By Amit Bhandari A $48-billion (Rs 3.26 lakh crore) penalty claimed by the US government from Volkswagen for cheating on diesel car emissions is about 200 times as large as the $225 million (Rs 1,500…
Bangkok, Feb 19 (IANS) A sanctuary in Thailand has become the only site in Southeast Asia where tigers are confirmed to be increasing in population, says a study. The Government of Thailand, in collaboration with…
New York, Feb 19 (IANS) A widespread and permanent loss of forests in Madagascar that occurred 1,000 years ago was due not to climate change or any natural disaster, but to human settlers who set…
Kochi, Feb 19 (IANS) Venturing into the modern agri-farming, state owned INKEL Limited has introduced a yellow seedless hybrid of watermelons for the first time in the Kerala market. The unique variety of the thirst…
(151225) — BEIJING, Dec. 25, 2015 (Xinhua) — A cyclist takes photos of the smog-shrouded Palace Museum turret in Beijing, Dec. 25, 2015. An orange alarm has been issued to alert smog and air pollution…
Beijing, Feb 19 (IANS) The largest desert reservoir in Asia, Hongyashan, in China’s Gansu province, will expand its storage by 49 percent to ease desertification in region, authorities said on Friday. The storage capacity of…
Panaji, Feb 18 (IANS) Bikes are cool, leather riding jackets are not. That’s the message PETA is trying to send across at the India Bike Week, which is scheduled to start in Goa on Friday….
Sydney, Feb 17 (IANS) A 17-foot-long snake, believed to be an amethystine python, was seen at a caravan park in Australia devouring a kangaroo. The snake was seen unhinging its jaw to make room for…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 16 (IANS) Another carcass of a whale – the fourth so far this month – was washed ashore in Odisha’s Puri district on Tuesday, a forest department official said. The decomposed carcass was…
London, Feb 16 (IANS) Improved agricultural water management could significantly boost agricultural production and reduce hunger while at the same time making up for population growth, say, researchers. Investing in crop water management could have…
Bengaluru, Feb 15 (IANS) A hunt is on for a leopard that escaped on Monday from the zoo where it was caged after its capture on February 7 in a private school in the city,…
Panaji, Feb 15 (IANS) Goa Forest and Environment Minister Rajendra Arlekar on Monday said there was no possibility of the peacock, India’s national bird, being relegated to the list of vermin. Arlekar was speaking to…
New York, Feb 13 (IANS) Earth and environmental scientists are relying on affordable advanced technological drones to conduct long-term high-resolution experiments at a much lower cost than using aircrafts or satellites. “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)…
Panaji, Feb 13 (IANS) Modern techniques should be used to keep peacocks and bisons away from farmland instead of culling them, but wild boars and monkeys are a menace and could be declared vermin, says…
Nay Pyi Taw, Feb 12 (IANS) More natural gas was discovered in the deep-sea offshore block AD-7 at Thalin (1) exploration well in Myanmar’s western Rakhine Basin offshore, sources in the Myanmar Oil and Gas…
New Delhi: Volunteers stand on Delhi roads with placards on the Day-1 of implementation of the state government’s odd even formula in the national capital on Jan 1, 2016. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) New Delhi, Feb…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) As the AAP government announced bringing back of odd-even scheme in the national capital, a PIL was filed at the Delhi High Court against the decision, saying the rise in…
New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) Prakash Javadekar briefs the media on air pollution, in New Delhi on Dec 30, 2015. (Photo: IANS/PIB) By Priyanka Paldev (Madhya…
Washington, Feb 11 (IANS) The US Supreme Court’s surprise decision to halt President Barack Obama’s climate change regulation could imperil the Paris accord and raise doubts in India and China about US commitments, according to…
New Delhi: Policemen stop cars with odd registration numbers on the Day-4 of implementation of the state government’s odd even formula in the national capital, on Jan 4, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 11…