Jalandhar, Aug 22 (IANS) Reviewing the ground situation in flood-hit villages, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday announced his government would canalise all the rivers with technical support from the World Bank and the…
Brasilia, Aug 22 (IANS) The Amazon rainforest in Brazil is experiencing a record amount of fires this year — more than 74,000 outbreaks so far — which is an 84 per cent increase from the…
Washington, Aug 22 (IANS) With fires in the Amazon rainforest filling the Brazilian sky with smoke, the number of fires in the region this year may have set a new record. “Although it is not…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 22 (IANS) Three elephants were killed after being hit by a speeding truck on National Highway 20 in Odisha’s Keonjhar district early on Thursday, a forest official said. The incident occurred when the…
Sydney, Aug 22 (IANS) Exposure to toxic air pollutants is linked to increased deaths due to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, warn researchers. Conducted over a 30-year period, the study, published in the New England Journal…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) After swelling for two days, water level in the Yamuna river here has started to fall and has come down below the danger mark. However, it is still above the…
Shimla, Aug 22 (IANS) A low intensity quake was felt in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district on Thursday, an official here said. There was no loss of life. The earthquake measured 2.7 on the Richter scale…
Kathmandu, Aug 22 (IANS) Nepal will make the Everest region a plastic-free zone by 2020 by banning single-use plastics, a move that will curb excessive pollution on the highest point of the Earths surface. The…
Gurugram, Aug 21 (IANS) The Millennium City Marathon (MCM) will be partnering with the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) to promote water conservation. Milind Soman, who completed the Ironman challenge in 2015 and the ULTRAMAN…
Kolkata, Aug 21 (IANS) Iterating that renewable energy sources were unlikely to overtake coal as the major source of power generation in India any time soon, state-owned Coal India Ltd on Wednesday said the energy…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Large areas across Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday remained affected by the flood waters which have submerged crops and marooned villagers even though water levels in swollen rivers were receding,…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The Yamuna continued to flow above the danger mark at 206.44 metres at 6 p.m. on Wednesday but with the water level not rising any more. The river breached the…
Chandigarh, Aug 21 (IANS) Union Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Wednesday said that food processing companies responded generously to provide dry rations for flood-hit Punjab. In a statement here, the minister asked…
London, Aug 21 (IANS) Living within 300 metres of urban green space such as parks, nature reserves or play areas is associated with greater happiness, sense of worth and life satisfaction, says a new study….
Lucknow, Aug 21 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday banned DJs all across Uttar Pradesh. If someone violates the order, he or she can be sentenced up to five years and may have to…
Taipei, Aug 21 (IANS) Long term exposure to pollutants from vehicle exhaust is linked to a heightened risk of the common eye condition — age-related macular degeneration or AMD, says researchers. AMD is a neuro-degenerative…
Chandigarh, Aug 21 (IANS) More than 300 villages, mainly in Punjab’s Ropar, Jalandhar and Ferozepur districts, were badly affected in floods by the Satluj river, damaging crops in thousands of acres and forcing thousands of…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Rail traffic over the Old Yamuna Bridge was temporarily suspended on Tuesday as the water level in the Yamuna river continued to rise, Northern Railways said. The river was flowing…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Rail traffic over the Old Yamuna Bridge was temporarily suspended on Tuesday as the water level in the river continued to rise, northern railways said. The trains using the bridge…
Dhula, Aug 20 (IANS) Six camels, seized from a local market in the Darrang district and a custody battle that the seizure triggered, are keeping the police on their toes for about two weeks in…