Brasilia, Nov 1 (IANS) Brazil has joined the International Energy Agency (IEA) as an association nation, a move that will further drive the country to develop clean energy, a media report said. Brazilian Minister of…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Delhi, and the NCR, saw considerable deterioration in the air quality on Tuesday, with pollution levels of Faridabad (Haryana), Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) and Bhiwadi (Rajasthan) placed under ‘severe’ category with…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a plea by manufacturers association in Rajasthan’s Bhiwadi seeking relaxation of its order banning the use of pet coke and furnace oil in…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The ninth edition of CMS Vatavaran – an international film festival on environment and wildlife – will begin here from Thursday, showcasing 113 films, including four from Kashmir, one of…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) An injured monkey was on Tuesday rescued from the office of Delhi University’s Vice Chancellor Yogesh Tyagi and is currently undergoing treatment. The monkey of rhesus macaque breed was found…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) An environmental authority on Tuesday denied permission for the use of a diesel generator to operate the flood lights for the T20 international cricket match between India and New Zealand…
Kolkata, Oct 31 (IANS) E-patrolling through smartphones in the Sundarbans mangrove forests is being intensified, an official of the Sunderban Biosphere Reserve said here on Tuesday. “We are planning to intensify our e-patroling. Often we…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Nearly 200 countries need to take urgent action to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global warming, UN Environment said on Tuesday. The eighth edition of…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Oct 31 (IANS) China on Tuesday rejected a media report that Beijing is planning to build a 1,000-km tunnel to divert the Brahmaputra waters. “This is untrue. This is a false…
By Vishal Gulati New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Climate warming is impacting the human health globally. In India alone, opting out of rural labour workforce with reductions in work capacity from heat stress was the…
Wellington, Oct 31 (IANS) New Zealands new government is considering creating a visa category to help relocate Pacific people displaced by climate change, the media reported on Tuesday. The new category would make official the…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) It was a misty Tuesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 16.4 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average. The Met forecast a clear day ahead. The…
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) India signed a $200 million loan agreement with World Bank on Monday to facilitate investment in the agricultural sector and increase productivity in Assam, an official statement said. “The Government…
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) The Centre has proposed to fix emission standards for 21 industries, including sugar and leather, using cheap but highly polluting fuel petcoke. According to the draft gazette notification, put up…
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Monday said policy formulation and designs are often “very elitist” in India and that a small minority drives the policy paradigm for the…
Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) State-run State Bank of India (SBI) on Monday announced the sanction of loans worth Rs 2,317 crore in collaboration with the World Bank to finance grid-connected solar rooftop projects in the…
Hyderabad, Oct 30 (IANS) As many as 76 per cent of the brands of LED bulbs and 71 per cent of LED downlighters in India flout consumer safety standards, as prescribed and mandated for lighting…
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) The national capital on Monday saw a slight dip in mercury, with maximum temperature recorded at 30 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average. According to weather analysts, due…
Kolkata, Oct 30 (IANS) Noted Assamese elephant trainer and conservationist Parbati Barua, who was in north Bengal recently to train elephant-keepers, says it is important to break down the scientific basis of elephant-keeping practices for…
Geneva, Oct 30 (IANS) Carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in the Earth’s atmosphere surged to a record high in 2016, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) announced on Monday. Last year’s increase was 50 per cent higher…