Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 10 (IANS) Work is in progress to restore Vellayani lake, the second largest freshwater lake in Kerala that supplies 20 million litres of water everyday to the public water supply system, to its…
Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) The Centre has declared two wildlife sanctuaries near Mumbai as ‘Eco-Sensitive Zone'(ESZ), according to Union Minister for Environment Prakash Javadekar. There are 11 more such ESZs in Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh,…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 10 (IANS) The death toll in Kerala floods has reached 42 and more than one lakh people have been shifted to over 800 relief camps across the rain-battered state, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan…
By Arjun Sharma Amritsar, Aug 10 (IANS/ 101Reporters) Amrik Singh, 46, a Bathinda-based farmer, was in despair after the entire cotton crop on his three-acre land was destroyed by whitefly in 2017. He then decided…
Lamjung, Aug 10 (IANS) Newly discovered Kajin Sara lake in Manang district of Nepal is all set to become the world’s highest lake replacing Tilicho lake (also in Manang), which currently holds the title. The…
Rome, Aug 9 (IANS/AKI) Almost 5 million pigs in Asia have now died or been culled because of the spread of African swine fever over the past year, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation…
Gurugram, Aug 9 (IANS) Residents of Badshahpur village here faced a scary situation on Friday afternoon after young male leopard entered a house and then a saloon. However, the saloon operators, who managed to flee…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 9 (IANS) With incessant rain in Kerala, the death toll has reached 28 and over 64,000 people have shifted into 738 relief camps across the rain-battered state, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on…
Ahmedabad, Aug 9 (IANS) Water levels at the inter-state Sardar Sarovar Dam across the Narmada river reached an all-time high of 131.5 metres on Friday with heavy rainfall in the upper catchment area, forcing the…
M0umbai, Aug 9 (IANS) The grim flood situation in south-west Maharashtra that left at least 37 people dead, is expected to ease with the Karnataka government releasing around 480,000 cusecs of water from Almatti dam…
Lucknow, Aug 9 (IANS) Heavy rainfall across Uttar Pradesh has led to increase in the water level of rivers in various districts. The administration is on alert and people are been evacuated from the villages…
London, Aug 9 (IANS) Green turtles are more likely to swallow plastic that resembles their natural diet of sea grass, new research suggests. Published in the journal Scientific Reports, the study found that turtles strongly…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Friday rolled out a pilot project for natural water storage on the Yamuna floodplain. Calling…
Wayanad (Kerala), Aug 9 (IANS) Often referred to as the poor man’s Ooty, Meppadi in Kerala’s Wayanad district has seen its entire look change after a massive landslide triggered by heavy rains and floods. Over…
Lucknow, Aug 9 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday launched a massive plantation drive by planting a sapling in Jaiti Khera village of Lucknow. The state government plans to create a world…
Bhopal, Aug 9 (IANS) Spillage from an artificial pond meant to store toxic residue from a coal power plant run by Essar Power MP Ltd (EPMPL) has contaminated farmland spread over a 4-km area near…
Colombo, Aug 9 (IANS) Sri Lanka will receive heavy rains and strong winds in the coming days, the country’s Meteorology Department said in its latest weather update here Friday. The Department said wind speeds were…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon be seen expressing his views on conservation of nature, his time in the Himalayas, his encounters with wildlife in his youth and the cleanliness…
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) At least 30 people have been killed in various flood-related incidents in Maharashtra in the past one week even as more than 2.03 lakh people were evacuated to safer locations, officials…
Beijing, Aug 9 (IANS) China ON fRIDAY issued a red alert for typhoon Lekima, as it was expected to make landfall in the coastal areas of Zhejiang province Saturday. At 8 a.m., the centre of…