New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) It was a misty Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 13 degrees Celsius, which is the season’s average. “The sky will be clear with…
Kolkata, Nov 16 (IANS) The first Test between India and Sri Lanka was delayed due to rain here at the Eden Gardens on Thursday. Staying true to the weather forecast, the skies remained overcast since…
Islamabad, Nov 16 (IANS) Smog-induced bad weather conditions have disrupted over 600 flights of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) in the first two weeks of November, an airline official said. The smoggy weather conditions, which…
Athens, Nov 16 (IANS) Flash floods caused by heavy rain have killed at least 15 people and caused destruction in Greece. The industrial towns of Mandra, Nea Peramos and Megara, west of the capital Athens,…
Panaji, Nov 15 (IANS) Thousands of sardines mysteriously popped out of Mandovi river near Panaji and up a ferry ramp on Wednesday, video footage of which went viral on the social media. Hours later, the…
Bonn, Nov 15 (IANS) The target of 100 per cent completion of installing bio-toilets in the Indian Raiways coaches has been advanced to December 2018, said an official here on Wednesday. “Under the dynamic guidance…
By Vishal Gulati Bonn, Nov 15 (IANS) In a major victory for India and other developing countries on pre-2020 climate actions that the developed world on Wednesday agreed to discuss the issue at the next…
Gwalior, Nov 15 (IANS) A Central drought inspection team visited some villages in Gwalior on Wednesday to take stock of the drought situation there. Farmers informed the officials that due to scarcity of water, they…
Chandigarh, Nov 15 (IANS) To curb the tendency among farmers to burn paddy stubble, which is causing large-scale air pollution, the Punjab government on Wednesday said it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with…
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not paying adequate attention to pollution in Delhi and said he should have called a meeting of Chief Ministers concerned…
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) In a move to tackle the high pollution levels in the Indian capital, the government on Wednesday brought forward the implementation of the BS-VI compliant cleaner transport fuels in Delhi…
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Customers will find it difficult to get a BS-VI compliant vehicle in the national capital territory (NCT) of Delhi, even as the environment-friendly fuel grade will be available in the…
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday blamed the Centre for blocking projects as an RTI query revealed that the Kejriwal government did not spend even a paisa out of…
By Vishal Gulati Bonn, Nov 15 (IANS) Almost a week has gone waste at the UN Climate Change talks to bring the developed world back on track on meeting its commitments towards climate action, a…
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Still suffering “very poor” air quality, the national capital on Wednesday saw improvement, with environment authorities considering revoking the “severe-plus” category restrictions imposed over the past week. The air quality…
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) State-run Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) on Wednesday announced it will invite bids for supply of a second lot of 10,000 electric vehicles (EVs) around March-April next year. Electric car…
Panaji, Nov 15 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday accused the Congress of proximity to the Adani Group and JSW Steel, both of whom operate coal handling berths at the state’s only major…
New York, Nov 15 (IANS) If you have A, B, or AB blood type, you might be more at risk of suffering a heart attack during periods of significant air pollution, than those with the…
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday blamed the central government for its failure to spend Rs 787 crore environmental cess collected in 2017 and accused the Modi government of…
Bhubaneswar, Nov 15 (IANS) Several parts of Odisha on Wednesday experienced rainfall under the impact of a low pressure formed over the Bay of Bengal. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned of heavy rainfall in…