Cloudy Sunday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) It was a cloudy morning here on Sunday with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.5 degrees Celsius, normal for the season. The sky will remain partly cloudy and there is…
Environment
Flood situation deteriorates in Bengal’s Malda and South Dinajpur
Kolkata, Aug 19 (IANS) Notwithstanding an overall improvement in the flood scenario in northern West Bengal due to the reduced rainfall, the situation deteriorated in parts of Malda and South Dinajpur districts on Saturday, as…
NF railway hopes to restore full connectivity by Aug 28
Maligaon/Kolkata, Aug 19 (IANS) With the flood fury continuing in West Bengal and Bihar, train services on Northeast Frontier Railway were still in disarray, as its network still remained breached in Bihar’s Kishanganj, Katihar and…
River interlinking will reduce impact of floods: Uma Bharti
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Saturday reviewed the flood situation in different parts of the country and said that long-term solution to mitigate impact of floods and drought lies…
Civic bodies seize 250 kg of banned polythene
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) A week after the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) order to ban plastic bags less than 50 micron thickness in Delhi, the civic bodies on Saturday claimed to have seized about…
Rain brings respite, mercury drops 9 degrees in Delhi
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Rain in the national capital on Saturday brought the mercury down by nine degrees Celsius with the maximum temperature recorded at 29.6 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season’s average….
Sierra Leone mudslides, floods death toll rises to 467
Freetown, Aug 19 (IANS) The death toll in the mudslides and flooding in Sierra Leone has climbed to 467 and is expected to rise further, officials said. About 20,000 people have been displaced by the…
Assam floods: 225 animals dead in Kaziranga
Guwahati, Aug 19 (IANS) At least 225 animals have died in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam as a second wave of devastating floods lashed the state, park officials said on Saturday. As of Saturday,…
Privacy issues haunt Bihar’s flood-hit women
By Imran Khan Katihar/Kishanganj (Bihar), Aug 19 (IANS) Even as over 10 million people uprooted by the floods in 15 districts of Bihar grapple with survival issues amid inadequate relief, the womenfolk face problems of…
Heavy rain causes water-logging, traffic jams in Delhi
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Heavy rain in the national capital on Saturday brought relief from the sweltering heat but caused water-logging leading to traffic snarls in parts of the city. The temperature here on…
Scientists use supercomputers to preview total solar eclipse
Washington, Aug 19 (IANS) Using supercomputers, researchers have forecast how the corona of the sun — the aura of plasma that surrounds the sun and extends millions of kilometres into space — will look during…
Rainy Saturday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) It was a rainy Saturday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 29 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average. The Met has predicted thunderstorms…
UP power shortage adds to humidity woes
Lucknow, Aug 19 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh is facing an acute shortage of power as the demand for electricity has peaked due to humid conditions, an official said on Saturday. The power demand has touched a…
Huge opportunity in sustainable urbanisation in India: Amitabh Kant
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Friday said that India has a “huge opportunity” to go in for sustainable urbanisation. According to the Niti Aayog CEO Kant, urbanisation process has…
Bihar flood toll rises to 153
Patna, Aug 18 (IANS) With floods claiming 34 more lives Bihar in the last 24 hours, the death toll in the state rose to 153 on Friday, officials said. The flood situation remains grim in…
Strict implement plastic ban in Delhi: Minister
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Friday directed officials to strictly implement the ban on plastic carry bags of less than 50 microns, an official statement said. Hussain held a…
UN agencies rush aid to flood-hit Sierra Leone
New York, Aug 18 (IANS/WAM) United Nations agencies have stepped up efforts to aid displaced families affected by the deadly flooding and landslides in Sierra Leon’s capital Freetown and surrounding areas, a media report said…
Hot Friday in Delhi, rain to bring respite on Saturday
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) It was a hot Friday in the national capital, with the maximum temperature recorded at 38 degrees Celsius, four notches above the season’s average. However, the mercury is set to…
Norway arrests 35 Greenpeace activists
Oslo, Aug 18 (IANS) Norway’s Coast Guard have seized a Greenpeace vessel and arrested 35 activists after they violated the safety zone around a drilling rig in the Barents Sea, a media report said on…
Climate funds-financed Chinese plant to release 1.9 mn tonne CO2
Beijing, Aug 18 (IANS) A new coal-to-chemical plant in Shanxu province of China will release about 1.9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year, estimates Greenpeace East Asia. The coal-to-chemical plant, according to Greenpeace that…