New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Centre to file a status report on appointments to the NGT after the government said the process of appointing judicial and expert…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 14 (IANS) The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) on Thursday issued notice to Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) and asked it to close down five of its units in the state. The company…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 14 (IANS) The Odisha government on Thursday admitted that a drought-like situation prevailed in certain pockets of the state due to deficient rainfall in the monsoon season. Replying to an adjournment motion on…
Beijing, Sep 14 (IANS) Basi, the giant panda thought to be the oldest of its kind living in captivity, died at the age of 37, equivalent to more than 100 human years, it was reported…
Dhaka, Sep 14 (IANS) The launch of Bangladesh’s first satellite Bangabandhu-1 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, has been delayed due to the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma, officials have said. “The Cape Canaveral launch pad in…
By Vishal Gulati New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The highly elusive snow leopard, also found in India’s alpine and high-altitude regions of the Himalayas, got a new global protection and conservation status on Thursday that…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 14 (IANS) The Odisha State Pollution Control Board(OSPCB) on Thursday issued notice to Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) and asked it to close down its five units at Katikela in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district. The…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The green court on Thursday dismissed the government’s plea seeking modification to an earlier order banning 10-year-old diesel vehicles in the National Capital Region (NCR) as emissions from the fuel…
Sydney, Sep 14 (IANS) The Australian navy base at Jervis Bay was evacuated on Thursday after a forest fire along the southeast coast of the country spiralled out of control, officials said. The Rural Fire…
Dehradun, Sep 14 (IANS) The Yamunotri Highway in Uttarakhand continues to remain blocked for the third consecutive day on Thursday by the debris of landslides, an official said. More than 800 people are stranded. While…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) It was a sunny Thursday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 27.5 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the Met Office said. According to the Met…
Bengaluru, Sep 13 (IANS) Karnataka would soon have a new policy with incentives for making and using electric vehicles in a bid to reduce air pollution in cities and towns across the state, state Law…
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) With the maximum temperature on Wednesday reaching 36.3 degrees Celsius in the national capital, three notches above the season’s average, the weatherman sees the mercury rising further in Delhi. The…
Abu Dhabi, Sep 13 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates has said it will provide urgent humanitarian aid to quake-hit Mexico. The move comes on directives of President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and will be…
Vijayawada, Sep 13 (IANS) Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said Andhra Pradesh would be developed as a model state in protection and revival of rivers. He said interlinking of rivers is only a…
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Growing population across the world is becoming the biggest hurdle in the way of sustainable development, and leaders and social activists will have to join hands to create awareness in…
Beijing, Sep 13 (IANS) China plans to use bio-ethanol gasoline across the country by 2020, the National Development and Reform Commission and National Energy Administration (NEA) said on Wednesday. “The plan was unveiled as the…
By Kushagra Dixit Barwar (Lakhimpur Kheri), Sep 13 (IANS) With no budget, staff, fodder or infrastructure, the only state government-run cow-shelter or gaushala here in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur-Kheri, a district that faces a “cow-menace”, is…
By Vishal Gulati New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Crossing national and international boundaries, millions of migratory birds descend on India to avoid the extreme winter chill in their native habitats. Many of them never return…
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) As many as 110 Indian and Indian-origin persons have been evacuated from the Hurricane Irma-hit Sint Maarten island and brought to the Caribbean Island of Curacao on a special chartered…