Category: Environment

Deficit rains hit Kharif crop output in Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 25 (IANS) Deficit monsoon rain has affected Kharif production in 25 of the 30 districts across Karnataka, resulting…

9 years ago

Delhi minister asks Centre for action over bird flu

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Delhi Animal Husbandry Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday urged the central government to direct departments…

9 years ago

Kerala to cash in on renewable energy resources

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 25 (IANS) With the Centre doling out subsidies on renewable energy, Kerala is trying out newer models of…

9 years ago

Cyclone Kyant will not have major impact in Bengal

Kolkata, Oct 25 (IANS) Cyclone Kyant, formed over Bay of Bengal, will not have a major impact in West Bengal,…

9 years ago

France lauds Indian initiatives on climate change

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Visiting French minister Christophe Sirugue on Tuesday appreciated the Indian initiatives for addressing the climate…

9 years ago

Delhi government orders crackdown on illegal firecrackers

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The Delhi government on Tuesday ordered a crackdown on illegally imported toxic firecrackers during Diwali…

9 years ago

No one has right to snatch tribals’ land: Modi

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Praising the country's tribal communities for conserving the forests, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday…

9 years ago

19 more skeletons found on Kedarnath trekking route

Dehradun, Oct 25 (IANS) The search team on the Kedarnath trekking route in Uttarakhand discovered 19 more human skeletons on…

9 years ago

Delhi to develop Yamuna riverfront

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The Delhi government said on Tuesday that it will develop five kilometres of riverfront along…

9 years ago

Cyclone Kyant will have no impact on Odisha: Met

Bhubaneswar, Oct 25 (IANS) The Odisha government on Tuesday said that Cyclone Kyant, formed over the Bay of Bengal, will…

9 years ago

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



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