Misty Thursday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) It was a misty Thursday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 19.4 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky will be…
Environment
Warmer oceans set to hit global marine diversity: Scientists
Sydney, Oct 19 (IANS) Climate change and warmer oceans are likely to change reef ecosystems worldwide, reducing the diversity of invertebrates such as crabs, lobsters and sea urchins, Australian scientists have revealed. As the oceans…
European volunteers celebrate Diwali with plantation drive near Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Oct 18 (IANS) European volunteers of the not-for-profit Heartfulness Institute on Wednesday planted more than 500 saplings at Kanha Shantivanam near here to celebrate Diwali. Around 1,000 Heartfulness practitioners from Europe are visiting the…
Delhi gears up for less noisy, less toxic Diwali
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) It is expected to be a less noisy and less toxic Diwali this year after the Supreme Court imposed a ban on sale of firecrackers in Delhi and the NCR….
Heavy rain to hit Odisha on Diwali
Bhubaneswar, Oct 18 (IANS) Several parts of Odisha are likely to experience heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours dampening Diwali celebrations in the state, the Met department said on Wednesday. The India Meteorological Department…
Piped natural gas to reach Bhubaneswar, Cuttack by 2019
Bhubaneswar, Oct 18 (IANS) A total of 25,000 households in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar cities will be provided Piped Natural Gas (PNG) connection by the end of 2019, said an official on Wednesday. “Around 25,000 households…
India urges pricing flexibility, review clause in LNG contracts
Tokyo, Oct 18 (IANS) Given the transformation in the global LNG market into a situation of oversupply, India on Wednesday called for flexible terms for gas purchases, including the provision of a pricing review, “take…
95% of plastic feeding the seas comes from 10 rivers
London, Oct 18 (IANS) Up to 95 per cent of the plastic polluting the world’s oceans comes from just 10 rivers, including the Ganges, new research has found. While eight of these 10 river systems…
Source of world’s largest mud eruption traced to volcano
Washington, Oct 18 (IANS) Lusi, the world’s largest mud eruption that began on the Indonesian island of Java in 2006, is not stopping any time soon as deep underground it is connected to a nearby…
Widespread use of unapproved GM cotton shows official tolerance of illegality
By Vivian Fernandes New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) The Andhra governments flip-flop on extensive cultivation of unapproved genetically-modified (GM) herbicide-tolerant (HT) cotton seems to be symptomatic of the complacency which has infected even regulatory bodies…
Researchers turn to crowdfunding to save endangered parrot
Canberra, Oct 18 (IANS) Australian researchers have turned to crowdfunding to help bankroll a new technology to save the critically endangered swift parrot from extinction in the island state of Tasmania. Scientists from the Australian…
‘Future smart foods can promote nutrition security in the Himalayas’
By Imran Khan Patna, Oct 18 (IANS) With climate change a reality and the latest Global Hunger Index revealing a horrific scenario for the world’s mountain people in developing countries in South Asia, including India,…
Cool Wednesday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) It was a cool Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 18.7 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average, the weather office said. The Met Office has…
87% won’t be burst crackers in Delhi: Survey
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Days after the Supreme Court banned the sale of firecrackers in Delhi and NCR to combat the rising levels of air pollution in the city, 87 per cent of the…
Qatari man held in Lahore with falcons
Lahore, Oct 17 (IANS) A Qatari man was arrested at the Lahore airport for trying to smuggle nine falcons worth more than Rs 50 million, the Pakistani media reported on Tuesday. Punjab wildlife official Khalid…
Gensets banned as Delhi cracks down on alarming air pollution
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) All diesel generators, except those in hospitals and Metro stations, were on Tuesday banned in Delhi, the Badarpur thermal power plant was shut and Delhites were told to put on…
Global task force to curb hunting of birds on anvil
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) An inter-governmental task force to curb illegal killing of birds crossing one of the world’s greatest migration paths will be high on the agenda at this year’s largest wildlife summit…
Parking fees may go up in Delhi if air quality worsens
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Delhi’s air quality, which has already entered the red zone, may trigger an increase in parking fees by up to four times across the city in the next few days,…
Delhi Police cracks down on firecracker shops
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Dozens of shops were found selling firecrackers in Delhi on Tuesday as police moved to ensure strict implementation of a Supreme Court order banning the sale and purchase of crackers…
EPCA implements ‘very poor’ and ‘severe’ categories of GRAP
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Ahead of Diwali and the winter season, the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) has implemented the “Very Poor” and “Severe” categories of its Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)…