Colombo, July 17 (IANS) Severe dry weather in Sri Lanka has affected over 5.5 lakh people across the South Asian island nation, officials said on Wednesday. As of Wednesday noon, 567,662 people belonging to 159,123…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Delhi woke up to a cool and pleasant morning on Wednesday as overnight rain brought the mercury levels down, providing much-needed relief to the people even as it threw the…
Panaji, July 17 (IANS) Goa’s rivers must be cleaned with the same earnestess with which Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleaned the Ganga, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Wednesday. “It is necessary to protect rivers….
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Rapid decarbonisation of global energy supplies will have radical implications for the shipping industry, a new report said on Wednesday. India too has also been trying to reduce its dependency…
Patna, July 17 (IANS) With the water level in major rivers receding, the situation in flood-hit Bihar showed signs of improvement on Wednesday. “There is some improvement in the flood situation. The flood water that…
Lucknow, July 17 (IANS) Even as the controversy over the deaths of cows in shelters in Uttar Pradesh rages on, BJP MLA from Barabanki Ajay Singh said that the cows had died natural deaths. “Every…
London, July 17 (IANS) While a small proportion of the hundreds types of plastics can be recycled by conventional technology, researchers show there are other things that can be done to reuse plastics after they…
By Arul Louis United Nations, July 17 (IANS) Nearly six million people across South Asia are under threat from rising flood waters, with more than one million already displaced in Assam alone, according to the…
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra on Tuesday said he would ban plastic bottles from corporate boardrooms, after a Twitter user pointed them out in a photo of a meeting shared…
Kolkata, July 16 (IANS) Vast areas in Malda and North Dinjapur districts in north Bengal have been inundated following heavy rains over the past few days raising the water level of prominent rivers, officials said…
Dehradun, July 16 (IANS) Three people were killed as monsoon rains on Monday continued to lash Uttarakhand with full ferocity, blocking highways and triggering landslides at number of places. The Met Department has issued warning…
Agra, July 16 (IANS) Inmates of Agra district jail have lent a helping hand in the campaign against the polythene menace in the tourist city as they have made ecologically-friendly bricks that are filled with…
Dehradun, July 16 (IANS) A man was killed by a tiger in Kalagarh area of the Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand’s Kumaon region, forest officials said on Tuesday. Sohan Singh, a daily wager, was attacked…
Bhubaneswar, July 16 (IANS) As many as 369 persons were killed and 207 injured in wild elephant attacks in the last four years in Odisha, said a Minister on Tuesday. Forest and Environment Minister Bikram…
Kathmandu, July 16 (IANS) Amid devastating floods caused by torrential rain that have killed 67 people in Nepal, over 260 climate scientists gathered in Kathmandu to discuss the impact of climate change on the Himalayan…
New York, July 16 (IANS) Researchers have developed a novel statistical model for prediction of floods and its duration. It also accurately determines the timescale of flooding. “It is possible to predict the duration of…
By Arjun Sharma Leh, July 16 (101Reporters/IANS) Blame global warming, and Ladakh is one of those places where its more evident than elsewhere. Extending from the Siachen glacier to the Himalayas, the picturesque region evokes…
Ranchi, July 16 (IANS) A 10-year-old girl and her mother were on Tuesday trampled to death by elephants in Jharkhand’s Giridih district. According to police, a herd of rampaging tuskers entered into Kosi-Kenjhia village and…
Bareilly, July 16 (IANS) The two wild elephants, wandering from one spot to another since the past 20 days, have reached Uttar Pradesh’s district, where it attacked and killed another person. The incident took place…
Bareilly, July 16 (IANS) The lone bull elephant, Gajraj, who had been brought to Bareilly from Dudhwa Tiger Reserve along with three cow elephants for assisting in rescue operation of two wild elephants, had to…