Sydney, Feb 16 (IANS) Researchers on Thursday revealed that they have discovered more evidence on the degradation of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. As water temperatures continue to rise, coral bleaching grows as a threat to…
Sydney, Feb 16 (IANS) An Australian dog that gained international fame for saving a colony of penguins has died at age 15, the media reported. Oddball, the fluffy Maremma, died from natural causes after a…
Srinagar, Feb 16 (IANS) The temperature in most parts of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday remained above the freezing point, for the first time this season, the weather office said. The minimum temperature in Srinagar…
New York, Feb 16 (IANS) January 2017 was just a little cooler than last year and its temperature matched that for the same month in 2007, making it the third warmest January in 137 years…
Washington, Feb 16 (IANS) Washington’s Smithsonian National Zoo began a series of public events in preparation to send off a giant panda named Bao Bao back to China. “All of our fans are very sad…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) It was a sunny Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded 13 degrees Celsius, normal for the season’s average. Met has forecast a partly cloudy day…
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Bajaj Auto on Wednesday said all its two- and three-wheelers manufactured from January 2017 are compliant with BS IV norms and demanded no amnesty be granted in meeting the deadline…
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended its status quo order on the land acquired in Punjab for the construction of Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal, giving Punjab time till February 20…
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in collaboration with two US agencies on Wednesday announced the launch of a survey that would rate the energy efficiency and commuter-friendliness of the…
Mumbai, Feb 15 (IANS) Packaging and processing major Tetra Pak has tied up with Mumbai’s famed ‘dabbawalas’ or lunch box carriers for a unique initiative — Cartons Le Aao, Classroom Banao — to fund education…
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Solar tariffs in India may rise by nearly 10 per cent if current tax exemptions are curtailed under the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, a local think-tank dealing…
Srinagar, Feb 15 (IANS) Spells of rain in the plains and light snowfall in the mountains during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir was forecast by the weather office on Wednesday. “Under the…
By Vishal Gulati Gushaini (Kullu), Feb 15 (IANS) She is an octogenarian and lives all alone in the Unesco-tagged Great Himalayan National Park in the picturesque Kullu Valley of Himachal Pradesh. The authorities say she…
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) It was a clear Wednesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 9.8 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season’s average. “The day ahead will remain…
Beijing , Feb 14 (IANS) A woman who was nicknamed “Pangolin Princess” in China after she posted online images of various cooked wildlife that she had eaten has been held by police, authorities said on…
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Reprimanding the Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (UPJN) officials for pursuing “incorrect methods” in designing and constructing Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs), doing no field work and “wasting” public money, the National…
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the CBI to probe alleged irregularities in the cleaning up of river Ganga by the Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam. The tribunal found…
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Over half of the deaths across the world caused by air pollution were in India and China where 2.2 million people died in 2015, a study said on Tuesday. Air…
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the CBI to probe alleged irregularities in the cleaning up of river Ganga by the Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam. The tribunal found…
Johannesburg, Feb 14 (IANS) A reptile related to early mammals was the first to produce venom in order to survive the rough conditions offered by the deadly South African environment 260 million years ago –…