Cold wave grips Delhi
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) A cold wave gripped Delhi on Friday resulting in the mercury dipping by six notches, with the minimum temperature recorded at 6.8 degrees Celsius, the weather office said. “The sky…
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Srinagar to Jammu traffic allowed on NH-44
Jammu, March 1 (IANS) One-way traffic was restored on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Friday as hundreds of vehicles moved from Srinagar to Jammu. “After stranded vehicles were cleared to decongest the highway, we have allowed…
Parineeti Chopra appeals to society to stop using plastic
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Actress Parineeti Chopra urged people to eliminate the use of plastic from their daily routine. At the final edition of Behtar India campaign here on Thursday, Parineeti, who is the…
Cabinet approves MoU with US on missing children
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved an MoU between India and the US to access tipline reports on missing and exploited children. The MoU has been signed between the National…
Cabinet approves National Mineral Policy 2019
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the National Mineral Policy 2019 with an aim to ensure more a sustainable mining sector, more effective regulation and to encourage private sector in…
Kolkata to have 5 more automatic air quality monitoring stations by March
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) will be adding five more automatic stations by March for monitoring air quality in the metropolis, an official said on Thursday. “As advised by…
Army rescues stranded tourists from Sikkim’s Changgu
Gangtok, Feb 28 (IANS) The Indian Army has rescued over 300 tourists who got stranded in Changgu and adjoining areas of East Sikkim due to heavy snowfall, officials said on Thursday. The tourists, travelling in…
Centre okays Rs 1,604-cr aid to 4 disaster-hit states
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The Centre on Thursday approved an additional assistance of Rs 1,604.15 crore to Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Jharkhand and Rajasthan for damages incurred in natural disasters during 2018, said a Home…
Rain affects Class XII examinations in Bengal
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) The West Bengal Council for Higher Secondary Education announced 15-minute grace time for students who struggled to reach their examination centres as large parts of the city and various districts of…
New recycling process to reduce plastic waste from oceans
New York, Feb 28 (IANS) A team of US scientists have developed a more effective and greener way to recycle single-use plastics made from a common polyester material, which could help protect oceans from plastic…
Maharashtra forms panel to examine man-animal conflicts
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Feb 28 (IANS) Finally waking up to the growing instances of man-animal conflict in Maharashtra, the state government has set up a Special Committee to enact a law to provide proper…
Fresh snow freezes Himachal
Shimla, Feb 28 (IANS) The cold wave intensified in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday with several places in the state witnessing more spells of snow in the past 24 hours. The temperature remained near the freezing…
Cold Thursday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) It was a cold morning in the national capital on Thursday with the minimum temperature recorded at 6.8 degrees Celsius, six notches below the season’s average, the weather office said….
Fresh landslide shuts Jammu-Srinagar highway
Jammu, Feb 28 (IANS) A day after it opened to clear stranded traffic, the Jammu-Srinagar highway was again closed on Thursday due to fresh landslide in Ramsoo-Ramban sector. The new landslides occurred around 11 p.m….
5,000 compressed bio gas plants to come up by 2023: Pradhan
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Around 5,000 compressed-bio gas (CBG) plants will be set up in the country by 2023, while a city gas distribution system covering 400 districts will provide a ready market for…
Bengal drenched for third day in a row
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) As many as 13 districts of West Bengal received moderate to heavy rainfall for the third day in a row on Wednesday while Met officials predicted improvement of weather conditions from…
Temperatures dip in Haryana, Punjab
Chandigarh, Feb 27 (IANS) Maximum and minimum temperatures dipped across Haryana and Punjab on Wednesday with overcast conditions and rain in some parts. The maximum temperatures dipped by four to seven degrees at various places….
Second body pulled out of Meghalaya coal pit
Shillong, Feb 27 (IANS) A combined team of the Indian Navy and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Wednesday pulled out a second body from the 370 feet deep flooded coal mine in Meghalaya’s East…
Karnataka CM conducts aerial survey of Bandipur forest
Bengaluru, Feb 27 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Wednesday conducted an aerial survey of the Bandipur National Park after the raging forest fire there was brought under control on Tuesday. “The Chief Minister…
NASA’s new mission to study space weather from ISS
Washington, Feb 27 (IANS) NASA has selected a new mission that will help scientists understand and, ultimately, forecast the vast space weather system around our planet. The Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) mission will cost $42…