New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) India and the UK will jointly launch a global Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, an idea that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had reiterated at the G20 summit in Osaka,…
Gandhinagar, July 31 (IANS) A major cloudburst in central Gujarat’s Vadodara city and around threw normal life out of gear, flooding most areas, with the rainfall touching a whopping 18 inches by Wednesday evening. It…
Gandhinagar, July 31 (IANS) Torrential rains lashed Vadodara city and surrounding areas in central Gujarat, registering as much as 10.5 inches during the last 24 hours with most of it pouring in just four hours…
Jabalpur, July 31 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh High Court has announced a unique penalty for a government engineer facing charges of contempt of court – plant tree saplings and ensure a large majority of them…
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) A Bill to streamline the adjudication of inter-state river water disputes and make the present legal and institutional architecture robust was on Wednesday passed in the Lok Sabha by voice…
Jakarta, July 31 (IANS) Indonesian authorities issued a flight warning as Mount Kerinci volcano on Sumatra Island erupted on Wednesday, a statement from the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry said. The volcano erupted at 12.48…
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Ahead of Eid, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has released a video showing the inhuman treatment meted out to goats which scream while being slaughtered with…
Tokyo, July 31 (IANS) A 28-year-old man dressed as a fairy mascot at a Japanese amusement park has died from heatstroke, as temperatures in the country soar above 30 degrees Celsius. Heat-related illnesses have claimed…
By Arul Louis United Nations, July 31 (IANS) The doubling of India’s tiger population between 2006 and 2019 is being welcomed as a “good sign” by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, according to his Deputy Spokesperson Farhan…
Gandhinagar, July 31 (IANS) Even though the rain gods have made a late entry into the parched lands of Gujarat, the state expects decent rainfall in the week ahead with a low pressure system being…
Kolkata, July 30 (IANS) A syndicate involved in smuggling of elephant tusks and tiger teeth has been busted by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and 12 kg of tusks and fiveteeth of the big…
Panaji, July 30 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday told the state Assembly that the government was examining ways to restart the mining industry, while also assuring that a review petition would be…
Tokyo, July 30 (IANS) Heat-related illnesses have claimed 11 lives and sent nearly 6,000 others to hospitals in Japan as the mercury rose following the end of rainy season, according to the government on Tuesday….
Ratnagiri (Maharashtra), July 30 (IANS) An eight-foot-long crocodile was rescued from a roadside drain in the tourist resort of Chiplun in Maharashtra’s coastal Ratnagiri district, officials said on Tuesday. A video of the reptile emerging…
Dhaka, July 30 (IANS) In one of the worst outbreak of dengue in Bangladesh, over 1,000 people, majority of them children, have been diagnosed with the disease in the last 24 hours, according to officials…
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Veteran Congress leader Dr Karan Singh, who started the Project Tiger in 1973, expressed delight on Tuesday at the tiger numbers reaching 3,000 in the country, and said that all…
Bhubaneswar, July 30 (IANS) Deer is the most hunted wild animal in Odisha as a total of 106 deer of different species have been killed in the last three years, the state government said on…
Patna, July 30 (IANS) The Bihar government is ready to roll out various water conservation methods, including ‘Jal Chaupal’ in every village to spread awareness about rain water harvesting and misuse of water. The engineers…
Bhopal, July 30 (IANS) Incessant rainfall for the past three days has affected the life of people across the state. Most of the rivers are flowing above the danger mark, and low lying areas including…
Bengaluru, July 29 (IANS) The Bengaluru Bannerghatta Biological Park has named a Royal Bengal tiger cub in the zoo after Assam teenage ace sprinter Hima Das who shot into fame bagging 5 gold medals in…