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…
Panaji, July 4 (IANS) Once a pristine beach and now plagued with pollution due to affluent dumping and overcrowding, the state Tourism Ministry on Thursday sought financial assistance from the central government to revive the…
Jodhpur, July 4 (IANS) A court in Jodhpur rebuked Bollywood actor Salman Khan over his absence during a hearing in the blackbuck poaching case on Thursday, warning him it would cancel his bail if he…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) International public finance and private sector resources would have to be mobilised for the “unprecedented” investment required to implement India’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) under the Paris Agreement, said Economic…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) With the monsoon expected to reach the national capital this weekend, rain is expected over the next two days thanks to moisture-laden winds from the Bay of Bengal, weather officials…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) To promote electric vehicles (EVs) in India, the Economic Survey 2018-19 has recommended that the government frame appropriate policy measures to lower the costs involved in their overall lifetime ownership….
Shimla, July 4 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday said the state was committed to promote natural farming. He was interacting with Padma Shri recipient Subhash Palekar, who called on him…