New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The PUC (Pollution Under Control) system – the only one to check emissions from on-road vehicles – is extremely weak and incompetent, said the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)…
Agra, Feb 3 (IANS) A six-feet-long Indian Rock Python was rescued by the Wildlife SOS Rapid Response Unit from Agra Water Works along the Yamuna here on Friday. Shivamurti Garad, the safety manager of the…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 3 (IANS) The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has said Kerala’s award-winning “Responsible Tourism” initiative is a model for other tourist destinations to replicate. According to the Kerala Tourism Department, UNWTO has…
Pune, Feb 3 (IANS) A mother leopard cautiously but happily reunited with her two cubs which had been caught by farmers but later left in a field for her to spot. The Wildlife SOS and…
New York, Feb 3 (IANS) A new Zika vaccine tested in animals has the potential to provide long-term protection against the virus with a single dose, scientists say. “We observed rapid and durable protective immunity…
Lucknow, Feb 3 (IANS) The winter chill is finally on its way out in Uttar Pradesh as in the last 24-hours, the mercury has risen significantly, the weather office said on Friday morning. Director of…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) At least three trains were cancelled, 32 trains delayed and five were rescheduled on Friday due to fog in many parts of north India, a railway official said. According to…
Jammu, Feb 3 (IANS) Scores of vehicles remained stranded on Friday as landslides have blocked the Jammu-Srinagar highway. No traffic will be allowed on the highway from Jammu or Srinagar as road clearance operations are…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) It was a foggy Friday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 9 degrees Celsius, normal for the season’s average. “The sky would remain clear during…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday pulled up government authorities for “depressing state” of Anand Vihar area in national capital and asked various senior officials to appear before it to…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Indian government has started looking for a suitable site in coastal Andhra Pradesh for setting up nuclear power plants with Russian assistance, Parliament was informed on Thursday. “The site…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) An in-principle approval to set up six light-water nuclear reactors in Andhra Pradesh has been given, the government told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. “The approval has been given for…
By Kushagra Dixit and Ashish Mishra New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) While wetlands are naturally programmed to help with disaster control, and are also a source of water, food, and even medicinal plants, they are…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Union Environment Ministry will start a radio outreach and awareness generation campaign to sensitise the people about conservation of wetlands to mark the ‘World Wetlands Day-2017’, an official statement…
Moscow, Feb 2 (IANS) Russian state-run atomic energy corporation Rosatom on Thursday announced its foray into wind energy development through a partnership between its subsidiary OTEK with the Dutch firm Lagerwey. “Rosatom to partner Dutch…
Moscow, Feb 2 (IANS) Russian state-run atomic energy corporation Rosatom on Thursday announced its foray into wind energy development through a partnership between its subsidiary OTEK with the Dutch firm Lagerwey State Atomic Energy Corporation….
Shimla, Feb 2 (IANS) After days of dry weather, the cold may return to Himachal Pradesh with chances of a widespread snow and rain this weekend, weather officials said on Thursday. “There are chances of…
Jammu, Feb 2 (IANS) One-way traffic will be allowed on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway on Thursday, officials here said. “Vehicles will be allowed to move from Jammu to Srinagar and no vehicle will be allowed…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) It was a foggy Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 8.6 degrees Celsius, normal for the season’s average. The Met has forecast the day…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Environment Ministry is proposed to be allocated Rs 2,675.42 crore in the 2017-18 Union Budget, an increase of Rs 399.42 crore over the last fiscal. In 2016-17, the ministry…