Jammu, Feb 27 (IANS) One-way traffic was allowed on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway on Monday due to bad road conditions, officials here said. The nearly 300 km-long journey which normally takes six to seven hours…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The national capital experienced a pleasant day on Sunday with the maximum temperature settling at 27.6 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, the Met office said. It has…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 26 (IANS) Endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles, which were tagged for the purpose of studying their migration pattern, have returned for mass nesting to the Odisha coast. The tagged Olive Ridley turtles have…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Every citizen is making efforts towards a clean India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. “The government, society, institutions, organisations, citizens and in fact everyone is making some or…
London, Feb 26 (IANS) If you are living in a neighbourhood surrounded by trees and shrubs, with birds chirping all the time, there are less chances for you to suffer from anxiety or stress, a…
London, Feb 26 (IANS) Four rare tortoises rescued in Hong Kong from illegal smugglers went on show for the first time in their new home at Britain’s Chester Zoo. The ploughshare tortoises, regarded by conservationists…
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Ashwem (Goa), Feb 26 (IANS) As Panaji resounded with the din and applause of thousands of colourfully-clad, masked Carnival revellers over the weekend, another carnival, one marked by an air of organic…
Patna, Feb 25 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday stressed on the need for a national debate for a clean and pollution-free Ganga river. “If we want to save river Ganga, there should…
Patna, Feb 25 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday publicly announced that he and his government are against the central government’s proposed Allahabad-Haldia national inland waterways project on the river Ganga via the…
London, Feb 25 (IANS) Tens of thousands of children at over 800 schools, nurseries and colleges in London are being exposed to illegal levels of air pollution that risk causing lifelong health problems, a media…
Agartala, Feb 25 (IANS) Two separate quakes of varying magnitude hit India’s northeastern region and Bangladesh on Saturday. There was no report of any major damage, officials said. The first tremor of magnitude 3.5 on…
Agartala, Feb 25 (IANS) Tripura has initiated organic farming in the state and would take lessons from Sikkim on this, Agriculture Minister Aghore Debbarma said here on Saturday. “To expand the organic farming of vegetables…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) It was a sunny Saturday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 13.5 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average, the weather office said. The sky will remain…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) As children in Delhi continue to be affected by high pollution levels, doctors have urged parents to conduct Lung Health Screening Test (LHST) for their children as their vital organs…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The wind power sector in India discovered the record low tariff of under Rs 3.50 per unit on Friday following the first ever auction by the government for setting up…
Shenzhen (China), Feb 24 (IANS) More than 3,300 live tortoises smuggled from Hong Kong were seized in China’s Guangdong province, officials said. The tortoises, weighing 86 kgs in total, were discovered by Huanggang Customs in…
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) Nature’s clock is running fast in the Arctic, thanks to climate change. Due to diminishing sea ice cover, spring is coming sooner to some plant species in the low Arctic…
Chennai, Feb 24 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Friday planted a sapling here to mark the late Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa’s 69th birth anniversary. The sapling was planted at the Government Multi…
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) Standing with heels planted allows humans more swinging force when fighting, but the heel-down posture also makes us bad at fleeing, says a study. In contrast, many other species of…
Wellington, Feb 24 (IANS) Penguins are much older than previously thought and their evolution probably dates back to dinosaur times, said a study on Friday of a giant ancient penguin fossil found in New Zealand….