New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) On India’s 73rd Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday stressed on the problem of plastic usage and its waste generation, asking if the country can be free from…
Tokyo, Aug 15 (IANS) At least 16 people were injured on Thursday after Krosa, the 10th typhoon of the season, made landfall in Japan, authorities said. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) Krosa said the typhoon…
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Asserting that single-use plastic is not good for the environment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged the people and shopkeepers to eliminate the use of plastic bags completely. In…
Tokyo, Aug 15 (IANS) Typhoon Krosa, the 10th of the season, is expected to make landfall in Japan on Thursday, bringing with it torrential rains, heavy gusts and storm surges. Evacuation advisories have been issued…
Bengaluru, Aug 15 (IANS) The Indian meteorological department (IMD) sounded red alert in south Karnataka, as heavy rains set to pound Kodagu, Chikkamagluru and Dakshina Kannada districts on Thursday, while there was a respite from…
Tokyo, Aug 14 (IANS) Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency said on Wednesday that 23 people died among 12,751 people who were rushed to hospitals due to heat-related illnesses across Japan over the week from…
Panaji, Aug 14 (IANS) The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday issued notices to a local municipal corporation among others, over accumulation and continued dumping of untreated garbage at the state’s biggest…
By Fakir Balaji Bengaluru, Aug 14 (IANS) The BJP’s euphoria over its dramatic return to power in Karnataka seems to have ‘drowned’ in the floods that the southern state is reeling under, in the aftermath…
Wayanad, Aug 14 (IANS) Former Congress chief and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi, here on Wednesday, urged Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das for extension of moratorium on repayment of crop loans in Kerala…
Washington, Aug 14 (IANS) Attorney General Bob Ferguson of the US state of Washington has challenged a decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to introduce a new energy policy that would likely increase greenhouse gas…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 14 (IANS) Odisha Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Bishnupada Sethi on Wednesday asked Collectors of 11 districts to prepare for the impending flood in Mahanadi river. Due to heavy rainfall in the lower catchments…
New York, Aug 14 (IANS) Researchers have found that ozone air pollution which is increasing with climate change can accelerate lung disease as much as that by smoking a pack of cigarettes a day. “We…
Wellington, Aug 14 (IANS) Paleontologists in New Zealand on Wednesday announced the discovery of a previously-unknown species of prehistoric giant penguin that waddled around the country between 66 and 56 million years ago. The species…
Agra, Aug 14 (IANS) Alarmed over a spate of complaints from tourists regarding stinking toilets in the Taj Mahal, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) officials on Wednesday worked out a truce with the striking…
Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 14 (IANS) More than 200 cows were ushered into a government primary school in Sambhal district and locked in on Tuesday even when the classes were going on. The incident took…
United Nations, Aug 14 (IANS) The United Nations said in a statement that it stands ready to support China’s search-and-rescue efforts after the Typhoon Lekima. “The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says…
Bengaluru, Aug 14 (IANS) Rescue and relief operations were in full swing in flood-hit Karnataka as rain water began receding in 21 districts across the southern state, an official said. “With monsoon rainfall reducing across…
Wayanad, Aug 13 (IANS) Following several deaths due to floods and landslides in many parts of Kerala, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to install early warning systems in…
Agra/Mathura, Aug 13 (IANS) The month of Shravan has won laurels for the UP Forest department’s anti-poaching drive, which supported by Wildlife SOS, has rescued 111 snakes from snake charmers in this area. On the…
By Sakshi Chand Jhansi, Aug 13 (IANS) Lush green fields, orchards of guava trees with branches laden with fruit, rows of groundnut shrubs, vegetables — Parasai-Sindh region of Bundelkhand is a picture of plenty. But…