New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) For a better urban water and sanitation system in the country, the government needs to improve the regulatory mechanism and intensify implementation of sectoral programmes, TERI University said on Friday….
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) Four tiger reserves in Madhya Pradesh jointly contribute Rs 75 crore to the local community and Rs 19 crore to the state government, a wildlife report said on Friday. The…
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) A delegation of Indian parliamentarians will visit the University of Chicago in the US with the aim to fast track solutions for India’s diverse energy challenges, an official said on…
Chennai, Oct 27 (IANS) Actor Kamal Haasan on Friday voiced his concern on the environmental impact due to the dumping of the ash waste by power plants in river Kosasthalaiyar and also warned about possible…
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday put a stay on its earlier order directing demolition of an under-construction multi-level parking lot near the Taj Mahal in Agra. A division bench of…
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) It was a misty Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 17.3 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average, the weather office said. “It is likely to…
Shimla, Oct 27 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale was recorded in the Mandi region of Himachal Pradesh on Friday, an official said here. No loss of life or damage to property…
Kolkata, Oct 26 (IANS) The visitors to Kolkata’s Alipore Zoological Gardens can now see kangaroos after a gap of three years as four of the Australian mammals have been imported from Japan’s Yokohoma on Thursday,…
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) Three leading bird conservation organisations on Thursday announced an innovative partnership to boost awareness about the plight of migratory birds around the globe. The new alliance formally unites two of…
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) With the air quality in Delhi and NCR increasingly getting worse ahead of winter, the city government has said it may bring back the odd-even vehicle rationing scheme to limit…
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) With the air quality in Delhi and NCR getting worse ahead of winter, the city government has said it may bring back the odd-even vehicle rationing scheme in the capital….
London, Oct 26 (IANS) An international team of scientists has discovered footprints of a huge carnivorous dinosaur that roamed southern Africa 200 million years ago. The researchers found several three-toed footprints measuring 57cm long and…
By Aditya Baruah Guwahati, Oct 26 (IANS) Although India’s northeastern region is often dubbed as one of the most important biodiversity hotspots in the subcontinent, yet hardly any records existed about the region’s plant species…
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) It was a misty Thursday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 16.1 degrees Celsius, the season’s average, the Met Office said. “The sky will be clear for the…
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) To curb ecological degradation of Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary due to helicopter service for the pilgrimage, the Uttarakhand government on Wednesday informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it has started…
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Global consortium SAVE, involved in saving vultures across South Asia, on Wednesday hailed a high court ruling that upheld the ban on the sale of a human painkiller in multiple…
New York, Oct 25 (IANS) Using the gene-editing technology CRISPR, Chinese scientists have created pigs that are thinner and leaner — with about 24 per cent less body fat than normal pigs. For the experiment,…
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Despite warnings from a green court and environmental authorities, stubble-burning in Punjab and Haryana reached unprecedented levels to further deteriorate the air quality in the Delhi-National Capital Region on Wednesday….
New York, Oct 25 (IANS) While many marine animals mistakenly eat plastic debris because the tiny bits of the floating material might look like prey, the sightless corals eat the rubbish because of the taste,…
London, Oct 25 (IANS) Male killer whales who remain socially isolated are three times more likely to die in hard times than those in the centre of their social group, researchers warn. The findings showed…