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….
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) It was a sunny Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 12.4 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average, the weather office said. The sky will remain…
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) Activists held a protest outside a local slaughterhouse against the killing of a bull that escaped and became an instant TV celebrity as it was pursued by police in a…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) All set to take a glimpse of its marine and sub-marine animal life, the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) will count crocodiles, gharials and otters residing in the park after almost…
Chandigarh, Feb 23 (IANS) The Haryana government has made it mandatory for all private schools to install solar systems to make them self-sufficient in the field of electricity, an official said on Thursday. “A special…
Chennai, Feb 23 (IANS) Environmental activists and retired judges say that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Isha Foundation in Coimbatore to unveil the 112-foot face of Lord Shiva would legitimise illegal constructions by the…
London, Feb 23 (IANS) London’s Heathrow airport on Thursday announced a 10 per cent reduction in flights due to bad weather conditions brought on by storm Doris. Parts of Britain were being battered by rain…
Washington, Feb 23 (IANS) US officials plan to enter a closed camp site near the Dakota Access Pipeline on Thursday following the arrest of 10 people after a deadline to leave the area expired. North…
By Vishal Gulati New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) India has some of the most polluted cities in the world. It also needs to create jobs. So it is not rocket science to figure out that…
By Nitin Bansal It is estimated that nearly 70 per cent of the buildings that will exist in Indian cities by 2030 are yet to be built. Which means that India is unlikely to lose…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) It was a sunny Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 11 degrees Celsius, normal for the season’s average. The sky is likely to remain…
Bali, Feb 23 (IANS) The UN Environment Programme on Thursday launched an unprecedented global campaign to eliminate major sources of marine litter – microplastics in cosmetics and the excessive, wasteful usage of single-use plastic -…