New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Hours after the National High Speed Rail Corp Ltd (NHSRCL), implementing the 508-km Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, said on Saturday that it has reworked the Thane station’s design in Maharashtra…
Dehradun, June 29 (IANS) A penalty of Rs 2.5 lakh has been slapped on the South Africa-based businessmen brothers Ajay and Atul Gupta for scattering garbage in Auli, Uttarakhand where the weddings of their sons…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The National High Speed Rail Corp Ltd (NHSRCL), implementing the 508-km long Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet train project said on Saturday they have reworked the Thane station’s design in Maharashtra to reduce…
Ahmedabad, June 28 (IANS) With the monsoons setting in in several parts of Gujarat, as many as 97 tehsils in 25 districts have received moderate to heavy showers in the last 24 hours ending Friday….
Paris, June 28 (IANS) France has hit its highest ever recorded temperature — 45.9 degrees Celsius — amid a heatwave in Europe which is disrupting normal life, claiming lives as well as prompting governments to…
Hyderabad, June 28 (IANS) Breaking new ground, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Friday agreed to amicably resolve all their water-sharing disputes and decided to divert water from the Godavari river to the Krishna river to…
Mumbai, June 28 (IANS) At least four persons, including a minor boy, were killed and two others injured in different incidents as monsoon made a grand entry in Mumbai and surroundings on Friday, hitting normal…
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) The Delhi government on Friday organised a mega state-level mock earthquake drill across government offices in the capital. For the mock drill, held across 66 locations in Delhi, Delhi Lieutenant…
Dehradun, June 28 (IANS) A video has gone viral on social media where a herd of elephants is seen pushing two cars in the Bhakrakot area, close to the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) in Uttarakhand….
Paris, June 28 (IANS) France has hit its highest ever recorded temperature — 44.3 degrees Celsius — amid a heatwave in Europe which is disrupting normal life, claiming lives as well as prompting governments to…
Panaji, June 28 (IANS) Ruling BJP MLA Michael Lobo and Environment Minister Nilesh Cabral have now joined the chorus of criticism against the draft Goa Coastal Zone Management Plan, calling it inadequate in its current…
Ranchi, June 28 (IANS) With monsoon hitting Jharkhand there has been some relief, but at least 20 people have also been reported dead due to lightning in different parts of the state over the last…
Mumbai, June 28 (IANS) Monsoon made a grand entry in Mumbai and surrounding areas on Friday, hitting normal life with the usual woes of water-logging, delays in flights, road and train traffic. The lifelines of…
Mumbai, June 28 (IANS) In what could be alarming for the Indian investors and the policy makers a new report says that this is the weakest start to the monsoon since 2014. The Kotak Report…
Colombo, June 28 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Centre (DMC) on Friday issued a severe heat wave warning for several districts across the island country as temperatures were expected to rise as high as 40…
London, June 28 (IANS) Researchers have found that contrails – the white lines that airplanes leave behind in the sky – are a major cause of global warming and their impact on the climate was…
Dehradun, June 28 (IANS) A tiger, normally found in the plains, has been sighted for the first time at a height of around 3,400 meters in Uttarakhand’s Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary. The tiger was captured recently…
Osaka, June 28 (IANS) European Commission (EC) President Jean-Claude Juncker on Friday said that the G20 needs to issue a strong declaration about climate change in its summit, which is set to kick off later…
By Damandeep Singh The extreme heatwave that recently saw temperatures soar across India was a stark reminder that this region is one of the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. As countries start…