New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The government will invite bids for creating capacity of up to 21 gigawatt (GW) of solar and wind power by March 2018, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy R.K…
Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) Veteran actor Anupam Kher has thanked Indian-American actor Kal Penn for appreciating his series “The Indian Detective”. “Russell Peters dude, ‘The Indian Detective’ is so funny! Congrats. Anupam kher’s Fart Attack…
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Late Union Environment Minister Anil Dave and Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE) Deputy Director Chandra Bhushan have been conferred with awards by the United Nations Environment. The awards recognise…
Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) on Friday said it will collaborate with ride-hailing company Uber to deploy electric vehicles (EVs) on Uber’s platform in several cities across India. The companies will deploy…
Srinagar, Nov 24 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir’s twin capitals of Srinagar and Jammu and Leh town in the Ladakh region on Friday witnessed their coldest night of the season so far, the Met said. The…
Chennai, Nov 24 (IANS) The Centre should convince Sri Lanka to provide transshipment facilities to Indian firecracker exporters so that the Indian products can light up foreign skies, said an official of The Tamil Nadu…
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Delhi on Friday experienced its first coldest morning of this season as the minimum temperature dropped to 7.6 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season’s average, the Met office said….
Kolkata, Nov 24 (IANS) An elephant trampled a man to death in northern West Bengal’s Dooars forest area, forest officials said. The gruesome incident took place on Thursday night on the Lataguri-Mahakal Mandir Road of…
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court-appointed environment body has on Friday called a meeting with governments of Delhi’s neighbouring states to ensure that necessary measures and restrictions are imposed “by default” without wait…
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) Still “very poor” with some regions facing a “severe” situation, the air quality in Delhi and NCR sees no scope of improvement, as despite orders and monitoring, the practice of…
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) Gujarat, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra have emerged as the top 5 states in electric vehicle (EV) sales, the Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV) said on…
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) The Central government on Thursday promulgated the Indian Forest (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017 to exempt bamboo grown in non-forest areas from definition of “tree”, doing away with the need of felling…
Hyderabad, Nov 23 (IANS) The Telangana government will next month launch its policy for electric vehicles to provide incentives to manufacturers and private players setting up charging stations, a senior government official said on Thursday….
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) The Carpathian forests, home to the largest remaining populations of brown bears, wolves and lynx across 15 countries in central and eastern Europe, are frequently exposed to poaching, the United…
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) Environmentalist Sunita Narain, who heads the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and is a member of the Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), says the…
By Srinand Jha A new kind of toilet using bacteria to break down human excreta has been deployed in Indian trains over four years to 2017, at a cost of Rs 1,305 crore, but this…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Kadvi Hawa”; Director: Nila Madhab Panda; Cast: Sanjay Mishra, Ranvir Shorey, Tillotama Shome, Bhupesh Singh, Ekta Sawant; Rating: ***1/2 Based on true stories, “Kadvi Hawa” is the bitter pill that reminds…
Jammu/Srinagar, Nov 23 (IANS) Continuing its free fall on Thursday, the minimum temperature dropped to minus 2.3 degrees in Srinagar and 7.9 in Jammu, the lowest recorded at both places this season. While Leh was…
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) It was a misty Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 9.4 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal. “The sky will be clear, with mist…
United Ntaions, Nov 23 (IANS) A UN-linked fund awarded $1 million to two Bangladeshi companies in recognition of their novel project to allow villagers more access to solar power and entrepreneurship. Grameen Shakti and ME…