Days turn cold, nights colder across north India
By Nirmal Anshu Ranjan New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Just as most of us were tempted to believe that the winter won’t be that cold this time round, a sudden change in weather conditions across…
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Maximum temperature rises but Delhi likely to continue shivering
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Cold wave strengthened its grip over the national capital which saw its coldest morning on Thursday with the mercury dipping to 3.4 degrees Celsius. Residents will continue to shiver with…
Chilly winds continue to sweep Rajasthan
Jaipur, Jan 12 (IANS) Chilly winds continued to blow across Rajasthan on Thursday, with the minimum temperature dropping to minus 1.9 degrees celsius in Churu. Mount Abu, the only hill station in the desert state,…
SC refuses to allow Jallikattu
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to pass an interim order for allowing the bull taming sport — Jallikattu — during the Pongal festival in Tamil Nadu on Saturday. A…
In Haryana’s Narnaul mercury dips to sub-zero level
Chandigarh, Jan 12 (IANS) Narnaul in Haryana was the coldest place in the region with the minimum temperature slipping below the freezing point on Thursday. Most of the places in Punjab and Haryana experienced a…
No end to EDMC strike, AAP alleges misuse of funds
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) With the strike by civic staff in east Delhi entering its seventh day on Thursday, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) alleged that sanitation workers were “being compelled” to go on…
‘Need to preserve vegetations that hold rainwater’
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) Opting for and preserving vegetations that hold monsoon rainwater, such as paddy and coconut plantations, is one aspect to clean the Ganga, said architect and planner Dilip Da Cunha. “One aspect…
Flights cancelled ahead of snowy conditions in UK
London, Jan 12 (IANS) Flights were on Thursday cancelled amid warnings of blizzard conditions set to sweep across the UK. London’s Heathrow Airport said there were about 100 cancellations, the BBC reported. The Met Office…
China to build research centre in South China Sea
Beijing, Jan 12 (IANS) China announced on Thursday a five-year plan to develop clean energy and open a research centre in the South China Sea – which could escalate tensions in the hotly-contested waters. The…
75% of Japan’s biggest coral reef died from bleaching
Tokyo, Jan 12 (IANS) Almost three-quarters of Japans biggest coral reef has died, according to a report that blames its demise on rising sea temperatures caused by global warming. The Japanese Environment Ministry in its…
Icicles form in Shimla, sub-zero temperatures freeze HP
Shimla, Jan 12 (IANS) Icicles formed in a large part of this Himachal Pradesh capital after many years with the minimum temperature remaining below sub-zero on the sixth consecutive day on Thursday. The weathermen forecast…
Chimps prefer to choose genetically different mates: Study
New York, Jan 12 (IANS) When seeking a mate, chimpanzees get more selective and choose a partner whose genetic makeup most differs from their own, researchers have found. The study showed that chimps can differentiate…
200 dogs rescued from South Korean meat farm
Seoul, Jan 12 (IANS) Two hundred canines have been rescued from a South Korean dog meat farm, an Non Government Organisation said on Thursday. The dogs, rescued in Gangwon province where the 2018 Winter Olympics…
NGT pulls up Centre, Delhi government over garbage mess
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Irked over the garbage menace in Delhi due to East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) sanitation workers’ strike, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday pulled up Delhi government, civic bodies…
SC refuses to allow Jallikattu
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to pass an interim order for organising the bull taming sport — Jallikattu — during the ensuing Pongal festival. A division bench headed by…
36 killed in Thailand floods
Bangkok, Jan 12 (IANS) Thirty-six people have died and one was reported missing in floods caused by torrential rains in southern Thailand, officials said on Thursday. According to the latest report by the Department of…
Delhi shivers as mercury drops to 2 degrees
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The national capital continued to be in the grip of a cold wave on Thursday as the mercury dipped to two degrees Celsius at various places, a weather official said….
Elephant found dead in Bengal
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) An elephant was found dead in a West Bengal village on Thursday, a forest department official said. Talking to IANS, Divisional Forest Officer of Rupnarayan Division in Midnapore district, Arnab Sengupta,…
Leh town freezes at minus 18, Srinagar shivers at minus 5
Srinagar, Jan 12 (IANS) This summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir shivered at minus five degrees Celsius on Thursday while Leh in the Ladakh region frozen at minus 17.7 degrees overnight. “Leh town recorded the…
Cold wave sweeps Uttarakhand
Dehradun, Jan 12 (IANS) Following heavy snowfall in many regions, an intense cold wave in Uttarakhand have forced people to stay indoors as the mercury plummeted below average in most places. According to the regional…