New York, July 7 (IANS) Using Artificial Intelligence (AI), researchers have developed an algorithm to detect cloud formations that lead to storms, hurricanes and cyclones. The study, published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Geoscience…
Dehradun, July 7 (IANS) The Uttarakhand government is planning to ban single-use plastics in all government offices in the state. “We are in the process of banning single-use plastics in all government offices including the…
Kathmandu, July 7 (IANS) In a bid to save Mount Everest from trash, Nepal conducted a month-long cleaning campaign by collecting over 10,000 kg of rubbish from the region. The historical mega clean-up campaign coordinated…
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the tax proposals in the Union Budget for FY20 on fossil fuels and electric cars must push people to avoid polluting fuels and…
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) With an environmental crisis looming over the planet, is the way out community-led? Two cleaning initiatives in India, targeting heavily-visited – and littered – mountains and beaches,…
Panaji, July 7 (IANS) Already faced with the menace of over-fishing off its shores, the phenomenon of ‘ghost-fishing’ appears to be taking a toll on several endangered marine species including turtles, dolphins and even sea…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Delhi and its surrounding areas will experience light rain on Sunday and Monday as the monsoon has arrived in the region, weather officials said. “Monsoon has arrived in Delhi-NCR and…
San Francisco, July 6 (IANS) A massive earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale hit Southern California, swaying buildings, cracking foundations and forcing panicked residents to sleep on the streets a day after a 6.4-magnitude…
Leh, July 6 (IANS) The population of stray dogs in Ladakh’s Leh town has exploded into threatening numbers, growing to around 30 per cent compared to humans, in one of the most sparsely populated districts…
Washington, July 6 (IANS) A new record high temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius) has been set in the US state of Alaska, part of which lies inside the Arctic Circle. The new…
Moscow, July 5 (IANS) Russia successfully launched its Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket on Friday with a hydrometeorological satellite and 32 small satellites, the Russian state space corporation Roscosmos said. The rocket blasted off at 8.41 a.m….
Bangkok, July 5 (IANS) The monks of the Wat Jak Daeng temple on Bangkok’s Bang Kachao island have been wearing orange robes made from plastic bottles and other recycled materials. “There is not a big…
Dehradun, July 5 (IANS) A man hailing from Bihar was killed after being attacked by a leopard in Uttarakhand’s Pauri district, forest officials said on Friday. Ajay Kumar was attacked by the leopard on Thursday…
Shimla, July 5 (IANS) After being delayed by a week, the southwest monsoon on Friday covered the entire Himachal Pradesh with many areas witnessing moderate rainfall in the past 24 hours, the weather bureau said…
London, July 5 (IANS) Hundreds of sharks and rays are tangled in plastic waste in oceans across the world, researchers said. According to the study published in the journal Endangered Species Research, scientists from the…
Baku, July 5 (IANS) China’s Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the coast of the Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf were inscribed on the World Heritage List as a natural site on Friday at the ongoing 43rd session of…
Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) The Kolkata Police has banned the burning of waste material like plastic, tyres, pulp or organic and solid waste, diapers and garbage, it said in an order on Friday. The order,…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Senior counsels engaged by the petitioners have played a fraud on the Supreme Court, the apex court said on Friday while hearing a matter related to the razing of 400…
Los Angeles, July 5 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale jolted the US state of California on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicentre, with a depth of 8.68 km,…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) With the monsoon expected to reach the national capital this weekend, rains began on Thursday and are expected to continue for the next two days thanks to moisture-laden winds from…