New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) It was a misty morning in the national capital on Saturday with the minimum temperature recorded at 5.4 degrees Celsius, two notches below average, while the air quality was ‘very…
Patna, Jan 4 (IANS) Bihar’s capital city Patna did not see even a single “good” air quality day throughout the year gone by, according to a report by the Centre for Environment and Energy Development…
Jaipur, Jan 4 (IANS) Rajasthan Transport Minister Pratap Singh Khachriyawas rode bicycle from home to the secretariat on Friday. Speaking to media, he said, “I am a public servant. I love to be like a…
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Despite adverse meteorological conditions, a sudden increase in wind speed improved the toxic air quality of the national capital to ‘very poor’ on Friday and as per the Met, it…
Bangkok, Jan 4 (IANS) A fisherman was killed and thousands of people were left stranded on Thailand’s southern gulf coast as Storm Pabuk made landfall on Friday. More than 30,000 people were evacuated. The storm…
Chennai, Jan 4 (IANS) The cyclone ‘Gaja’ claimed 52 lives in November, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Friday said on Friday, adding the relief package for fishermen who lost their boats will be…
Bengaluru, Jan 4 (IANS) Cold weather with minimum temperature below 7 degrees Celsius accompanied by fog has been disrupting flights in Bengaluru, officials said on Friday. “A minimum temperature of 6.3 degrees Celsius was recorded…
Bangkok, Jan 4 (IANS) About 7,000 people were moved to evacuation centres as Storm Pabuk struck the Thai province of Nakhon Si Thammarat on Friday, officials said. Authorities were trying to evacuate 80,000 people in…
Bengaluru, Jan 4 (IANS) Cold weather with minimum temperature up to 7 degrees Celsius accompanied by fog has been disrupting flights in Bengaluru, officials said on Friday. “A minimum temperature of 6.3 degrees Celsius was…
Shimla, Jan 4 (IANS) Moderate to heavy snowfall may occur across Himachal Pradesh for the next two days, the Met office said on Friday. Residents and tourists have been advised not to venture out to…
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Dense fog blanketed the national capital on Friday with the visibility dropping to 400 meters and the air quality recorded under ‘severe’ category, the weather office said. “The minimum temperature…
Srinagar, Jan 4 (IANS) Minimum temperatures dropped further in the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region on Friday as the weather office forecast widespread rain and snow during the next 48 hours. An India Meteorological…
Bangkok, Jan 4 (IANS) Around 7,000 persons have been evacuated from Thai province of Nakhon Si Thammarat where Storm Pabuk is due to arrive on Friday, authorities said. Efforts are being made to evacuate 80,000…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) As Delhi continued to breathe toxic air for over 30 hours, the Supreme Court-appointed EPCA on Thursday issued directions to take urgent measures under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)…
Guwahati, Jan 3 (IANS) In a major success against wildlife parts smuggling, sleuths of Revenue Intelligence have recovered over 16 kg of ivory worth Rs 1.69 crore in the international market from a place near…
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) Kolkata has warned of heavy rains in Andaman and Nicobar Islands due to approaching tropical cyclone ‘Pabuk’ which will emerge in the Andaman sea on January…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Announcing a successful effort for a cleaner enviroment, Delhi electricity distribution company (discom) BSES on Thursday said it has signed a power sale agreement with the Solar Energy Corporation of…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) At least 10 flights were diverted and takeoffs suspended for two hours at the IGI airport here on Thursday morning due to dense fog and poor visibility, officials said. A…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on January 8 a plea by Vedanta group challenging the Madras High Court order directing status quo as it existed before the National Green Tribunal’s…
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) LPG coverage in West Bengal increased to 88.1 per cent by the end of 2018 with a customer base of over 1.95 crore, up from 40.5 per cent in 2014, an…