By Akanki Sharma New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Using the toilet in school was an ordeal for 15-year-old Vineetha two years ago because of poor sanitation and cleanliness. A class 10 student at ZPHS Kodurupadu…
Washington, Feb 22 (IANS) NASA’s Fermi gamma-ray space telescope has found a signal at the centre of the neighbouring Andromeda galaxy that could be coming from dark matter, an unknown substance that makes up most…
By Vishal Gulati Shimla, Feb 22 (IANS) As the population of the western tragopan, a brilliantly-coloured Asian pheasant species, hovers on the brink of extinction globally, Himachal Pradesh is engaged in breeding its state bird…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) It was a sunny Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 12 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average, the weather office said. The sky will remain…
Jammu, Feb 22 (IANS) The strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway was on Wednesday reopened for one-way traffic after two days. According to a traffic department official, vehicles will be allowed to move from here to Srinagar….
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Delhi Lt. Governor Anil Baijal on Tuesday directed the concerned agencies to control road dust, coal dust and fly ash to contain air pollution in the city. LG also ordered…
Jakarta, Feb 21 (IANS) Thousands of houses in Jakarta were inundated by floodwaters on Tuesday following torrential rains overnight, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes, Indonesian authorities said. Floodwaters as high as 150…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Within days of medical journal ‘The Lancet’ reporting that over a million people die in India annually due to air pollution, Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave on Tuesday said…
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s “Gujarat ke Gadhe (Donkeys of Gujarat)” jibe might have been meant to score points in a bitter electoral battle, but it…
Beijing, Feb 21 (IANS) China has built a field laboratory in the disputed South China Sea to collect marine data and collect sediment samples. According to People’s Daily’s English website people.cn, the focus of the…
Paris, Feb 21 (IANS) French authorities will cull 600,000 ducks in the Landes region due to bird flu, the Agriculture Minister said on Tuesday. Speaking about the radical measure in an interview, Stephane Le Foll…
Beijing, Feb 21 (IANS) China has discovered a new mutation of the H7N9 bird flu virus, which is being considered the deadliest till now, a media report said on Tuesday. The new strain is more…
London, Feb 21 (IANS) Increased surface ocean temperatures during the strong 2016 El Nino led to a major coral die-off in the Maldives, and this has caused reef growth rates to collapse, says a study….
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) It was a clear Tuesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 16.4 degrees Celsius, five notches above the season’s average. “The sky was clear in the morning and…
Jammu, Feb 21 (IANS) The Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for the second consecutive day Tuesday stranding scores of vehicles and passengers on the over 300 km long road, an official said. No traffic would…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) unveiled a “one of a kind” park here on Monday which is adorned with artistic installations built with waste material from Metro construction sites…
Jammu, Feb 20 (IANS) Heavy rains hampered landslide clearance operations on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Monday, leading to its closure. Multiple landslides occurred in Ramban district of Jammu region on Monday night. Sonam Lotus, Director…
Shimla, Feb 20 (IANS) The hills of picturesque tourist resorts Manali and Shimla on Monday saw rainfall, while high hills in Himachal Pradesh received a fresh spell of snowfall. Shimla and its upper reaches like…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday directed the West Bengal Environment Secretary to appear before it on Wednesday along with a status report on the critically and severely polluted areas in…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 20 (IANS) The endangered Olive Ridley turtles have laid a record 3.55 lakh eggs on Odisha coast within a span of one week, an official said on Monday. “Over 3,55,000 eggs have been…