Category: Environment

Human noise can adversely affect animal’s use of scent

London, Oct 25 (IANS) Human-made noise can have a detrimental impact on an animal's use of information from scent, thereby…

9 years ago

High-decibel crackers banned in Lucknow

Lucknow, Oct 25 (IANS) Authorities here have banned high-decibel firecrackers during Diwali, an official said on Tuesday. District Magistrate Satyendra…

9 years ago

Unscientific criticism has cost farmers a fortune: GM mustard developer

By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) As controversy grips the indigenously-developed Genetically Modified (GM) mustard -- a crop…

9 years ago

Dinosaurs were social animals, not solo creatures

Toronto, Oct 25 (IANS) Dismissing a common perception that dinosaurs were solitary, vicious monsters, researchers have found evidence that just…

9 years ago

Clear Tuesday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) It was a clear Tuesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 19.5 degrees…

9 years ago

Delhi government mulls measures to tackle pollution

New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The inter-ministerial task force appointed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to tackle pollution in…

9 years ago

Penguin’s death in Mumbai Zoo sparks row

Mumbai, Oct 24 (IANS) A day after a female Humboldt Penguin, a prized new possession of Mumbai Zoo, died following…

9 years ago

Gwalior zoo to be shut for a month over avian flu

Gwalior, Oct 24 (IANS) Gwalior Zoo is to remain closed for a month after five painted storks succumbed to avian…

9 years ago

Urban areas on course to become free of open defecation

New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) With nearly 23 lakh individual household toilets being built in urban areas in the last…

9 years ago

Flu kills six more birds in Delhi, toll is 64

New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) At least six more birds died here on Monday due to bird flu, taking the…

9 years ago

Penguin’s death sparks political row in Maharashtra

Mumbai, Oct 24 (IANS) A day after a female Humboldt Penguin, a prized new possession of Mumbai Zoo, died following…

9 years ago

Six more birds die of flu in Delhi, total rises to 64

New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) At least six more birds died here on Monday due to bird flu, taking the…

9 years ago

‘India must take up with China issue of Brahmaputra drying up’

Kolkata, Oct 24 (IANS) India should collect information and take a pre-emptive position on fears about the Brahmaputra drying up…

9 years ago

Namibia bans live birds trade to contain disease outbreak

Windhoek, Oct 24 (IANS) The Namibian Agriculture Ministry has banned movement and trading of live birds in the country following…

9 years ago

New species of leggy millipede discovered in California cave

New York, Oct 24 (IANS) US researchers have found a tiny threadlike millipede recognised as the evolutionary cousin of the…

9 years ago

Australia mulls shark nets after series of attacks

Sydney, Oct 24 (IANS) The Australian government plans to introduce a new bill in November to legalise a six-month trial…

9 years ago

Coffee plant disease not caused by climate change: Study

London, Oct 24 (IANS) Fears that climate change is promoting a fungal disease which can devastate coffee crops may not…

9 years ago

Clear Monday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) It was a clear Monday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 18.9 degrees…

9 years ago

Swaraj India launches ‘My Clean Delhi’ campaign

New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Swaraj India on Sunday flagged off its 'MCD - My Clean Delhi' campaign from Karawal…

9 years ago

Cyclonic storm likely to impact coastal Odisha

Bhubaneswar, Oct 23 (IANS) A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal that is taking the shape of a cyclonic…

9 years ago



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