Hyderabad, July 11 (IANS) Authorities in Telangana’s Nalgonda district are probing an incident in which 50 dogs were poisoned allegedly on the orders of the village head. The stray dogs were on Wednesday found dead…
Athens, July 11 (IANS) At least seven people died, including two children, and dozens were injured when a freak storm struck northern Greece. Strong winds and torrential rain hit the popular tourist area of Halkidiki,…
Nanchang (China), July 11 (IANS) Twenty-two people have been killed and over 7 million people affected by heavy rain that has brought floods in China’s Jiangxi Province since June, authorities said here on Thursday. The…
Varanasi, July 11 (IANS) Blood of illegally slaughtered animals is now flowing into the Varuna River in Varanasi, giving it a crimson colour at some places. This has been confirmed by a panel of the…
By Archana Sharma Jaipur, July 11 (IANS) At a time when the builders across the world are busy building world class houses for humans, an organisation in Rajasthan is constructing beautiful and colourful houses for…
Lakhimpur, July 11 (IANS) The carcass of an adult tigress was found floating in a canal in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district. On Wednesday, locals spotted the carcass in the canal in in Gola area…
Abu Dhabi, July 11 (IANS) The largest aquarium in the Middle East was now 70 per cent complete and is set to open next year in Abu Dhabi, the media reported on Thursday. The 10-zone,…
Athens, July 11 (IANS) Six tourists were killed and 30 others injured in a violent freak storm that swept across a region of northern Greece, the media reported on Friday. Gale-force winds, heavy rain and…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Networks representing over 7,000 higher education institutions from across the world on Thursday declared a climate emergency and agreed to undertake steps to address the crisis. In a joint letter,…
Canberra, July 11 (IANS) The health of Australias Great Barrier Reef is facing unprecedented challenges amid serious ecological disturbances, a report released on Thursday said. Crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks — which have decimated breeding populations of…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday accused the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority of working as an arm of the Central government after the Supreme Court appointed body…
Guwahati, July 10 (IANS) At least three persons have died in the last 24 hours in floods and landslides in Assam and over two lakh people have been affected, officials said on Wednesday. Two people…
Patna, July 10 (IANS) At least 50 birds have died of a mysterious disease in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district in the last two days, officials said on Wednesday. Most of the birds died in Lakshmi Nagar…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) To achieve self-sufficiency of water, the Delhi government on Wednesday gave its nod to a project to create reservoirs in the Yamuna flood plain by store overflowing water from the…
Bareilly, July 10 )IANS) This time it is not criminals who are using the UP-Nepal open border to their advantage. It is the two wild elephants that have entered Uttar Pradesh from Nepal and are…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Southwest monsoon has remained elusive in the national capital since its arrival on Friday but there are chances of light rains and thunderstorm on Wednesday evening. Some parts of Delhi…
Guwahati, July 10 (IANS) A person was killed and two others were injured on Wednesday after incessant rains triggered landslides here in Assam’s capital city. One Narayan Shah died after stones and mud from adjacent…
Etawah, July 10 (IANS) The Etawah Lion Safari Park in Uttar Pradesh is preparing to welcome seven lions from Gujarat. Three of these lions will later be shifted to the proposed Gorakhpur zoo. Initially, eight…
Chicago, July 10 (IANS) Researchers at the University of Illinois (UI) see sanitation as a valuable facet of global ecosystems and an overlooked source of nutrients, organic material and water, according to a study posted…
New York, July 10 (IANS) The world’s governments are showing a lack of ambition in pursuing the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially in terms of reducing inequality and countering climate change, the United Nations…