New Zealand buoy to study ‘liquid Himalayas’
Wellington, Feb 9 (IANS) The New Zealand navy has launched a research buoy in the sub-Antarctic Southern Ocean to help a study on how ships can navigate mammoth waves known as the “liquid Himalayas”, the…
Wellington, Feb 9 (IANS) The New Zealand navy has launched a research buoy in the sub-Antarctic Southern Ocean to help a study on how ships can navigate mammoth waves known as the “liquid Himalayas”, the…
Panaji, Feb 8 (IANS) The phenomenon of ‘killer rip tides’ is being studied by ISRO in collaboration with a private lifeguard agency appointed by the Goa government to safeguard its beaches. Rip tides are one…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” (clean India mission) is not a government programme but a mass movement. Replying to the debate in the Rajya Sabha…
Kathmandu, Feb 8 (IANS) In order to promote tourism and provide easy flow of information during disasters, the Nepal government on Wednesday said free wifi zones would be set up on the Lukla-Everest Base Camp…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on Wednesday approached the Delhi High Court seeking to be relieved from the responsibility of catching monkeys which have been creating a menace in…
Ranchi, Feb 8 (IANS) The menace of animal bites is taking a heavy toll in Jharkhand with over a thousand people having died due to snake bites and more than 41,000 having been bitten by…
By Vishav New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Just spending money on Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) will not clean the Ganga river – what is needed is a comprehensive plan to stop sewage from entering the…
By Brij Khandelwal Vrindavan, Feb 8 (IANS) Once famous for its 12 dense forests and hundreds of water bodies, Vrindavan, the “leela-bhoomi”, sacred land, of Sri Krishna and his consort Radha, Hinduism’s popular divinities, is…
Jammu, Feb 8 (IANS) One-way vehicular movement was allowed on Wednesday on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, an official of the traffic department said. “Traffic will be allowed from Jammu to Srinagar today (Wednesday),” the official…
Sydney, Feb 8 (IANS) Scientists have discovered the remnants of a massive undersea landslide on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia, which occurred more than 300,000 years ago, a media report said…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) It was a cold Wednesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 9 degrees Celsius, the season’s average. The maximum temperature is likely to hover around…
Dubai, Feb 7 (IANS/WAM) Dubai Municipality on Tuesday marked the 20th National Environment Day based on “sustainable consumption and production” theme, reinforcing its vision of building a happy and sustainable city. The civic body organised…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Delhi’s upscale Connaught Place business hub remained closed in the first-half of Tuesday in protest against a new traffic and parking plan for the heritage marketplace. According to the New…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The EU-led Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, with over 7,000 member cities from all over the world, will be expanding to India starting from 2017, a statement said….
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Developing countries need finance to green their power sectors under the Paris Climate Change Agreement, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) said on Tuesday. Countries in Asia, Africa and…
Beijing, Feb 7 (IANS) China announced on Tuesday that it has approved two electric car projects worth 6.15 billion yuan ($896 million). After completion, the two projects will boast a combined output of 115,000 electric…
Agartala, Feb 7 (IANS) Efforts are on to run more vehicles on compressed natural gas (CNG) and supply piped natural gas (PNG) to households to turn Tripura into a green state, an official said on…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Delhi’s upscale Connaught Place business hub remained closed in the first half of Tuesday in protest against a new traffic and parking plan for the heritage marketplace. According to the…
Jakarta, Feb 7 (IANS) Mount Sinabung volcano in Indonesia’s North Sumatra continued to erupt on Tuesday, spewing a column of ash up to 2 km, a disaster agency official said. The ash spread to the…
Canberra, Feb 7 (IANS) Extremely dangerous fire weather will become increasingly prominent in Australia and the Mediterranean, a study has found. The study, published by the University of Tasmania (UTAS) on Tuesday, assessed 23 million…