New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Even as the air quality in the National Capital Region, including Delhi, recorded an improvement, increased stubble burning in the western Punjab districts despite the National Green Tribunal directions continues…
Patna, Nov 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi may go for Lok Sabha elections next year, a year ahead of schedule, RJD leader Lalu Prasad said on Sunday. “Modi may go for Lok Sabha polls…
Nagpur, Nov 19 (IANS) In a major step in spreading the use of green energy, Indias first electric vehicle (EV) charging station was started here on Sunday by Indian Oil Corp (IOC), according to the…
Patna, Nov 19 (IANS) RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday taunted Prime Minister Narender Modi by saying that earlier people used to fear the lion but now they fear the cow thanks to cow vigilantism…
Guwahati, Nov 19 (IANS) Two elephants were killed after being hit by a speeding train near here on Sunday, a railway official said. The incident took place near Thakurkuchi railway station in Chandrapur area when…
By Vivian Fernandes New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) While India has climbed 30 rungs in the World Bank’s ease-of-doing-business ladder and Moody’s has raised the country’s credit rating because of its reform push, for the…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) About five years ago, when Financial Times journalist and author Victor Mallet began living in Delhi, he was shocked to discover that the Yamuna — “this beautiful…
Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) A new NASA map resulting from 20 years of observing “life” on our home planet has discovered long-term changes across continents and ocean basins. The space-based view of life allows scientists…
Srinagar, Nov 19 (IANS) Night temperatures in Ladakh dropped to below freezing point at minus 7.9 degrees Celsius while Gulmarg was the coldest place in the Kashmir Valley with a minus 4.6 degrees Celsius, a…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) It was a misty Sunday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 12 degrees Celsius. “The sky will be mainly clear with mist in the morning,”…
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Hours after slight improvement in the air quality of Delhi-NCR, the national capital again started inhaling toxins as the quality of air deteriorated from “poor” in the morning to “very…
By Vishal Gulati Bonn, Nov 18 (IANS) Amidst the shadow of the US decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Change Agreement, nearly 200 nations on Saturday pledged to launch a process next year…
Patna, Nov 18 (IANS) It was a celebration with a difference on Saturday when hundreds of students and teachers from 22 schools began harvesting of organic rice at Tarumitra (friends of trees) farm in the…
Jaipur, Nov 18 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale jolted some parts of Rajasthan on Saturday, officials said. People rushed out of their houses and offices in panic. The earthquake was felt…
Seoul, Nov 18 (IANS) South Korea’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on Saturday said it had detected a fresh outbreak of bird flu at a farm in the country’s south and ordered the…
London, Nov 18 (IANS) Researchers have developed a new and cost-effective catalyst to recycle two of the main causes behind climate change — carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). “The goal we’re all chasing as…
Tehran, Nov 18 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale on Saturday struck Iran’s Kermanshah province near the Iraqi border, the same area which is still recovering from a powerful tremor last week…
By Vishal Gulati Bonn, Nov 18 (IANS) Amidst the shadow of the US decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Change Agreement, nearly 200 nations on Saturday pledged to launch a process next year…
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) The air quality in the National Capital Region improved on Saturday to the “poor” level following overnight rain as the concentration of Particulate Matter (PM) decreased. Another government department, however,…
New York, Nov 18 (IANS) Carbon released by plant respiration may be around 30 per cent higher than previously predicted, a new study claims. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that as…