New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) As the mercury rose to 25 degrees Celsius in Delhi during the day on Sunday, the India Meteorological Department forecast a slightly warm week ahead even as mornings were expected…
Lima, Jan 14 (IANS) At least two people were killed and 65 others injured when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit just off the southern coast of Peru on Sunday, sparking tsunami fears. The head of…
Shimla, Jan 14 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government is committed to promote religious tourism in Tattapani village on the Sutlej river bank in Mandi district and restore the natural hot springs there, Chief Minister Jai…
Manila, Jan 14 (IANS) Thousands of people have been moved to safe shelters following the eruption of Mt. Mayon in the Philippines, police said on Sunday. The volcano, located to the southeast of Luzon Island…
Washington, Jan 14 (IANS) A 7.3 magnitude earthquake on Sunday hit the coast of Peru, sparking tsunami fears, according to the US Geological Survey. The massive quake hit 31km south-southwest of Acari in the Ring…
Srinagar, Jan 14 (IANS) Biting winter cold continued its sway on the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday with the weather office giving no indication of any immediate relief. Minimum…
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) It was a cold Sunday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 5.7 degrees celsius, two notches below the season’s average, the Met Office said. The…
Panaji, Jan 13 (IANS) Karnataka has already started diverting water from the Mhadei river which would have otherwise flowed into Goa, its Water Resource Minister Vinod Palienkar said on Saturday, and termed Kannadigas “harami” (illegitimate)….
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The Network for Certification and Conservation of Forests (NCCF), in association with the Indian government, released the country’s internationally benchmarked Forest Management Certification Standard here on Saturday. It was launched…
Saint-Aignan (France), Jan 13 (IANS) Five-month-old Yuan Meng, the first giant panda cub born in France, made its public debut on Saturday at the Beauval Zoo here in central France. The male baby panda, born…
New York, Jan 13 (IANS) With New York City filing a lawsuit against some oil companies for allegedly contributing to global warming, some experts are expecting it to build momentum inside the US, while the…
New York, Jan 13 (IANS) Are your students unable to concentrate on their lessons in the classroom? Take them for outdoor learning sessions. According to a study, a lesson in the lap of nature can…
Kolkata, Jan 13 (IANS) Expediting the forest and environmental clearances for developmental projects “without due diligence” could lead to “damage to natural infrastructure” like forests, water bodies and loss of habitat, environmentalists said here on…
Beijing, Jan 13 (IANS) A large group of rare Phayre’s leaf monkeys has been spotted in southwest China, an animal expert said. More than 200 of the leaf monkeys, a Class I state-protected wild animal,…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Jan 13 (IANS) The Security Council should be reformed to ensure a balance of power at the global organisation and to make it more democratic, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said….
Shimla, Jan 13 (IANS) The hills of Himachal Pradesh saw another sunny but cold day on Saturday with most of the tourist destinations at freezing point. “It was a bright sunny day almost across the…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Jan 13 (IANS) India has taken on a major leadership role in fighting climate change when others are failing, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said. “We have a very…
Jammu/Srinagar, Jan 13 (IANS) The cold wave sweeping through Jammu and Kashmir further tightened its grip on the valley even as people in Jammu prepared to celebrate the Lohri festival on Saturday. Lohri marks the…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) It was a misty Saturday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 5.5 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average, the weather office said. The Met Office has…
Gandhinagar, Jan 12 (IANS) With last monsoon’s scanty rainfall in Madhya Pradesh reducing the Narmada dam reservoir’s water storage to its lowest in 15 years, the Gujarat government asked the state’s farmers to skip the…