New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Delhi will be engulfed by dense fog over the next 2-3 days and with northerly winds flowing through the national capital, the minimum temperature will drop by 2-3 degree Celsius,…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Although the first spell of winter rain over the weekend brought down the pollution levels in the national capital, the Air Quality Index (AQI) is likely to remain in the…
Singapore, Jan 7 (IANS) Besides affecting health, prolonged exposure to air pollution can also reduce employee’s productivity, finds a study. The study showed that daily fluctuations in pollution did not immediately affect the productivity of…
Mumbai, Jan 7 (IANS) Actress Jaya Bhattacharya, who is often seen creating awareness about the environment among the people, has now urged them to join the India Green & Wild movement. Explaining the importance of…
Agra, Jan 7 (IANS) Two big pythons, one 12 feet and another nine feet long, were rescued on Monday from village Jainpura in Fatehpur Sikri area in Uttar Pradesh. A team of Forest Department officials…
Bengaluru, Jan 7 (IANS) Cold weather with a minimum temperature of 12 degrees Celsius was recorded in Bengaluru, with fog affecting flights, officials said on Monday. While the minimum temperature was 12.9 degrees Celsius in…
Ranchi, Jan 7 (IANS) A woman and her daughter were trampled to death by elephants in Jharkhands Gumla district early on Monday. According to Forest Department officials, a herd of elephants entered Rampur village, triggering…
Agra, Jan 7 (IANS) District authorities have ordered the closure of all schools on Monday in view of the intense cold wave sweeping Agra region. District Magistrate N.G. Ravi Kumar said a decision whether to…
By Mayank Aggarwal Kolkata, Jan 7 (IANS/Mongabay) The Indian government has diverted over 20,000 hectares (the size of Kolkata) of forest area for developmental activities such as mining, thermal power plants, dams, road, railways and…
Shimla, Jan 7 (IANS) It was a bright and sunny on Monday morning in most parts of Himachal Pradesh after days of widespread snowfall. “It was bright and sunny after three days of widespread snow…
Lucknow, Jan 7 (IANS) A cold wave intensified across Uttar Pradesh on Monday, forcing the closure of schools in the state capital and some other places, weather officials said. According to the officials, rains on…
Canberra, Jan 7 (IANS) Thousands of people have been stung by vast numbers of bluebottle jellyfish that have swarmed the beaches in Australia’s Queensland state, officials said on Monday. Surf Life Saving Queensland said over…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) At least 13 trains and several flights headed towards the national capital were delayed due to fog as the visibility dipped to zero metres on Monday morning. According to the…
Srinagar, Jan 7 (IANS) A severe cold wave tightened its grip over the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region on Monday as temperatures dropped several notches below the freezing point. At minus 24.8 degrees Celsius,…
Jakarta, Jan 7 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia on Monday, however no tusnami alert was issued, according to a disaster management official. The quake struck at 12.27 a.m., with…
Dehradun, Jan 7 (IANS) Uttarakhand continued to shiver under an intense cold wave as snowfall continued intermittently in the hill tracts on Monday, officials said. It has been snowing in Dhanaulti and Surkanda areas in…
Tehran, Jan 7 (IANS) At least 75 people have been injured in a 5.9-magnitude earthquake that shook Gilangharb city in Iran’s Kermanshah province, Pir Hossein Kolivand, head of Iran Emergency Organisation, said. According to Iran’s…
Tehran, Jan 6 (IANS) At least 31 people were injured in a 5.9-magnitude earthquake that shook Gilangharb city in Kermanshah province in the west of Iran on Sunday, Iran Emergency Organization was quoted as saying…
Shillong, Jan 6 (IANS) Two coal miners were killed after another illegal coal mine collapsed in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills even as the fate of 15 miners, trapped inside a flooded coal pit, remained uncertain,…
London, Jan 6 (IANS) The Greenland ice sheet emits tons of methane according to a new study, showing that subglacial biological activity impacts the atmosphere far more than previously thought, say researchers. The study, led…