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…
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…
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…
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, 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…
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,…
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…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday announced that the Centre will set up “Kamdhenu Yojna” for the welfare of cows. “The government will do whatever is necessary for the honour…
Shimla, Feb 1 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh’s popular tourist destinations Kufri, Manali and Dalhousie received more snowfall, pushing down the temperatures by several notches on Friday. A government spokesperson said if the snowfall continued, services of…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) It was a foggy Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 11.0 degrees Celsius, three notches above the average, the weather office said, adding the national capital may…
Srinagar, Feb 1 (IANS) Fresh snowfall occurred in the Kashmir Valley on Friday as the weather office forecast improvement from afternoon onwards. There has been light to moderate snowfall in the valley and rain in…
Washington, Feb 1 (IANS) At least eight people have died in the US Midwest as the region shivers in the grip of its worst cold snap in decades, the authorities said. On Thursday, the country’s…
Jammu, Feb 1 (IANS) The Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed on Friday for the second consecutive day due to fresh snowfall and landslides, officials said. Traffic department officials said there has been fresh snowfall in…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Only five of the 14 technologies designed to remove arsenic from groundwater — a health threat to at least 140 million people in 50 countries — tested also in India…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The Vedanta Group whose Sterlite Copper smelting plant has been shut down since May 28, 2018 on Thursday told the Supreme Court that they were being harassed and their image…
By Radhika Bhirani Mumbai, Jan 31 (IANS) What with the lavish and luxurious weddings of the likes of Isha Ambani and Priyanka Chopra that have caught global attention in the recent past, Indian fashion itself…
Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) A team of scientists from the US space agency NASA has discovered a gigantic hole made from 14 billion tons of ice melt, particularly in the last three years, in a…
Shimla, Jan 31 (IANS) Hundreds of thousands of birds of belonging to over a hundred species have been spotted in the Pong Dam wetlands in Himachal Pradesh, a slight rise from last year, according to…
Dehradun, Jan 31 (IANS) Two earthquakes of minor intensity on Thursday hit Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand. According to the India Meteorological Department, the first earthquake 2.8 on the Richter scale was reported at 11.23 a.m….
Srinagar, Jan 31 (IANS) After seven morning and forenoon flights were cancelled on Thursday due to poor visibility at the Srinagar international airport, the afternoon flights landed here. Officials said the morning poor visibility followed…