New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) India has a huge potential for consumption of organic products and attempts should be made by progressive farmers to promote it, said NITI Ayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Wednesday. “Some…
Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Aug 23 (IANS) In a first, Nepal on Wednesday launched its climate-smart snow leopard landscape management plan, leading the way in safeguarding this endangered species, also found in India, and its habitat. Its…
Bhopal, Aug 23 (IANS) Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar was on Wednesday granted bail in an abduction case by the Indore High Court in Madhya Pradesh, though she will be released only on…
Guwahati, Aug 23 (IANS) Hit by massive flooding of the Brahmaputra river, the Assam government on Wednesday said it has urged the Centre to take up with China at the diplomatic level the issue of…
Patna, Aug 23 (IANS) The flood situation remained grim in Bihar as the death toll rose to 367 on Wednesday, an official said. A Bihar Disaster Management Department official said 158.305 lakh persons in 2,313…
Kolkata, Aug 23 (IANS) As many as 55,000 petrol pumps across India will distribute LED bulbs, tubelights and energy efficient fans in a bid to ease access to these items, an official of the Energy…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The national capital on Wednesday had some respite from the heat as a spell of rainfall led to a slight drop in the mercury with the maximum temperature recorded at…
Mumbai, Aug 23 (IANS) A day after Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis dismissed allegations of a Rs 18,000 crore landscam in allotting 30 hectares of land in Aarey Milk Colony for a Metro rail car…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The Delhi government on Wednesday said it has seized nearly 8,000 kg of polythene bags thinner than 50 microns, two weeks after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned them. Delhi…
Kolkata, Aug 23 (IANS) The United States has evinced “keen interest” to partner in International Solar Alliance’s (ISA) projects and programmes, its Director General said here on Wednesday. “India and the US are equally interested…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Statues of 101 life-sized baby elephant that have been transformed into beautiful works of art will be exhibited in Indian cities as part of the 22nd edition of the international…
Mumbai, Aug 23 (IANS) Actress Richa Chadha is saddened to see the condition of the beaches and roads here during Ganesh Chaturthi, which will begin on Friday. So, she has lent support to an initiative…
Lucknow, Aug 23 (IANS) Heavy rains lashed the Uttar Pradesh capital on Wednesday, bringing respite from humidity. The rains led to traffic jams in many places in the city. Water logging was reported from Indira…
Chitwan (Nepal), Aug 23 (IANS) Nepal has brought back four one-horned rhinoceros that were swept away across the Indian border and nearby settlements in the recent monsoon floods, officials said on Wednesday. At least six…
Srinagar, Aug 23 (IANS) A school teacher was on Wednesday mauled by a leopard in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said. School teacher Muhammad Yusuf Mir was attacked, while he was on way to school,…
By Vishal Narayan New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The death of 10 sanitation workers in the national capital alone has finally got people talking about a not so guarded secret: despite a ban on manual…
Kolkata, Aug 23 (IANS) The prediction by a team of physicists led by IISER-Kolkata on how the corona of the sun would look during the August 21 ‘Great American Solar Eclipse’ has captured “almost all…
Dehradun, Aug 23 (IANS) Heavy rains continued to batter Uttarakhand on Wednesday, causing inconvenience to commuters. Dehradun, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Roorkee, Pauri and Kotdwar witnessed heavy rains in the morning. Water-logging has been reported from several…
Canberra, Aug 23 (IANS) Ancient snakes may have been more adept at moving through water and living underground than their contemporary counterparts, research published by Australian scientists said on Wednesday. Researchers from South Australia’s Flinders…
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) With no sign of Gujarat parting with its free-ranging Asiatic lions for reintroduction and conservation purposes, the Madhya Pradesh forest department is now eyeing lions and cubs…