New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Owing to a rise in humidity and light winds, the overall air quality of the national capital slipped to the ‘severe’ zone on Saturday, despite the authorities predicting it would…
Srinagar, Jan 12 (IANS) Fresh snowfall across the Kashmir Valley on Saturday disrupted air traffic at the Srinagar airport while the Srinagar-Jammu highway was closed for vehicular movement. The weather office has forecast an improvement…
By Mayank Aggarwal New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS/Mongabay) Groundwater in over 25,000 habitations across India is contaminated with excess arsenic and fluoride levels. To address the issue, a parliamentary committee has now asked the Union…
Shimla, Jan 12 (IANS) The hills of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday saw a slight rise in the mercury owing to dry weather but the Met Office has forecast chances of snowfall and rain in the…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) It was a foggy morning in the national capital on Saturday with the minimum temperature recorded at 7.1 degrees Celsius, the season’s average. The weather office predicted light rain towards…
Srinagar, Jan 12 (IANS) Widespread snowfall started across the Kashmir Valley on Saturday as the weather office said there would be an improvement in the weather from Sunday. An official of the MET department said…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Chief Ministers of six north Indian states signed an agreement for Renukaji Multipurpose Dam here on Friday, which aims to fulfil the water needs of these states, said an official…
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Friday said there should be no road tax on electric vehicles to bring the ownership cost of electronic vehicles at par with combustion vehicles….
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday allowed continuation of work on the projects in progress under the Centre’s Chardham Mahamarg Vikas Pariyojna plan for connecting four holy towns Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kdarnath…
Canberra, Jan 11 (IANS) Snake catchers in Australia have rescued a python which was found covered in over 500 ticks. A video posted online showed the reptile, which was believed to be ill, coated in…
Lucknow, Jan 11 (IANS) The Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh Police busted a wildlife smuggling gang operating from Etawah district on Friday and seized 327 turtles, police said. Four members of the…
By Vasudevan Sridharan Chennai, Jan 11 (IANS/Mongabay) “When some visitors ask, ‘How do the birds know this lake is full?’, I simply tell them that I telephone the migratory birds and inform them,” said Ramesh…
Srinagar, Jan 11 (IANS) A low intensity earthquake measuring three on the Richter scale hit the Kashmir Valley on Friday, with no reports of casualties or damage. The earthquake occurred at 8.21 a.m. at a…
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) It was a cold and foggy morning in the national capital on Friday with the minimum temperature recorded at 4.8 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average. “There was…
Shimla, Jan 11 (IANS) The cold wave will intensify in Himachal Pradesh with widespread rain and snow forecast in the coming days by the Met Office here on Friday. The precipitation is likely to last…
Srinagar, Jan 11 (IANS) Fresh snowfall occurred in the Kashmir Valley on Friday as the weather office said that inclement weather would continue in the state till Sunday. “Light snowfall in the plains and moderate…
Washington, Jan 11 (IANS) The world’s oceans were warming at an accelerated rate and were much warmer due to climate change than scientists previously thought, according to a new study. The data, published in Thursday’s…
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) The overall air quality in Delhi and adjoining areas continued to remain in the ‘poor’ zone on Thursday but the authorities have said that it is likely to fall again…
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) The Cabinet on Thursday gave post-facto approval to an MoU signed between India and France on bilateral cooperation in the field of new and renewable energy. A cabinet communique said…
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) The Chief Ministers of Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan will sign an agreement for the Renukaji Multipurpose Dam Project here on Friday, which is being built…