Tokyo, Sep 17 (IANS) A powerful typhoon, the 18th of this season, made landfall in Japan’s Kagoshima prefecture on Sunday, the weather agency said. Typhoon Talim, with central atmospheric pressure at 975 hectopascals, had winds…
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) It was a cloudy Sunday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 26 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky will remain…
Washington, Sep 17 (IANS) The US government has not changed its position on withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on climate change, the White House said. “As the President (Donald Trump) has made abundantly clear, the…
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Union Urban Development Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday released the new Metro Rail Policy that focuses on minimising the use of personal motorised transport and provides “useful guidance on…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday asked the officials to review the Floor Space Index (FSI) and Floor Area Ratio (FAR) norms…
Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh), Sep 16 (IANS) Indian armed forces would carry out an exercise on high-altitude mountains to “fight out a war” against the junk and debris and this would continue till October 2, Defence…
Bangkok, Sep 16 (IANS) At least three persons were killed and more than 100,000 houses damaged as Typhoon Doksuri battered central Vietnam, the authorities said on Saturday. The typhoon, which entered the country with winds…
Agra, Sep 16 (IANS) The Society for Preservation of Healthy Environment and Ecology and Heritage of Agra (SPHEEHA) and the Centre for Environment Communication (CEC) joined hands to organise a “Climate Connect Festival 2017” here…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Thousands of old, unclassified files, CDs, and other material have been destroyed by different departments of the Indian Army as a part of its cleanliness mission, sources said. The exercise…
Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s administration was working to allow energy exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for the first time in more than three decades, the media reported. In…
Tokyo, Sep 16 (IANS) Typhoon Talim is scheduled to make landfall in the Japanese island of Kyushu on Sunday, the weather agency announced on Saturday. As of Saturday afternoon, Talim, the season’s 18th typhoon in…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) It was a cloudy Saturday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.5 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky will remain…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) The Central government on Friday told the Supreme Court that so far no decision has been taken on the commercial release of genetically modified (GM) mustard. Additional Solicitor General P.S….
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Stressing the importance of construction of toilets, President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday launched a cleanliness campaign at an Uttar Pradesh village and honoured those who helped make the village…
Hyderabad, Sep 15 (IANS) India’s first Centre for Animal Law has been established at the NALSAR University of Law here. Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi inaugurated the centre at the university…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) The central government has approved a Rs 300 crore plan for “visible improvement” in solid waste management in the national capital in the face of the serious garbage crisis plaguing…
Beijing, Sep 15 (IANS) A memorial for the world’s oldest captive panda, Basi, who died at the age of 37 in Fuzhou, will be held on Saturday, Chinese authorities announced on Friday. He died on…
Mexico City, Sep 15 (IANS) Hurricane Max has made landfall in Mexico’s Guerrero state, weather officials said. The Category 1 hurricane, which has sustained winds of 130 kph, made landfall at around 4 p.m. on…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) It was a sunny Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 27 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. According to the Met…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Government agencies are aware and working to resolve the issues of un-engineered garbage dumping sites like the Ghazipur landfill here, a part of which collapsed earlier this month killing two…