New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), in association with the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and leading instrumentation company Horiba, Japan launched a pilot study on Wednesday on real-time…
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Brace yourself for biting cold days ahead as the minimum temperature in the national capital and adjoining areas is set to fall by 3-4 degrees Celsius in the coming days…
Jakarta, Jan 23 (IANS) At least eight people have died, four remain missing and thousands have been displaced due to floods on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, officials said on Wednesday. Rains caused by a severe storm…
Shimla, Jan 23 (IANS) Nearly 200 road links in Himachal Pradesh were reopened on Wednesday a day after widespread snow and rain blocked highways and link roads. A majority of commuters, who were stranded across…
Shimla, Jan 23 (IANS) The Queen of the Hills, as Shimla was called by the British, recorded the highest snowfall on a single day in January in the past 15 years, a Met official said…
Srinagar, Jan 23 (IANS) After three days of widespread rain and heavy snowfall, weather across Jammu and Kashmir improved on Wednesday as the western disturbance over the state eased off, the Met said. Bright sunshine…
Shimla, Jan 23 (IANS) Road links in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday were hampered a day after widespread snow and rain, blocking highways and link roads, while hundreds of commuters were stranded across the state, officials…
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) It was a cold and cloudy morning in the national capital on Wednesday with the minimum temperature recorded at 8 degrees Celsius, the Met said. At least 25 Delhi-bound trains…
Lucknow, Jan 23 (IANS) Overnight rains across the state capital and others places in Uttar Pradesh brought down the mercury signalling the return of winter chills on Wednesday. According to the Regional Met Office, the…
Jammu, Jan 23 (IANS) The Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed on Wednesday for the third consecutive day following an avalanche hitting the Jawahar Tunnel and a number of landslides in Ramban district over the past few…
Shimla, Jan 22 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday walked all the way to his residence from his office to oversee the snow-clearing operation and to realise the hardship with the…
Davos, Jan 22 (IANS) Leading car manufacturer Audi has provided a fleet of 50 Audi e-tron cars for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) here. The all-electric cars are fully powered by…
Shimla, Jan 22 (IANS) In less than a fortnight, a low intensity earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale hit Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday, with no reports of casualties or damage, an official said. The…
Dehradun, Jan 22 (IANS) Uttarakhand on Monday recorded the seasons heaviest snowfall with the hill resort of Mussoorie virtually wearing a blanket of snow. The surrounding hills of Nainital city also experienced mild snowfall which…
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Delhi witnessed its cleanest day of the year on Tuesday as rains accompanied by strong winds lashed the city causing the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) to reach ‘moderate’ levels…
Panaji, Jan 22 (IANS) The BJP is keen on dragging the controversy over closure of mining in Goa until the Lok Sabha polls to cash in on people’s anxieties, said state Congress president Girish Chodankar…
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The Vedanta group on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Tamil Nadu government to take steps for the re-opening of the group’s Sterlite copper smelting plant in…
Shimla, Jan 22 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh capital along with Manali and Dalhousie on Tuesday witnessed the season’s heaviest snowfall that snapped road links. However, tourists made merry, hurling snowballs at each another. “Shimla and…
Agra, Jan 22 (IANS) A gravely injured female jackal was on Tuesday rescued by a team of the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department and Wildlife SOS from Taj Ganj in Agra. The three-year-old female jackal had…
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) China’s continued support for coal power across Asia erodes its clean energy leadership, US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) said on Tuesday. While financial institutions around the…