Dense fog likely to engulf Delhi till Sunday
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) After a day’s break, light rain returned to some parts of the national capital on Thursday evening. And as per the Met office, there will be dense fog engulfing the…
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Decks cleared for first bio-fuel aircraft flight on R-Day
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) After months of ground and flight trials, a premier military certification agency has cleared the indigenously produced bio-fuel for use in the military aircraft, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday….
50m tonnes of e-waste discarded each year: UN report
Davos, Jan 24 (IANS) Each year, approximately 50 million tonnes of electronic and electrical waste (e-waste) is discarded, a UN report said on Thursday. In terms of material value, this is worth 62.5 billion dollars…
Three tech missions on solar, water treatment to be launched at IIT Madras
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forests and Climate Change will launch three technology mission centres at IIT Madras on Friday to address various…
No order on Vedanta plant, SC to hear TN plea against NGT
New Delhi, Jan. Jan 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday did not pass any order to Vedanta’s plea seeking direction to the Tamil Nadu government to take steps for the re-opening of the group’s…
Weak enforcement of laws worsening environmental crisis: UN
Nairobi, Jan 24 (IANS) Environmental threats like climate change and pollution are linked to lethargic enforcement of laws governing management of vital ecosystems, says a report released on Thursday by UN Environment. According to the…
Death toll in Indonesia floods reaches 30
Jakarta, Jan 24 (IANS) Indonesian authorities on Thursday raised the number of people killed due to floods on Sulawesi island to 30, while 25 people were missing. Another 47 people were injured and 3,321 people…
Gadkari to launch six-lane highway project to decongest Delhi
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari will on Saturday lay the foundation stone for a new highway project to decongest Delhi by connecting the city with the Eastern Peripheral…
Environment safety should be uppermost thought for plastics industry: Naidu
Chennai, Jan 24 (IANS) Vice President M.Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said more than economics, environment safety should be the main thought for those dealing with plastics. “Reduce, reuse and recycle should be the mantra for…
British-era Kalka-Shimla rail track facing threat
By Vishal Gulati Shimla, Jan 24 (IANS) Chugging its way through history all the way to achieving a Unesco World Heritage tag, the British-era narrow gauge Kalka-Shimla rail track is facing threats – all of…
Elephant tusk found in doctor’s clinic
Ranchi, Jan 24 (IANS) Officials on Thursday found the tusk of an elephant in a doctor’s clinic in Jharkhand’s Latehar district. Officials said a Special Investigation Team (SIT) raided the clinic of Birendra Singh but…
Extreme heatwave in Australia kills 90 wild horses
Canberra, Jan 24 (IANS) At least 90 wild horses were killed due to an extreme heatwave in Australia. The Northern Territory state’s Central Land Council (CLC) said on Thursday that Rangers found the dead and…
Without continuous flow, clean Ganga not possible, say greens
By Bappaditya Chatterjee Kolkata, Jan 24 (IANS) The Centre’s efforts to rejuvenate the Hindu holy river have failed to impress environmentalists, who feel a clean Ganga will remain a distant dream due to the Modi…
Draw inspiration from Vedas to fight climate change: Dia Mirza
By Arul Louis United Nations, Jan 24 (IANS) Bollywood actor and environmentalist Dia Mirza says it’s time to draw inspiration from the Vedas to fight climate change and save the global ecology. During a Twitter…
Maharashtra student-professors conclude 2,600-km cycling odyssey to Bhutan
By Quaid Najmi Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Jan 24 (IANS) Peddling on the theme of ‘Cycling For Health’ and ‘Pollution-free Asia’, a unique team of students-professors from the Deogiri Institute of Engineering & Management Studies (DIEMS) here…
India, leader in fighting desertification, to host UN conference
By Arul Louis United Nations, Jan 24 (IANS) India, a leader in combating desertification, is slated to host a biennial global conference that will deal with the problems of drought and land degradation, according to…
Manali, Dalhousie get more snow
Shimla, Jan 24 (IANS) The picturesque tourist towns of Manali and Dalhousie experienced more snow on Thursday. There are chances of more rain and snow in Himachal Pradesh till Friday, officials said. “Manali and the…
Light snow, rain in Kashmir Valley
Srinagar, Jan 24 (IANS) Light snowfall and rain occurred in the Kashmir Valley on Thursday, with the MET office saying that the weather would remain dry during the next few days. Sonum Lotus, Director of…
Pleasant Thursday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) It was a pleasant morning in the national capital on Thursday with the minimum temperature recorded at 9.7 degrees Celsius, two notches above the seasons average, the weather office said….
Take stand on Purushothapatnam project, NGT tells Centre
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) The NGT on Wednesday directed the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to take action against Andhra Pradesh where allegedly illegal construction activity is being carried out for…