New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has written to Uttarakhand Minister of Animal Husbandry Rekha Arya seeking removal of senior veterinarian Aditi Sharma following reports that an elephant…
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Dr Harsh Vardhan on Thursday launched the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) aiming to reduce toxic particulate matter by 2024, taking 2017…
Panaji, Jan 10 (IANS) Pro-mining activists laid a siege to the private residence of Goa BJP president and Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Tendulkar demanding that open cast iron ore mining in the coastal state be…
Kochi, Jan 10 (IANS) Art Rises for Kerala (ARK), state’s first live fundraiser art auction scheduled on January 18 at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale here, will raise funds for the ongoing flood relief works in the…
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd (TPDDL) has signed an agreement with Norwegian power technology company PIXII to explore the use of distributed pole-mounted storage to boost the strength of the…
Agra, Jan 10 (IANS) After last week’s capture of two pythons, two more pythons were caught from a farmland in Kukthala village in Agra district and have been released back in the wild, officials said…
By Azera Parveen Rahman Bhuj (Gujarat), Jan 10 (IANS) In the land of contrasts that Kutch is, winter is the lean feeding season for its unique breed of Kharai camels. These camels, unlike the kind…
Shimla, Jan 10 (IANS) Moderate to heavy snowfall may occur across Himachal Pradesh from Thursday to Satureay and the government has advised residents and tourists not to venture to the higher reaches. An advisory has…
Srinagar, Jan 10 (IANS) A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale jolted in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. “The earthquake occured today morning at 8.22 a.m. The epicentre of the earthquake was…
Srinagar, Jan 10 (IANS) Cold wave conditions continued in the Kashmir Valley on Thursday as the weather office has forecast a fresh spell of rain and snow beginning in the evening. “A western disturbance (WD)…
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) It was a cold and misty morning for the national capital on Thursday with the minimum temperature recorded at 6 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average. “There was…
Gangtok, Jan 9 (IANS) Italy will be transformed into an “organic country” by adopting the farming policy of Sikkim, Chief Minister Pawan Chamling said quoting a communication received from Rome. Speaking to media, Chamling read…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) In a move aimed at reducing air pollution and carbon emissions, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday launched the induction of 15 electric vehicles in the Ministry which is likely…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) After weeks of “very poor” and “severe” air, Delhi and adjoining areas witnessed their first improved air quality day of 2019 with the quality index (AQI) recorded at ‘poor’ levels…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and climate change are the three critical challenges the world is facing today, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Wednesday. “There…
By Vrushal Pendharkar Bengaluru, Jan 9 (IANS/Mongabay) Woodlands in agricultural fields surrounding a protected area maintain functionality of a wintering bird community, according to a recent study. Agriculture is usually considered to be harmful to…
Shimla, Jan 9 (IANS) If you missed the snowfall in the hills of Himachal Pradesh last week, here is another opportunity. The weather bureau in Shimla on Wednesday predicted more snowfall between January 11 and…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) It was a misty morning for the national capital on Wednesday with cold winds keeping the minimum temperature at 8 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average. “There was…
Srinagar, Jan 9 (IANS) An unabated cold wave continued on Wednesday in the Kashmir Valley, dropping minimum temperatures below the freezing point, the Met office said. The office also forecast a fresh spell of snow…
Sydney, Jan 9 (IANS) Two popular Australian beaches have been temporarily closed after sharks were spotted nearby, one of which was just metres from shore, within what was supposed to be a shark free area….