By Janita Gurung & Pradyumna J.B. Rana This year marks a quarter century of the ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) – an agreement among 196 countries to conserve the earth’s biological diversity…
Seoul, May 22 (IANS) North Korean authorities on Tuesday morning denied permission to South Korean journalists to attend the dismantling of their nuclear base scheduled to take place between May 23-25. Pyongyang had originally invited…
Islamabad, May 22 (IANS) At least 65 people have been killed due to heatstroke in the last three days in Pakistan’s Karachi, where the temperature hit 44 degrees Celsius, media reported on Tuesday. At least…
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) It was a sunny morning in the national capital on Tuesday with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.2 degrees Celsius, normal for the season’s average. The Met forecast strong surface…
Jakarta, May 22 (IANS) Mount Merapi, the most active volcano in Indonesia, spewed a column of ash 3,500 metres into the air early on Tuesday, triggering an evacuation, a disaster agency official said. The volcanology…
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The national capital on Monday saw the warmest day of year with mercury crossing 44 degrees Celsius in some areas while the average maximum temperature was recorded at 41.8 degree…
By Brij Khandelwal Agra, May 21 (IANS) A quarter century after 25 people died from drinking contaminated water supplied by the civic body, the Taj city continues to face an acute shortage of safe drinking…
Chandigarh, May 21 (IANS) In the wake of death of a large number of fish in the Beas river, Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday accused the Punjab government of “patronising an…
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) There is no way an aircraft can empty toilets mid-air and dump human waste, the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) told the NGT on Monday. The DGCA made the…
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) In a move to promote energy efficiency, Delhi power distribution company (discom) BSES on Monday announced an air conditioner (AC) replacement scheme which will allow consumers to save up to…
Chandigarh, May 21 (IANS) Most parts of Haryana and Punjab reeled under heatwave conditions on Monday with temperatures soaring past the 41 degrees Celsius mark at most places. The sweltering heat forced people to remain…
Mumbai, May 21 (IANS) With the mercury rising above 40 degrees Celsius in many parts of Maharashtra and even 48 degrees at one place on Monday, people took for the cooler climes of hill stations…
Bhubaneswar, May 21 (IANS) Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday laid the foundation stone of a LPG bottling plant of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) in Odisha’s Balangir district. The bottling…
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Microsoft Cloud services are up to 93 per cent more energy efficient and up to 98 per cent more carbon efficient than traditional enterprise datacentres, a new study released on…
Colombo, May 21 (IANS) At least five people have been killed and seven are missing as heavy rains and strong winds caused havoc in Sri Lanka, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said on Monday. The…
By Vishal Gulati New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Plastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats and countries need better waste management to cope with the sheer quantity of plastic rubbish that is fouling…
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) It was a sunny morning in the national capital on Monday with the minimum temperature recorded at 25 degrees Celsius. The Met forecasts strong winds later in the day. “The…
Honolulu, May 21 (IANS) The Kilauea volcano that erupted over two weeks ago leaving a trail of destruction has now reached the ocean, prompting authorities in Hawaii to issue a ‘laze’ warning that can cause…
Colombo, May 20 (IANS) Three people were killed and over 8,000 affected as heavy rains and strong winds lashed across Sri Lanka, prompting disaster management officials to be on alert for possible evacuations, the Disaster…
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) A total of 42 rare turtles were seized from a railway station in West Bengal’s Hooghly and one person arrested, police said on Sunday. Acting on a tip off, Government Railway…