Mumbai, Aug 7 (IANS) In one of the biggest operations, various government agencies and the armed forces have rescued and evacuated around 75,000 flood-affected people, including 66,000 from the worst affected Kolhapur and Sangli districts,…
Panaji, Aug 6 (IANS) On account of heavy rains across the state, throwing normal life out of gear, Goa schools will be closed on Wednesday (August 7) on the orders of Chief Minister Pramod Sawant….
Colombo, Aug 6 (IANS) Sri Lanka will soon ban coloured plastic water bottles and wrappers on drinking water bottles in order to protect the environment, officials said on Tuesday. The Information Department, quoting a statement…
Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) As the flood situation turned grim in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur and surrounding areas, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis called up Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Karnataka Chief Minster B.S. Yediyurappa, requesting help for…
Lucknow, Aug 6 (IANS) : The Uttar Pradesh government, here on Tuesday, decided to plant 22 crore saplings on the Kranti Diwas on August 9 and ‘geotag’ them to keep an eye on their growth….
Tokyo, Aug 6 (IANS) Fifty-seven people have died due to heat-related medical issues in Japan since last week, the government said on Tuesday, with the number of those taken to hospitals more than tripling to…
San Francisco, Aug 6 (IANS) Tech giant Google has announced a string of sustainability pledges for its hardware and has said that it aims to neutralise carbon emissions from delivering consumer hardware like Pixel phones…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 6 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday released a damage assessment report on cyclone Fani which estimates the total damage and loss at Rs 24,176 crore and recovery needs at Rs…
Ranchi, Aug 6 (IANS) Contradicting the All India Tiger Estimation Report 2018 which states that Jharkhand’s Palamau Tiger Reserve (PTR) has no tigers, the state Forest Department has claimed the presence of three wild cats…
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Heavy rain lashed Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Tuesday, leading to massive traffic snarls at various places. While some parts of the capital city received heavy rainfall,…
Amaravati, Aug 5 (IANS) Nearly 19,000 people in Andhra Pradesh’s flood-hit districts of East and West Godavari remained in relief camps on Monday while authorities continued relief operations. Officials said the flood situation was under…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said it was not against the policy on relocating African cheetah from Namibia to Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh. A Division Bench, comprising Justice…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) will undertake a mountaineering expedition for the first time and scale the Satopanth mountain in the Gangotri region of Uttarakhand, CISF Director General Rajesh…
Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) The seven lakes and reservoirs supplying drinking water to Mumbai are almost full and the storage is the highest in the past three years, an official spokesperson of the BrihanMumbai Municipal…
Ranchi, Aug 5 (IANS) Heavy showers, which had lashed some areas of Jharkhand a few days ago, had given local farmers hopes of more rains. But the rain clouds seem to have given a go-by…
Tehran, Aug 5 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale hit Choram region of Iran’s Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province on Monday, Iran’s Seismological Centre said. The epicentre of the quake was reported to…
Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) At least six persons were killed in Mumbai and Satara as rains continued to clobber large stretches of Maharashtra, especially the coastal Konkan region, on Sunday, hitting train services badly. IAF…
Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) At least five persons were killed in Mumbai and Satara as rains continued to clobber large parts of Maharashtra, especially the coastal Konkan region, on Sunday, hitting train services badly. IAF…
Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) At least five persons were killed in Mumbai and Satara as rains continued to batter large parts of Maharashtra, especially the coastal Konkan region, on Sunday, hitting train services hit badly….
Tokyo, Aug 4 (IANS) Researchers found that hazardous chemicals were detected in plastics eaten by seabirds. “We uncovered that four kinds of UV stabilisers and two brominated flame retardants at detection frequencies of 4.6 per…