New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) BBC’s Director General Tony Hall on Tuesday said that the network stands by its 2017 expose of extrajudicial killings by rangers in Kaziranga National Park and that the organisation’s previous…
By Vishal Gulati Katowice (Poland), Dec 11 (IANS) India’s Gujarat on Tuesday got a United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) award for women’s leadership with low cost and sustainable technology to tackle storms….
Murmansk (Russia), Dec 11 (IANS) Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s first “floating” nuclear power plant (FNPP) for installation in remote areas, has been started and brought to 10 per cent of its capacity, Russian state-run atomic…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Electric two-wheeler maker Hero Electric on Tuesday announced it has raised Rs 160 crore from Mumbai-based investment management company Alpha Capital Advisors. A company statement here said that following the…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) A low pressure intensifying in the Bay of Bengal is expected to bring a heavy spell of rain to Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu by this weekend, the India Meteorological…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) India’s falling oil and gas production is a matter of concern which the government has sought to address by initiating various reforms in the sector, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said…
New York, Dec 11 (IANS) In just two hundred years, humans have reversed a long-term cooling trend, pushing the climate clock back by at least 50 million years, an accelerated rate of change that appears…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Delhi choked on toxic air for the second day as the air quality on Tuesday continued to remain in the ‘severe’ category, owing to unfavourable meteorological conditions. “Current meteorological conditions…
By Vishal Gulati Katowice (Poland), Dec 11 (IANS) As nearly 200 countries entered the second week of their crucial climate negotiations here, the sports sector and the UN Climate Change on Tuesday jointly launched the…
Washington, Dec 11 (IANS) A group of glaciers spanning one-eighth of East Antarctica’s coast have begun to lose ice over the past decade, hinting at widespread changes in the ocean, NASA scientists have found. While…
By Vishal Gulati Katowice (Poland), Dec 11 (IANS) Canada will continue to lead critical climate negotiations, the country’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna has said while urging the world to do its…
Mumbai, Dec 11 (IANS) Actors Anushka Sharma and Kartik Aaryan have been named India’s Hottest Vegetarians, according to votes on the official website of People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India. Anushka has become…
Canberra, Dec 11 (IANS) A wildlife preservation society in Australia on Tuesday voiced grave concerns for the koala population, after a devastating wildfire tore through an area which is an important habitat for the species….
Shimla, Dec 11 (IANS) Large parts of Himachal Pradesh reeled under a cold weather on Tuesday, with the minimum temperature staying below the freezing point owing to snowfall, weather officials said. The Met Office has…
Jakarta, Dec 11 (IANS) A scientific survey has found a clue to the tsunami that struck Indonesia in September that killed over 2,000 people, on the seabed, the media reported on Tuesday. Damaging waves rushed…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) It was a foggy morning in the national capital on Tuesday with the air quality remaining “severe” and the minimum temperature recorded at 8.8 degrees Celsius, average for the season,…
Washington, Dec 11 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s administration is expected to unveil a plan on Tuesdaythat would weaken federal clean water rules designed to protect millions of acres of wetlands and streams nationwide from…
Srinagar, Dec 11 (IANS) Rain lashed the plains as fresh snowfall occurred in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, with the Met office forecasting an improvement later in the day. “The weather…
Dehradun, Dec 11 (IANS) With a fresh bout of snowfall in Uttarakhand, the mercury has dropped in the hill state and many neighbouring areas as well, an official of the regional Met Department said on…
Katowice, Dec 11 (IANS) The global fashion sector on Monday significantly increased momentum to address climate change by launching the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action. Under the UN climate change, leading fashion brands, retailers,…