New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) has revised the Indian standards on petrol (IS 2796) and diesel (IS 1460) as per BS VI fuel norms, an official statement said here…
Qingdao, Jan 17 (IANS) A Chinese university has launched a new deep ocean scientific research ship in Shanghai. The Ocean University said on Tuesday that Dongfanghong Number-3 ship is 103-metre-long and 18-metre-wide with a weight…
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Better technology may not end the pollution crisis. Rather, it would allow one to monitor even finer particles which would become new health threats. While currently particle…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Communities living near wildlife reserves in Rajasthan show a high tolerance for wildlife, comprising larger carnivores such as leopard and wolves. This is despite experiencing loss to crops and livestock,…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) It was a foggy morning here on Wednesday with the minimum temperature recorded at 5.6 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average, the weather office said. Humidity at 8.30…
Srinagar, Jan 17 (IANS) Overnight cloud cover in the Valley on Wednesday improved minimum temperatures even as Kargil town of Ladakh region remained the coldest in Jammu and Kashmir at minus 19 degree Celsius. “Cloud…
Lucknow, Jan 17 (IANS) After a three day hiatus, cold wave has returned to most parts of Uttar Pradesh and a thick blanket of fog enveloped the state capital and other parts on Wednesday morning,…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Struggling to survive despite the government ‘s clean energy dream, biodiesel industies have demanded the Goods and Service Tax (GST) rate on them be slashed from the current 18 to…
Sydney (Australia), Jan 16 (IANS) Australia announced on Tuesday a fund of Australian $2 million ($1.59 million) for innovative ideas to save the Great Barrier Reef, a Unesco World Heritage site located of its northeast…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The national capital and regions around it saw the best air-quality of this year on Tuesday, though weather agencies called it a temporary relief as pollution is likely to worsen…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Central government to look into the feasibility of importing immunocontraception vaccines on an “emergency basis” to control the population of monkeys in…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) A challenge on making innovative sustainable urban lifestyle choices for seven days begins here from Wednesday involving environment-friendly solutions on three categories: how you live, move and eat. The January…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) As temperatures in parts of northern India plunge during winter, an app-based railway ticketing service has predicted that train delays in the current fog season would be the worst in…
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) In the first reported incidents of 2018, a tigress was killed in retaliation by poisoning and its paws harvested as loot by villagers in Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni…
Sydney, Jan 16 (IANS) A wallaby hopped along the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Tuesday before rush hour taking drivers by surprise. New South Wales Police said in a statement that they had to intervene after…
By Vishal Gulati Manali, Jan 16 (IANS) The ski slopes are deserted as scores of skiers in picturesque Solang Valley of Himachal Pradesh have been literally left high and dry with snow failing to cover…
Shimla, Jan 16 (IANS) Large parts of Himachal Pradesh saw abnormal rise in mercury on Tuesday, with no chance of rain and snow largely this week too, the weather department said. State capital Shimla saw…
Jammu/Srinagar, Jan 16 (IANS) The minimum temperatures dropped again in Jammu and Srinagar cities on Tuesday due to nightlong cloud cover, sending down chilly wind from snow-clad mountains, the Met Office said. At minus 19…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) It was a sunny Tuesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 9.1 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, the Met Office said. “The sky will be…
Guwahati, Jan 15 (IANS) Poachers have killed this year’s first one-horned rhino at the Kaziranga national park but failed to take away the horn, park officials said on Monday. Assam’s Principal Chief Conservator of Forest…