Panaji, May 12 (IANS) A green NGO, Goa Foundation, on Saturday symbolically locked the office premises of the Goa Mines and Geology Department here, accusing its officials of turning a blind eye towards alleged theft…
Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) Heat wave conditions continued to prevail in most parts of Haryana and Punjab on Saturday with the mercury soaring to 45 degrees in Hisar town in Haryana. However, Chandigarh and its…
Srinagar, May 12 (IANS) One person was killed and two others were injured on Saturday when lightning struck Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Police said a Muzaffar Ahmad died on the spot and two others…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Calling for bird conservation on “World Migratory Bird Day”, Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said that India’s rich ecology is supported by a wave of migratory species. Marked…
Shimla, May 12 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Devvrat on Saturday launched a cleanliness and conservation drive from here of the Kalka-Shimla rail line. The century-old rail line is a 96-km narrow gauge railroad built…
Bhubaneswar, May 12 (IANS) A staggering 1,256 lightning deaths have occurred in Odisha during the last three years from 2015-16 to 2017-18, said an official on Saturday. Most of the lightning deaths have occurred between…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) It was a clear Saturday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.7 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average, the Met Office said. “Later…
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) Edible cutlery could be the perfect replacement for harmful plastic disposables like spoons, even as the law and food standard authorities anywhere in the world are silent on the hygiene of…
Tokyo, May 12 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.1-magnitude on the Richter scale hit Japan’s Nagano on Saturday, the Met said. No major damage or injuries were reported. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the tremors were…
Mumbai, May 12 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who has been face of NDTV’s “Banega Swachh India” campaign, on Friday said he is proud to see that Indian women have started using their voice to express…
Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) After the relief provided by rain and thunderstorms last week, most parts of Haryana and Punjab once again reeled under heat wave conditions on Friday, with temperatures soaring past the 40-degree…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The European Union (EU) on Friday transferred the logo of the India-initiated International Solar Alliance (ISA), designed by two European artists, to the ISA Secretariat here. According to an EU…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Delhi on Friday recorded a maximum average temperature of 42.8 degrees Celsius, a rise of nearly five degrees over the previous day’s temperature, even as the Met predicted rain on…
San Francisco, May 11 (IANS) Playing a crucial role in future research and development (R&D) of a revolutionary aluminium smelting technology, Apple has committed investment in a joint venture that resonates the iPhone-maker’s take on…
New York, May 11 (IANS) Inching closer to cracking the 50-year-old puzzle of how temperature turns baby turtles male or female, researchers have uncovered a molecular link that connects temperature with sexual development. In turtles…
Washington, May 11 (IANS) At a time when the world is struggling to fight climate change, US President Donald Trump’s administration has quietly killed a NASA system to monitor the flow of greenhouse gas, the…
Jakarta, May 11 (IANS) Indonesia’s Mount Merapi erupted on Friday spewing 5,500-metre high column of volcanic ash, forcing residents to evacuate. The volcano situated in the borders of Klaten, Magelang and Boyolali districts erupted at…
Shimla, May 11 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh may get more thundershowers next week as the weather bureau here on Friday predicted that western disturbances will be active once again in the region. “Light to moderate rain…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) It was a clear morning on Friday in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 24.2 degrees Celsius, one notch below the seasons average, the weather office said….
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Delhi government if it could use the funds collected from the Environment Compensation Charge (ECC) to purchase remote-sensing machines to detect pollution emitted…