New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) It was a pleasant Friday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 15.4 degrees Celsius, four notches above the season’s average. The weather office has predicted…
Wellington, Feb 17 (IANS) Ministers from China and New Zealand met here on Friday to discuss climate change, and experience and expertise in the field, a media report said. After the bilateral talks, New Zealand…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Following a Supreme Court-appointed committee’s advocacy of better air-quality monitoring in the national capital and neighbouring regions, the Delhi government on Thursday announced setting up of 20 more stations. The…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The national capital experienced a pleasant weather on Thursday, with the maximum temperature settling at 27.6 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average. The Met Office has, however, forecast…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) With solar power retail tariff becoming more competitive, Amplus Energy Solutions has announced its signing of a contract worth Rs 5 crore with Snapdeal to install 1 MW rooftop solar…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 16 (IANS) The carcass of a whale was found washed ashore on a Puri beach on Thursday. The whale, which was found at Balukhanda beach of Puri, was measured to be more than…
Wellington, Feb 16 (IANS) A wildfire has destroyed at least 11 homes and forced the evacuation of more than 1,000 people in New Zealand’s Christchurch city, authorities said on Thursday. Around 450 homes were officially…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Nalco has signed an agreement with Teri for various scientific, technological and educational activities in the area of mining rehabilitation and sustainable development, said a statement on Thursday. The Memorandum…
New York, Feb 16 (IANS) Sea ice in the Antarctic has shrunk to its lowest level since records began nearly four decades ago, preliminary US satellite data has shown. Figures from the US National Snow…
Manila, Feb 16 (IANS) Mining companies in the Philippines accused the government on Thursday of wanting to kill the industry after it unveiled plans to cancel 75 mining contracts and ordered the closure of 23…
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…