Misty Wednesday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) It was a misty morning in the national capital on Wednesday with the minimum temperature recorded at 9.6 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average, the Met Office said….
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Sub-zero temperatures in Kashmir, Leh coldest
Srinagar, Nov 22 (IANS) Night temperatures throughout the valley dropped below freezing point on Wednesday as Srinagar witnessed its coldest night of the season at minus two degrees Celsius. Partially cloudy sky has been forecast…
Black bears come back from certain extinction in US’ Nevada
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) After a gap for over 80 years, the black bear has returned to Nevada’s Great Basin in the US through conservation with their population believed to be over 500, a…
Review of draft medicinal plant policy on Wednesday
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The Union Ministry of AYUSH will hold a review meeting to examine the draft of National Policy of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of India, said an official on Tuesday. During…
Waste management need of the hour: Minister
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Union Urban Development Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said waste management is the “need of the hour” and stressed on maximising re-use and recycling. “Sustainable waste management is the…
Delhi-NCR air quality near ‘severe’ as stubble burning increases
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The air quality in Delhi and NCR worsened further on Tuesday due to an increase in stubble burning in neighboring Punjab and Haryana despite the green court’s orders to the…
Tiger poacher convicted, sentenced to three-year jail
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Notorious tiger poacher Bhima was on Tuesday convicted and awarded three-year imprisonment in a 2012 case by an environment court in Faridabad in neighbouring Haryana, officials said on Tuesday. The…
Paddy straw-based power plant technology introduced
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Punjab -based Sampurn Agri Ventures (SAVPL) has introduced a biogas-based power plant operating on paddy straw, thus making available an alternative to straw-burning that is said to be a major…
This device could power homes, cars with clean hydrogen
New York, Nov 21 (IANS) Researchers have developed a novel two-in-one device that uses solar energy to not only make hydrogen cars affordable, but also has the potential to power homes with hydrogen — known…
N-energy part of green energy balance: IAEA
By Vishav Moscow, Nov 21 (IANS) Nuclear energy is not the opposite of the green and renewable energy and there is space for both in the global energy mix, a senior IAEA official said here…
Delhi air quality may worsen: Minister
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Tuesday said the city’s air quality may worsen and directed to continue measures to impound and shut down visibly polluting vehicles and factories. Hussain, in…
Shehbaz seeks help from Amarinder to fight pollution
Lahore, Nov 21 (IANS) Pakistan Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has invited Indian Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to enter a regional cooperation agreement to tackle the issue of smog and environmental pollution. Sharif wrote…
Restrain kids from outdoor activities: Delhi government
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The Delhi government on Tuesday appealed to all parents to restrain their children from taking part in outdoor activities due to severe air pollution. The Directorate of Education asked the…
‘Love hormone’ makes dogs perceive angry humans less threatening
London, Nov 21 (IANS) Dogs under the influence of “love hormone” oxytocin perceive smiling human faces as more appealing and angry faces as less threatening, a study has found. “It seems that the hormone oxytocin…
Indian, S.Korean team recycles onion peels into nanogenerators
Kolkata, Nov 21 (IANS) Chopping onions makes you cry but now, thanks to scientists from India and South Korea, recycled onion skin waste offers reason to cheer for the green energy-powered smart devices sector. Researchers…
Oscar winner Anjelica Huston wants India to ban elephant rides
Mumbai, Nov 21 (IANS) Moved by a photograph showing an Indian elephant and her baby desperately trying to outrun flaming projectiles being thrown at them by a mob, Academy Award winning actress Anjelica Huston has…
Hyderabad Airport installs waste recycling machines
Hyderabad, Nov 21 (IANS) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad has become the first airport in the country to commence installing waste recycling machines as a pilot project. The machines have been installed to crush…
India needs over $200 bn of investment in renewable infrastructure
By Vishal Gulati Bonn, Nov 21 (IANS) India is on track to catalyse $200-300 billion of new investment in its renewable energy infrastructure in the next decade with global capital inflows playing an increasingly crucial…
Coldest night in Srinagar, Leh frozen at minus 10.2
Srinagar, Nov 21 (IANS) Srinagar on Tuesday witnessed the coldest night of the season so far as the minimum temperature dropped to minus 1.7 degrees Celsius. “The coldest town in Jammu and Kashmir was, however,…
Misty Tuesday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) It was a misty Tuesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature settling at 10.2 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average, weather office said. “There was…