New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea by Vedanta seeking access to its Thoothukudi-located Sterlite Copper Smelting plant in Tamil Nadu to carry out maintenance work. Describing the plea…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) It was a sunny Friday morning here with the minimum temperature settling at 23.2 degrees Celsius, four notches above the season’s average, the Met office said, adding that there was…
Lhasa, April 11 (IANS) China has decided to build an eco-friendly toilet at a camp, 7,028 metres up the north slope of Mount Everest, during this climbing season, officials said. “The toilet, equipped with a…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Services on Delhi Metro’s Magenta line were temporarily halted after a bird fell on the train tracks. The bird is now safe, officials said. On Wednesday night, the Black Kite…
Mandi, April 11 (IANS) Up the ante against the BJP government in Himachal Pradesh, near 600 voters from the Mandi parliamentary constituency on Thursday staged a protest here, demanding implementation of the Forest Rights Act…
New York, April 11 (IANS) Traffic pollution caused asthma among 350,000 children in India, the second largest after China, in 2015, finds a Lancet study that analysed 194 countries. The study, published in the Lancet…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Centre to approve chemical composition of green crackers by May 15. It noted that the manufacturing of green crackers in the country must…
Abu Dhabi, April 11 (IANS) An Indian student has invented robots to help the United Arab Emirates (UAE) become greener, including a cleaner bot that preserves the marine environment and another that helps minimize human…
Bhubaneswar, April 10 (IANS) Odisha continued to reel under intense heat wave as eight places recorded maximum temperature above 40 degree Celcius on Wednesday. Western Odisha town Titlagarh recorded the highest temperature at 41.5 degree…
Nuh, April 10 (IANS) Abdul Razzaq died of lung cancer last May. He was the fourth victim of cancer from a family that hails from Sakras village in Haryana’s most backward district, Nuh. Before him,…
Kathmandu, April 10 (IANS) An expedition team, assigned to remeasure the height of the world’s tallest mountain peak, left for Mount Everest on Wednesday. Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli called upon the government-nominated climbers…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) on Wednesday said it made 1,322 industrial units switch to PNG fuel from other liquid fuel out of a total 1,467 units identified for…
United Nations, April 10 (IANS) The United Nations has announced that it has started going partially paperless by stopping printing of press releases. “Starting today, the News and Media Division of the Department of Global…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) It was a sunny Wednesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature settling at 20 degrees Celsius, average for the season, the Met office said, adding that there…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) here on Tuesday slapped Rs 1 lakh environment damage charges each on 765 units for directly or indirectly causing pollution. In a statement, the…
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) In a setback to tiger conservation efforts in Sundarbans, a decomposed body of a big cat was found in the mangrove forest. According to Forest Department officials, recovery of the carcass…
Colombo, April 9 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Centre on Tuesday said that the number of people affected by the severe dry weather conditions prevailing across the island country had risen to over 321,000. The…
New York, April 9 (IANS) Increasing air temperatures and precipitation are the drivers of major climate changes seen in the Arctic region, says a new study. “The Arctic system is trending away from its 20th…
Panaji, April 9 (IANS) Goa should be exempt from noise pollution rules so that the residents can observe religious events, the Goa Forward Party (GFP) on Tuesday urged the Chief Election Commissioner. In a letter…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) It was a sunny Tuesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature settling at 20.4 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average, the Met office said. “There…