Dense fog in Punjab, Haryana
Chandigarh, Feb 3 (IANS) Dense fog engulfed many parts of Punjab and Haryana on Sunday, weather officials said. Road and railway traffic was affected due to low visibility, which reduced to less than 100 metres…
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Minimum temperature rises above freezing point in Srinagar
Srinagar, Feb 3 (IANS) The minimum temperature rose above the freezing point in Srinagar on Sunday after nearly two months, with weather officials forecasting dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 72 hours….
Himalayas fading owing to climate change: Experts
Chandigarh, Feb 2 (IANS) Not many people are coming forward to save the environment from climate change, which is clearly evident in the Himalayas, Justice Rajiv Sharma of the Punjab and Haryana High Court said…
Powerful quake in Hindu Kush, Delhi-NCR, J&K feel tremors
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) A powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake jolted Hindu Kush mountain range along Afghanistan-Pakistan border that led to mild tremors in Delhi-NCR and parts of Jammu & Kashmir on Saturday evening. According…
Delhi’s air remains ‘very poor’, further deterioration on Sunday
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Delhi’s air quality remained in the “very poor” category for fourth day in a row on Saturday and no respite is likely in the next few days, said experts, warning…
Tiger mauls woman to death at Ranthambore park
Jaipur, Feb 2 (IANS) In yet another man-animal conflict, a tiger killed a woman, Munni Devi (40), in Kundera Range of Ranthambore National Park in Sawai Madhopur on Saturday morning. The villagers informed the police…
Leopard cub’s trill results in detention of a passenger at Chennai airport
Chennai, Feb 2 (IANS) Suspicious movement of a passenger, a trill from his bag resulted in the seizure of a leopard cub and the person’s detention on Saturday at Anna International Airport, said Commissioner of…
Roosting sites of waterbirds not always near wetlands: Study
By Vishal Gulati New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Roosting sites are not always near or in wetlands, as is often speculated for waterbirds. This is true both in rural and urban settings and there is…
Powerful earthquake in Hindu Kush, Delhi-NCR feels tremors
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Mild tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR on Saturday evening after a powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake jolted Hindu Kush mountain range along Afghanistan- Pakistan border. According to an India Meteorological Department…
Green activists raise concern over human intrusion
Agra, Feb 2 (IANS) Green activists in the Taj city on Saturday expressed concern over increasing encroachment in the eco-sensitive wetlands, home to thousands of migratory birds, in the Agra region. On the occasion of…
6.0-magnitude quake jolts Indonesia
Jakarta, Feb 2 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale rocked Indonesia’s West Sumatra province on Saturday, but no tsunami alert was issued with no immediate reports of any damage or casualties, officials…
29 killed in US Midwest due to extreme cold
Washington, Feb 2 (IANS) At least 29 people were reported dead due to the Polar Vortex that froze the US Midwest region and brought temperatures to record lows. But weather officials said the weather was…
More snow expected in Himachal
Shimla, Feb 2 (IANS) It was a sunny morning in the Himachal Pradesh capital on Saturday with an intense cold wave sweeping across the state as the Met forecast more rainfall and snow throughout the…
Rare fish sightings in Japan raise quake, tsunami fears
Tokyo, Feb 2 (IANS) Sightings of the rare oarfish in Japan have raised fear and speculation amongst the people of an incoming natural disaster, as the deep-water fish is believed to be a harbinger of…
Killing of millions of indigenous Americans changed global climate: Study
Washington, Feb 2 (IANS) When European settlers arrived in the Americas, they killed over 56 million indigenous Americans which led to a change in the global climate, a new study finds. The settlers killed the…
J&K weather improves
Srinagar, Feb 2 (IANS) Weather across Jammu and Kashmir improved after three days on Saturday as a feeble winter sun battled with clouds to register its presence. “We are expecting dry, cloudy weather during the…
Cold Saturday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) It was a cold Saturday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 8.2 degrees Celsius, the season’s average, the weather office said. “There was shallow fog…
Jammu-Srinagar highway still off-limits
Jammu, Feb 2 (IANS) The Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed for the third consecutive day on Saturday due to fresh landslides in the Bannihal-Ramban sector, an official said. Debris clearance operation of earlier landslides were still…
India’s solar generation capacity grew over 10 times: Goyal
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said India’s installed solar generation capacity has grown over 10 times in the last five years and so has the usage of green technologies,…
21 killed as Polar Vortex freezes US Midwest
Washington, Feb 1 (IANS) At least 21 people were killed as a Polar Vortex continued to freeze the US Midwest, dipping temperatures to record lows in the region, the media reported. The Polar Vortex, which…