Sydney, March 2 (IANS) Australian wine grape growers are applying kaolin-based clay sunscreen on their crops in a last ditch attempt to save them from the record heat in the southern districts, reports said on…
Jammu, March 2 (IANS) Vehicular movement on the Jammu-Srinagar highway was affected on Saturday due to fresh snowfall, although the 300 km-long road is open for one-way traffic. “Five to six inches of snow in…
San Francisco, March 1 (IANS) In collaboration with its Britain-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) subsidiary DeepMind, Google has developed a system to predict wind power output 36 hours ahead of actual generation. Google said that these…
New York, March 1 (IANS) Climate change has taken a toll on several of the world’s fisheries, and overfishing has magnified the problem, researchers have warned. The study, published in the journal Science, suggests that…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday took a dim view of the Haryana Assembly amending the Punjab Land Preservation Act (PLPA), 1900 taking away the protection to the forest cover in…
Sydney, March 1 (IANS) An oil spill from a cargo ship that ran aground in the Solomon Islands has sparked fears of an environmental disaster in the Pacific, threatening a nearby world heritage site which…
Canberra, March 1 (IANS) Australia has experienced its hottest summer on record, the country’s Bureau of Meteorology said on Friday. The warm weather, 2.14 degrees Celsius above the long-term average, caused bushfires, power blackouts and…
San Francisco, March 1 (IANS) A seven feet long, “strange looking” fish has washed up on a California beach, leaving researchers baffled about the origins and whereabouts of the species, the media reported. The fish…
Shimla, March 1 (IANS) If you are heading to Himachal Pradesh this weekend, be alert: the weatherman on Friday predicted widespread rains and snowfall in the next two days. The government has warned tourists not…
Shimla, March 1 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale hit Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district on Friday, an official said. There was no loss of life. Tremors were felt for some seconds in…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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, 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…
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…
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…
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 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…