By Vishal Gulati Nairobi, Dec 3 (IANS) Extraction of material resources – biomass, fossil fuels and non-metallic minerals – globally could reach 88.6 billion tonnes this year, or three times that used in 1970, the…
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) In a bid to curb emissions from the vehicles based on outdated technology, the Central government has proposed to set the registration deadline for BS-IV standard vehicles to June 30,…
Bhubaneswar, Dec 3 (IANS) A low-pressure area which has formed over the south Andaman sea is likely to trigger rainfall in several parts of Odisha from December 7, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on…
London, Dec 3 (IANS) In what could put an end to a long-standing row over animal evolution, a new research has determined that it is the morphologically simple sponges, which are the common ancestors of…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 3 (IANS) Cyclone Ockhi, which has caused widespread damage in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam districts, will not be termed a national disaster, Minister of State for Tourism K.J. Alphons said on Sunday. On…
Jakarta, Dec 3 (IANS) A massive column of smoke and ash emanating from the Mount Agung volcano in Indonesia’s Bali Island for more than a week has reduced in size and experts have ruled out…
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The second session of the third and final Test match between India and Sri Lanka was halted for few minutes due after concerns over the poor air quality here on…
By Vishal Gulati Nairobi, Dec 3 (IANS) The UN Environment Assembly, the world’s highest decision making body on the environment with delegates from 193 countries, will gather in this Kenyan capital for three days from…
By Vishal Gulati Nairobi, Dec 3 (IANS) British singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding is a Global Goodwill Ambassador for UN Environment, joining the fight to save the lives and habitats of people and animals by cleaning up…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 3 (IANS) The fishermen community here on Sunday decided to launch their own rescue operations as 55 boats ventured into the sea to search for the 115 missing fishermen. According to the latest…
Jammu/Srinagar, Dec 3 (IANS) Leh, Bannihal and Kupwara recorded the lowest night temperatures in Jammu and Kashmir, the weather office said on Sunday. The present cold wave conditions are likely to persist during the next…
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The national capital woke up to a cold-polluted Sunday morning with minimum temperature recorded at 8 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average and a “very-poor” air-quality. According to…
Yingkiong (Arunachal Pradesh), Dec 2 (IANS) Arunchal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Saturday took stock of the condition of water in the Siang River, which has turned muddy post monsoon season. The Siang is…
Khajuraho, Dec 2 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday said that the politicians and the government are meant to serveg the people but those in power are busy in “looting the lockers”. “Leaders and…
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) The government has made no change in its May 26 order banning sale of cattle for slaughter though it is said to be considering its withdrawal. The Union Environment Ministry…
Chennai, Dec 2 (IANS) Family members of around 1,000 fishermen and residents of some Cyclone Ockhi-hit localities in Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari hit the streets in protest on Saturday to draw the attention of the authorities…
Chennai, Dec 2 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Saturday requested Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to involve the Indian Navy and Coast Guard helicopters for search and rescue of fishermen caught in…
Jakarta, Dec 2 (IANS) Lava has filled up one-third of the crater of Agung volcano in Indonesia’s Bali island as the area remained on maximum alert Saturday over a possible bigger eruption. “High-frequency earthquakes continue…
Chennai, Dec 2 (IANS) Family members of around 1,000 fishermen from Kanyakumari district who ventured into the deep seas when Cyclone Ockhi struck the southern Tamil Nadu coast have demanded that aerial searches and rescue…
By Rajendra Shende George Bernard Shaw once said that “England and America are two countries separated by the same language”. When the UN conference on the Montreal Protocol on the substances that deplete the ozone…