Chandigarh, March 13 (IANS) Maximum temperatures took a dip in some parts of Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday following rain and overcast conditions. Chandigarh and its surrounding towns of Panchkula and Mohali received light rain…
Kolkata, March 13 (IANS) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 6,790 kg of red sanders logs worth Rs 3.4 crore in the city and arrested two persons for trying to illegally export them,…
By Vishal Gulati Nairobi, March 13 (IANS) Pollution makes her heart throb and goosebumps erupt. She has every right to feel this way. After all, the future of the earth involves teenagers like her. “It…
Wellington, March 13 (IANS) New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday urged students of the country not to underestimate the power of their voice ahead of a nationwide youth strike to call for action…
Nairobi, March 13 (IANS) A landmark UN report published on Wednesday warned the world to drastically scale up environmental protections, or cities and regions in Asia, the Middle East and Africa could see millions of…
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) It was a cloudy morning in the national capital on Wednesday with minimum temperature recorded at 15 degrees Celsius, season’s average, Met said. “It will be cloudy throughout the day…
Jammu, March 13 (IANS) Over two dozen shops were buried following a landslide on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, police said. No loss of life was reported. The landslide hit Bhalessa area around…
Rome, March 13 (IANS/AKI) Italian oil and gas giant Eni has begun building new solar energy plants in Tunisia and Pakistan in as part of its commitment to switching from fossil fuels to renewables and…
Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized Rs 1.03 crore elephant tusks, ivory and sculptures made out of ivory, said an official here on Tuesday. A father and his daughter…
Panaji, March 12 (IANS) Renowned fashion designer and Padmashri winner Wendell Rodricks has written to President Ramnath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging their intervention to save from demolition a 100-year-old chapel in his…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) In a major push to clean energy in the national capital, Delhi distribution company (discom) BSES, here on Tuesday, announced launch of a pilot project to set up solar micro…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked why firecrackers were being singled out for rising pollution levels when automobiles caused much more pollution. It asked the Centre to apprise it with…
Beijing, March 12 (IANS) Over 200 million trees have been planted in Beijing in 40 years, authorities in the Chinese capital said on Tuesday. In 1979, China designated March 12 as National Tree Planting Day,…
By Vishal Gulati Nairobi, March 12 (IANS) Resource extraction has more than tripled since 1970, including a five-fold increase in the use of non-metallic minerals and a 45 per cent increase in fossil fuel use,…
Shimla, March 12 (IANS) A western disturbance over Himachal Pradesh brought more snowfall to popular destinations Manali and Dalhousie on Tuesday, and lashed the state capital with rain. The minimum temperature here was 3.3 degrees…
Srinagar, March 12 (IANS) Three people were killed in a blizzard in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said on Tuesday. The blizzard which on Monday trapped five people in the Khoni Nallah area near…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) It was a pleasant Tuesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 12.8 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average, the Met said. “The sky…
By Vishal Gulati Nairobi, March 11 (IANS) Countries will not meet the internationally agreed goal to minimise adverse impact of chemicals and waste by 2020, which means urgent action is required to reduce further damage…
Chandigarh, March 11 (IANS) Temperatures took a sharp dip on Monday following rain in some parts of Punjab and Haryana. In Punjab, Amritsar saw a maximum temperature of 18.4 degree Celsius, eight degree below the…
Agadir (Morocco), March 11 (IANS) Nile crocodiles have made a return to a first-of-its-kind park in Morocco, a century after they disappeared from the North African country. The Crocodile Park, located 12 km southeast of…