate fog on Sunday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 9.2…

9 years ago

80 trains delayed, 4 cancelled due to fog

New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) At least 80 trains were running late while four were cancelled on Saturday due to…

9 years ago

Fossil fuel formation linked to rise in atmosphere’s oxygen

New York, Dec 31 (IANS) The rapid rise in the atmospheres oxygen roughly 500 million years ago which made advanced…

9 years ago

China to ban ivory trade by end of 2017

Beijing, Dec 31 (IANS) China will ban the processing and sale of ivory for commercial purposes by the end of…

9 years ago

Himachal may ring in a white New Year

Shimla, Dec 31 (IANS) Hill stations in Himachal Pradesh may ring in a white New Year as the Met Office…

9 years ago

New Year to begin on ‘dry note’ in J&K

Srinagar, Dec 31 (IANS) Night temperatures across Jammu and Kashmir and the Ladakh region on Saturday remained notches below the…

9 years ago

69 trains delayed, 4 cancelled due to fog

New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) At least 69 trains were running late while four were cancelled on Saturday due to…

9 years ago

Foggy Saturday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) It was a foggy Saturday morning here with the minimum temperature settling at 8.2 degrees…

9 years ago

Snowstorm hits US, over 100,000 residents without power

New York, Dec 31 (IANS) More than 100,000 residents living in northeastern part of the US are without power due…

9 years ago

70 trains delayed, 11 cancelled due to fog

New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) At least 70 trains were running late while 11 others were cancelled on Friday due…

9 years ago



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