Chandigarh, Jan 15 (IANS) The Punjab government on Monday signed an MoU with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to set up biogas and CNG plants in the state in a bid to find sustainable solutions to…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Frogs, a primary indicator of climate change and one of the most affected species yet not much focused on, will get attention with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-India…
Mumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) Exposure to household burning emissions and coal combustion were the main reasons behind 75 per cent of air pollution-related deaths in India in 2015 which came chiefly from rural areas, reveals…
Chennai, Jan 15 (IANS) A youth who had come to see ‘Jallikattu’, the traditional bull taming sport, was gored to death in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai district, said police. Kalimuthu, hailing from Dindigul district, suffered serious…
By Joydeep Gupta Mousuni (West Bengal), Jan 15: The living drown and the dead float out of their graves as the rising sea engulfs Baliara village in Mousuni, an island facing the Bay of Bengal….
Manila, Jan 15 (IANS) The Philippines on Monday raised the alert level to critical over the possibility of a hazardous eruption of the Mayon volcano after it spewed clouds of ashes over the weekend, leading…
Agra, Jan 15 (IANS) Pained by the condition of the Yamuna, hundreds of kite fliers thronged to a dry riverbed here to send messages to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) It was a sunny and cold Monday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 6.4 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season’s average. At least 13…
Srinagar, Jan 15 (IANS) Night temperatures throughout the Kashmir Valley remained several degrees below the freezing point on Monday with Kargil town freezing at minus 20 degree Celsius. “At minus 20 degree Celsius as the…
Los Angeles, Jan 15 (IANS) The death toll in the flooding and landslide that last week hit Montecito, California – northwest of Los Angeles – rose to 20 on Sunday, with four people remaining missing,…
Kolkata, Jan 14 (IANS) Renowned novelist and playwright Kiran Nagarkar on Sunday said everyone should be taught about the wonderful aspects of nature from their very childhood to help them realise that it is the…
Kolkata, Jan 14 (IANS) A rise in the night temperatures was seen in the western and southern parts of West Bengal while the northern and eastern districts continued to reel under the severe cold conditions…
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)….