New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) said on Thursday that the union Environment Ministry’s notification exempting construction projects up to an area of 150,000 sq mtrs from obtaining clearance shall not…
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) A 75-seat bus powered by biogas will soon ferry passengers in this metropolis from March 30. The operators claim it will be India’s first such bus service. A nominal fare of…
By Vishal Gulati New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) In the past two years, the world witnessed the longest bleaching event ever recorded, which killed coral on an unprecedented scale, a latest international study says. In…
Brisbane, Jan 5 (IANS) The world’s smallest jellyfish have been causing havoc in Australia’s north coast over the festive summer period after a 10th victim was transferred to hospital from a spate of stings. A…
Dubai, Jan 5 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has banned the keeping of wild animals as pets. The new law banned dealing in and ownership of “all types of wild and domesticated but dangerous…
Beijing, Jan 5 (IANS) China will cut coal consumption in its total energy use and raise the share of clean energy before 2020, according to the latest plan for the energy sector. The share of…
Lucknow, Jan 5 (IANS) Dense fog enveloped the Uttar Pradesh (UP) state capital on Thursday morning along with icy winds bringing down the mercury. Regional Met Office Director J.P. Gupta said the fog would continue…
Srinagar, Jan 5 (IANS) A cold wave gripped the Kashmir Valley on Thursday as night temperatures remained below zero degree, a MET department official said. “Cold wave is likely to tighten its grip further over…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) At least 70 trains were running late and seven others cancelled on Thursday morning due to dense fog in parts of north India, a railway official said. According to the…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) It was a foggy Thursday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 10.4 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky would remain…
Canberra, Jan 5 (IANS) Australia experienced the fourth-warmest year on records in 2016, a year which had extreme weather events and was wetter than average overall, an official report revealed on Thursday. Last year, the…
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Karnataka to continue to release 2,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu till it decided on the batch of petitions challenging the Cauvery Water…
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) A female adult jackal that wondered into a government office in Vasant Vihar here was rescued and released in the wild on Wednesday. The rescuers from animal welfare organisation Wildlife…
Washington, Jan 4 (IANS) Urbanisation is affecting the genetic makeup of species that are crucial to the ecosystem health and success, says a study. The findings open new opportunities for advancing our understanding of the…
Beijing, Jan 4 (IANS) Heavy fog and smog continued to create havoc across north and central China on Wednesday, grounding flights and bringing traffic to a standstill. Several expressways in Beijing, including sections linking the…
London, Jan 4 (IANS) A new report by a think-tank sees Brexit as an opportunity to reshape the British farming industry to support small producers, instead of subsidising landowners. The report by sustainability focused think-tank,…
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) While environment diplomacy at the UN climate change conference in Marrakech last November became uncertain after Donald Trump, a climate change sceptic, won the US presidential elections,…
New York, Jan 4 (IANS) Green innovations must be developed and spread globally 10 times faster than in the past if we are to limit warming to below the Paris Agreement’s two degrees Celsius target,…
Lucknow, Jan 4 (IANS) Extreme cold wave conditions in Uttar Pradesh continued to prevail on Wednesday, with overcast skies and prediction of rain in some parts of the state is likely to worsen the weather….
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) At least 67 trains were running late and six cancelled due to dense fog in parts of north India on Wednesday morning, a railway official said. Out of the six…