New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Thursday that the Railways had taken several green initiatives and would produce 1,000 MW solar energy. Addressing a function to mark signing of Letters…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Light showers in the national capital dropped the mercury by 9 degrees Celsius on Thursday evening while the the maximum temperature settled at 28.4 degrees, average for the season, the…
Chandigarh, March 9 (IANS) The issue of “land allotment” to Ramdev’s Patanjali Yogpeeth in Morni Hills near Chandigarh rocked the Haryana assembly on Thursday with opposition members alleging that the BJP government was showing undue…
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) The controversial project of the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) in West Bengal’s Bhangar, over which there were clashes recently, is a threat to the ecosystem of fragile wetlands…
By Saurabh Katkurwar New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Even if the US pulls out of the Paris Agreement, as President Donald Trump has threatened to do, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will bank on…
Shimla, March 9 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh capital Shimla witnessed the season’s heaviest precipitation of ice pellets on Thursday, pushing down the mercury by several notches and covering the city in a white shroud. “Shimla and…
Shimla, March 9 (IANS) A moderate intensity tremor rocked Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district on Thursday, the third one in just over a month. However, no loss of life or damage to property has been reported…
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) Indian researchers have for the first time reported milk theft in pups from surrogate mother dogs, a finding that could aid in responsible training and breeding programmes. “Milk theft has never…
Sydney, March 9 (IANS) “Clean” coal technologies will not be commercially viable until at least 2030, an Australian report revealed on Thursday. The report, published by Australian energy research firm RepuTex, said the idea of…
Dehradun, March (IANS) In its bid to help clean Ganga, the Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee (IIT-R) here on Thursday adopted ‘Aviral Ganga’ campaign, vowing to give time in spreading awareness about the river’s importance. As…
Bengaluru, March 8 (IANS) Pre-summer rains and thundershowers since Monday cooled the Karnataka capital, reeling under soaring temperatures, said a met official on Wednesday. “The forecast for this week is a few spells of more…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Anil Madhav Dave, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, on Wednesday launched a web portal for obtaining Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance. “The system will enable the…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The work on linking the rivers Ken and Betwa may start by the middle of this year, Union Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Vijay…
Ghaziabad, March 8 (IANS) The monster of air pollution is the second biggest killer in the National Capital Region (NCR), environmentalists have said here and asked people to combat and curb it. Delhi and its…
Shimla, March 8 (IANS) Ahead of a long weekend bonanza on account of the Holi festival, tourist resort Manali and Shimla’s nearby tourist spots in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday got snow, giving them a picturesque…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The Delhi Police on Wednesday filed forensic report in a case against environmentalist R.K. Pachauri, who has been accused of sexually harassing a colleague. The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report…
Jammu/Srinagar, March 8 (IANS) Fresh snowfall occurred in the higher reaches in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday while rain lashed the plains. “There has been fresh snowfall in Pahalgam and other places in the higher…
Jammu, March 8 (IANS) Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed on Wednesday due to bad weather triggering landslides in Ramban district of Jammu region. “Continuous nightlong rain has triggered shooting-stones and landslides in some portions of…
Jammu/Srinagar, March 8 (IANS) Fresh snowfall occurred in the higher reaches on Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday as rain lashed the plains. “There has been fresh snowfall in Pahalgam and other places in the higher…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) It was a cloudy Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 18.4 degrees Celsius, four notches above the season’s average. The maximum temperature is likely to hover around…