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…
Srinagar, Jan 4 (IANS) Nightlong rain and snowfall on Wednesday finally ended an over-six month long dry spell in Jammu and Kashmir, the weather office said. Moderate to light snowfall occurred in the higher reaches…
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) It was a foggy Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 8.9 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky would remain…
Agartala/Guwahati/Shillong, Jan 3 (IANS) A woman was killed and some others were injured in Tripura when a 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit India’s northeastern region and Bangladesh on Tuesday. There was no report of any major damage…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) At least 75 trains were running late and 17 cancelled due to dense fog in parts of northern India on Tuesday, railway officials said. As many as 47 trains were…
Agartala/Guwahati/Shillong, Jan 3 (IANS) A 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit India’s northeastern region and Bangladesh on Tuesday. There was no report of any major damage, officials said. “The quake hit most states of the northeastern region at…
Washington, Jan 3 (IANS) With the US federal treasury getting $42 million for a renewable energy project bid and the wind industry creating huge number of jobs, US President-elect Donald Trump’s promise on a rollback…
Beijing, Jan 3 (IANS) Twenty-five Chinese cities are on red alert due to severe air pollution, officials said on Tuesday. This is the first red alert issued in the new year in China, following similar…
Lucknow, Jan 3 (IANS) The cold wave intensified further in most parts of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday with icy ‘purva’ winds bringing down the mercury. At some places, including the state capital, the sky was…
Seoul, Jan 3 (IANS) South Korea authorities on Tuesday said that the latest bird flu outbreak that has forced the culling of more than 30 million chicken and other poultry nationwide since November is almost…
Srinagar, Jan 3 (IANS) Light drizzle greeted the residents here on Tuesday morning as the weather office forecast rain and snow in Jammu and Kashmir from evening onwards. “Rain in the plains and snow in…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) At least 55 trains were running late and six cancelled due to dense fog in parts of north India on Tuesday morning, a railway official said. As many as 22…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) There was a dense fog here on Tuesday morning with the minimum temperature recorded at 9.5 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average. “The sky will remain clear in…
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) The gardens at Rashtrapati Nilayam, or the President’s southern residence, in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad, will open for public viewing from January 3 to 10, said an official…
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) As 2017 began, wildlife crime accelearated with multiple cases of poaching and seizures of protected and vulnerable species, including hundreds of turtles in West Bengal and sambars…