Jaipur, Aug 26 (IANS) Lieutenant General Cherish Mathson, GOC-in-C, Sapta Shakti Command, here on Monday inaugurated the Sapta Shakti Nature Park at a colourful event. On the occasion, an information booklet containing details of plants,…
Biarritz (France), Aug 26 (IANS/AKI) Italy is at the forefront of the fight against climate change and is a European leader in renewable energies, outgoing Premier Giuseppe Conte said during the G7 summit in Biarritz…
Biarritz (France), Aug 26 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Monday skipped a discussion on climate and biodiversity at the G7 meeting here due to a “scheduling conflict”, missing talks on how to deal with…
Biarritz (France), Aug 26 (IANS) The G7 countries on Monday agreed to release $22 million to provide logistical and financial support to help fight fires in the Amazon rainforest. The announcement was made by French…
Biarritz (France), Aug 26 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed as “fake news” a report which said that he suggested using nuclear weapons to stop hurricanes from hitting the country. Trump, who was…
Chandigarh, Aug 26 (IANS) Punjab has begun a plantation drive of flower trees in Sultanpur Lodhi to mark the 550th Prakash Parva of Guru Nanak Dev in November, an official said on Monday. Under this…
Colombo, Aug 26 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s Meteorology Department on Monday issued a severe heat advisory for several districts in the island nation from August 27 to September 7. In a statement, the department said the…
Athens, Aug 26 (IANS) Hundreds of people have been evacuated from hotels and beaches in Greece as firefighters tackle dozens of wildfires across the country, authorities said on Monday. About 700 firefighters were deployed over…
Ranchi, Aug 26 (IANS) GAIL India Limited’s plan for supply of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and domestic Piped Natural Gas (PNG) in Jharkhand has hit the forest clearance and land acquisition hurdle. GAIL officials said…
Canberra, Aug 26 (IANS) A vast “raft” of volcanic rocks stretching over 150 sq.km has been found drifting through the Pacific Ocean, scientists said on Monday. The sea of pumice – the size of 20,000…
Agra, Aug 25 (IANS) Planting of thousands of saplings on the Yamuna river bed and their washing away in the recent flooding of the river have raised hundreds of unanswered questions, here in the city…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged Indians to launch “a new revolution” to banish single-use plastic so that environment is protected. “This year, when we celebrate Bapu’s 150th birth…
Beijing, Aug 25 (IANS) Researchers have found that black carbon is a good tracer to separate cooking organic aerosol from traffic-related pollution, paving the way for a new method to track pollution from cooking. Cooking…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that remote translator used during the Man vs Wild episode with Bear Grylls facilitated the conversation between the two men who spoke in…
Chandigarh, Aug 25 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday expressed concern over the Southwest monsoon getting reactivated in the region that may impact relief and rescue works and aggravate flood situation in the…
Panaji, Aug 25 (IANS) With water crisis having become an annual phenomenon in Goa, the Goa Institute of Management (GIM) plans to install a chain of recharge wells on its 50-acre campus located atop a…
By Brij Khandelwal Mathura/Vrindavan, Aug 24 (IANS) Green activists of Braj Mandal have demanded protection of the original Sri Krishna land, with mangroves, water bodies and the Yamuna river restored, as described in ancient texts….
Agra, Aug 24 (IANS) After a brief interval, rains returned to the Taj city on Saturday, taking the residents by surprise and marring the Janamashtmi celebrations. According to reports, while welcome receptions for two ministers…
Brasilia, Aug 24 (IANS) Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has ordered the armed forces to help fight a record number of forest fires in the Amazon. A decree issued by Bolsonaro authorises the deployment of soldiers…
Shimla, Aug 23 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh has no government vehicle to monitor illegal felling, mining and fire-related incidents in the mountain state’s forests. The fact came to light in a written reply by state Forest…