Goa civic body to pay Rs 1,000 for reporting litterers
Panaji, July 3 (IANS) Taking a leaf out of a now-defunct police vigilante app, the municipal council of Margao town in South Goa on Wednesday launched a scheme to pay Rs 1,000 to the citizens…
Environment
Light rains expected in Delhi-NCR in 48 hours
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Light rains are expected across Delhi-NCR in the next 48 hours, with weather conditions becoming favourable for the progress of the southwest monsoon into the region, the India Meteorological Department…
Japan to evacuate 600,000 people over heavy rains
Tokyo, July 3 (IANS) Japanese authorities on Wednesday ordered the evacuation of around 600,000 people in the southwestern city of Kagoshima due to the heavy rains that have been lashing the region in recent days…
SC issues notice to Centre on plea over cattle law
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the central government on a plea challenging validity of certain provisions amended in the Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals Act which deprives…
Honey bees at Taj Mahal alarm tourists
Agra July 2 (IANS) Honey bees at the iconic Taj Mahal and other historical monuments in the city continue to alarm tourists. Though many complaints have been lodged by the visitors in the past, the…
SC asks Centre to set up panel over aircraft fumigation
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to form an experts committee within two weeks to find out if spraying of disinfectants and pesticides in aircraft was harmful for…
Water ‘deluge’ in coach video goes viral, railways responds speedily
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Passengers of the Bengaluru-Danapur Sanghmitra Express had appealed to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal for help after a stream of water started flowing in from the air conditioning vents of their…
Centre seeks action against illgel GM crop cultivation
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday said advisories have been issued to states to take action to curb and control the spread of unapproved Genetically Modified crops –…
One Mumbai lifeline chugs along miraculously despite heavy rains
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) Almost like a monsoon miracle, one of the two lifelines of Mumbai, the Western Railway (WR), managed to stay afloat and chug along despite the city notching over 1,000 mm rainfall…
Ghaziabad schools’ summer holidays extended till July 4
Ghaziabad, July 2 (IANS) In view of the severe heat, the summer holidays of schools in Ghaziabad have been extended till July 4, an official said on Tuesday. The schools have been asked to reopen…
Japanese world heritage site damaged by landslide
Tokyo, July 2 (IANS) A landslide caused by torrential rain that has been battering the southwest of the Japanese archipelago has caused damaged to a Unesco World Heritage Site, authorities said on Tuesday. The Terayama…
Jakarta residents to sue government over air pollution
Jakarta, July 2 (IANS) A group of Jakarta residents are planning to file a lawsuit against the Indonesian government over toxic levels of air pollution in the capital and its satellite cities, which together form…
39 killed as relentless rain wreaks mayhem in Maharashtra
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) At least 39 persons were killed across Maharashtra as relentless rain created mayhem and left Mumbai paralysed with the country’s commercial capital being pounded by record rainfall on Tuesday, officials said….
Deficit pre-monsoon, delayed rains spell trouble in Karnataka
Bengaluru, July 2 (IANS) For the first time in many years, Karnataka is facing water shortage due to deficit pre-monsoon, delay in the onset of southwest monsoon and uneven spread of rainfall across the state,…
Karl Lagerfeld spider among 5 species discovered in Australia
Sydney, July 2 (IANS) Australian scientists announced on Tuesday that they have identified five new species of tiny jumping spiders and named one after late Karl Lagerfeld due to its distinct look that was reminiscent…
Taps in government buildings to have aerators to save water
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) In a bid to avoid wastage of water, the Centre has asked all its ministries and departments to install aerators in the taps used in the government buildings. An aerator…
Mumbai paralysed by record July rainfall
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) Receiving the record rainfall, Mumbai was paralysed on Tuesday, with most roads getting clogged and local train services, the financial capitals lifeline, virtually coming to a standstill. Flight operations at Mumbai’s…
Leopard killed inside Uttarakhand medical college
Dehradun, July 2 (IANS) A leopard that entered Srinagar Government Medical College in Uttarakhand’s Pauri district on Sunday was shot dead by forest guards on Tuesday after efforts to tranquilize the wild cat failed, officials…
Vietnam culls over 2.84 mn pigs amid African swine fever spread
Hanoi, July 2 (IANS) African swine fever (ASF) has struck 61 localities across Vietnam, leading to the culling of over 2.84 million pigs or 10.3 per cent of the country’s total pig population. The country’s…
33 killed in Maharashtra rain mayhem
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) At least 33 people have been killed in various rain-related incidents including wall crashes in Mumbai, Thane and Pune, and over 75 injured, on Tuesday as rains mayhem continued in large…