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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…