New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The weather department here on Sunday predicted light rain and thundershowers for the coming days as another western disturbance is about to hit the northwest plains, including Delhi-NCR on Monday….
Gangtok, Feb 17 (IANS) Terming Sikkim as one of the “cleanest and greenest” states in the country, Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling on Sunday said if he is returned to power, his government will strive…
Beijing, Feb 17 (IANS) Quality of air in major Chinese cities deteriorated in January, according to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE). The average good air quality days for China’s 337 cities, monitored by…
New York, Feb 17 (IANS) People living in coastal areas are highly affected by economic losses caused by frequent flooding and the impact worsens when the sea level rises, making them more frequent, says a…
Sydney, Feb 17 (IANS) Researchers are developing a wearable device that aims to provide individualised information while gathering environmental data. According to researchers, the device can measure the wearer’s physiological response to their immediate environment….
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) It was a cold, misty morning in Delhi on Sunday with the minimum temperature recorded at 10.5 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average, with ‘poor’ air quality. “There…
Shimla, Feb 17 (IANS) After three days of widespread rain and snow, people in Himachal Pradesh woke up to a bright and sunny Sunday morning, but temperatures remained below the freezing point, an official said…
Beijing, Feb 17 (IANS) A team of Chinese scientists have developed a large-scale transparent smart window that can change light intensity while effectively capturing the particulate matter in smog, a study said. The study published…
Canberra, Feb 17 (IANS) An Australian surfer was in critical condition after he was attacked by a shark at a popular beach in New South Wales state. Emergency services were deployed to the Byron Bay…
Shimla, Feb 16 (IANS) Tourist resorts of Kufri, Manali, Dalhousie and Kalpa in Himachal Pradesh received moderate snowfall turning them more picturesque on Saturday. Snow though continued to elude the Himachal Pradesh capital, as the…
Srinagar, Feb 16 (IANS) Weather in Jammu and Kashmir improved on Saturday and the Met said it will stay better for the next 48 hours till Monday. The minimum temperature was 1 degrees Celsius in…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) It was a cloudy and foggy Saturday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 13 degrees Celsius, two notch above the season’s average. “The sky will…
San Francisco, Feb 16 (IANS) US online retail giant Amazon is leading a $700-million funding round for electric truck startup Rivian Automotive, Rivian has said. The latest funds will help produce its first all-electric vehicles…
Jammu, Feb 16 (IANS) One-way traffic was allowed on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Saturday and only stranded vehicles are moving from Jammu to Srinagar, a traffic official said. Around 7,000 vehicles stranded in the Kashmir…
Panaji, Feb 16 (IANS) The state pollution authority has temporarily suspended all coking coal handling operations at Goa’s Mormugao Port Trust, due to “deteriorating air quality” at the port town of Vasco, located 35 km…
Dehradun, Feb 15 (IANS) The higher reaches of Uttarakhand received fresh snowfall on Friday, while the lower areas were lashed by heavy rain. This was the second consecutive day of rain and snow in the…
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The Indian and Himachal Pradesh governments and the World Bank on Friday signed a $40 million loan agreement to help provide clean and reliable drinking water to the Greater Shimla…
London, Feb 15 (IANS) Artificial Intelligence (AI) can significantly improve our understanding of the climate and Earth science, says a study by German scientists. AI can be applied to data related to extreme events such…
Beijing, Feb 15 (IANS) China has closed the Mount Everest base camp in Tibet to tourists who don’t have climbing permits in order to deal with the mounting garbage problem at the site, officials say….
Shimla, Feb 15 (IANS) Though snowfall eluded the Himachal Pradesh capital here on Friday, the other tourist resort Manali had moderate snow of 6 cm and recorded a minimum temperature of minus 1.4 degrees Celsius,…