Varanasi, Nov 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi on Friday was the worst polluted city in the country even as the entire focus of battling toxic air quality remained fixed on…
Panaji, Nov 10 (IANS) Those who complain against import and transportation of coal from Goa’s port town of Vasco should stop using electricity, a BJP leader said on Friday. BJP state spokesperson Dattaprasad Naik also…
Bonn, Nov 10 (IANS) With 40 per cent of the world’s population to face water shortages by 2050, financing for national climate plans with an adaptation component submitted under the Paris Climate Change Agreement prioritise…
Kolkata, Nov 10 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday suggested the Central government open a dialogue with chief ministers of neighbouring states to flesh out a solution to Delhi’s pollution problem instead…
Bonn, Nov 10 (IANS) Leaders from a wide range of sectors on Friday came together to announce a new set of initiatives to transition to renewable energy and to show that more ambitious clean energy…
New York, Nov 10 (IANS) Besides respiratory infections, regular exposure to air pollution, especially the sooty black material emitted from gas and diesel engines, may also increase the risk of bone fractures, finds a study….
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) The Delhi government on Friday announced free travel in all DTC and cluster buses to encourage the use of public transport during the odd-even scheme from November 13 to 17….
Guwahati, Nov 10 (IANS) Poachers have killed yet another one-horned rhino in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park, the fourth to die in one week, sparking protests over the state’s failure to check the menace. A forest…
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday said the odd-even vehicle rationing scheme won’t be allowed in the capital till its efficacy was known. The green court issued the directive…
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Reducing transport activities, improving technologies and relocating traffic sources from crowded areas are some of the measures for better urban planning that can help Delhi combat rising air pollution, a…
Lucknow, Nov 10 (IANS) Over 10,000 students from various educational institutions formed a human chain in Uttar Pradesh’s Vrindavan on Friday to express solidarity with the ban on polythene use and to make people aware…
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) As the national capital continued to be engulfed in toxic air for the fourth day in a row on Friday, the organisers of the Delhi Food Truck Festival (DFTF) have…
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) There was no decline in pollution levels in the Delhi-NCR region on Friday as major pollutants across all monitoring stations remained at “severe” level. The data collected from the Central…
Beijing, Nov 10 (IANS) China has offered to provide emergency aid to Vietnam after typhoon Damrey wreaked huge damage in the country, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Friday. The Chinese government has initiated…
New York, Nov 10 (IANS) Researchers have discovered nearly 500 finger and toe bones belonging to primates — some half the size of a mouse — that lived about 45 million years ago in what…
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday said the odd-even vehicle rationing scheme won’t be allowed in the capital till its efficacy was known. The green court issued the directive…
Dehradun, Nov 10 (IANS) Heavy snowfall has been reported from the Himalayan region around Kedarnath and Badrinath in Uttarakhand and it is likely to go on for the next few days, Met officials said on…
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will chair a meeting on Friday to discuss the implementation of the third phase of the odd-even traffic rule that will be enforced from November…
Hanoi, Nov 10 (IANS) The death toll due to typhoon Damrey that hit Vietnam last week has increased to 106 with 197 injured and 25 others reported missing, disaster management officials said on Friday. Damrey…
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) It was a foggy morning in the national capital on Friday with the minimum temperature recorded at 13 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average. Visibility stood at 400…