Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), Nov 4 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday laid foundation stone for a pilot project under which farmlands in the state could get upto 12 hours uninterrupted power tapping solar energy,…
Islamabad, Nov 4 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and 27 others injured in separate smog-related accidents in Pakistan’s East Punjab province over the last two days. The victims included three children on their…
Hyderabad, Nov 4 (IANS) Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday called for discouraging families from owning more cars, ensuring parking spaces before registering a car in metro cities, and for hiking parking…
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Work on the first phase of the ambitious river inter-linking project will start within the next three months, Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari announced here on Saturday. Gadkari said while…
Washington, Nov 4 (IANS) Directly contradicting much of the Trump administration’s position on climate change, 13 federal agencies unveiled a scientific report that said humans are the dominant cause of the global temperature rise that…
Chennai, Nov 4 (IANS) Life in Chennai limped back to normal on Saturday there was no heavy rain on Friday night and it did not rain in the morning. Schools, however, remained closed as per…
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) It was a misty Saturday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 16.7 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average. The Met forecast a clear…
Hanoi, Nov 4 (IANS) Typhoon Damrey made landfall in Vietnam on Saturday, one day ahead of the start of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Week in Da Nang city. After Damrey landed, the two…
Washington, Nov 4 (IANS) A report by the US Government has affirmed that global warming is real and “extremely likely” caused by human activities, a stark contrast with President Donald Trump’s position on climate change….
Paris, Nov 4 (IANS) French President Emmanuel Macron will fly to India at the beginning of next year to attend the International Solar Energy Summit, his office said. Macron told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) After a day’s breather, the air quality of Delhi-NCR worsened again on Friday, owing to drop in temperature, rise in wind speed and increase in humidity. The air quality of…
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Delhi will generate 1,000 megawatt (MW) of solar power by 2019 which will also help bring down electricity rates, state Health Minister Satyendra Jain said on Friday. “During the peak…
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Stressing that human wellness is more important than GDP, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said that “economic growth and development are important, but not at the cost of nature”….
London, Nov 3 (IANS) Scientists have identified an isolated population of orangutans living in Sumatra in Indonesia, which according to them are “among the most threatened great apes in the world”. The new species named…
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) With a direct relation between cycling and conserving transport fuel, the Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) is organising the capital’s first Saksham Pedal Delhi “cyclothon” event on Sunday, which will…
Chennai, Nov 3 (IANS) Normal life was crippled in Chennai and its suburbs on Friday as rains pounded the city for several hours from Thursday evening, resulting in 30cm of showers in some eight hours…
Bonn, Nov 3 (IANS) Ahead of the UN climate summit that aims to keep the global average rise in temperatures below two degrees Celsius, a group of 47 poorest nations has sought money to achieve…
Washington, Nov 3 (IANS) The US’s largest and most influential environmental organisation said Energy Secretary Rick Perry should resign over his remarks that fossil fuels can help prevent sexual assault. The California-based group Sierra Club…
Tokyo, Nov 3 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted Japan’s Hokkaido prefecture on Friday. No tsunami warning was issued. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the offshore temblor struck at…
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) It was a misty Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 17.5 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average. The Met has forecast a clear day ahead….