Toronto, Dec 25 (IANS) If countries abide by the Paris Agreement’s global warming target of 1.5 degrees Celsius, potential fish catches could increase by six million metric tonnes per year, estimates a new study. The…
Jammu/Srinagar, Dec 25 (IANS) Christmas brought some relief for the dry spell hit Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday as the weather office forecast light rain and snowfall at isolated places in the state. “There was…
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) It was a pleasant Sunday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 11.4 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky will remain…
Seoul, Dec 25 (IANS) South Korean authorities announced on Sunday they had culled 22.5 million birds so far this winter and plan to put down another three million in the coming days to contain the…
Chandigarh, Dec 25 (IANS) Giving a break to a prolonged dry spell this winter, Chandigarh and parts of neighbouring Punjab and Haryana received rainfall early on Sunday. The rain came as a relief on the…
New York, Dec 24 (IANS) Studying a diverse group of solitary, desert bees, researchers have reported identification of nine new species of the genus Perdita, including two ant-like males. These solitary bees are not major…
Shimla, Dec 24 (IANS) Thousands of holiday-makers are heading to hill destinations across Himachal Pradesh to enjoy the Yuletide spirit amidst snow but the weather bureau on Saturday forecast no White Christmas. According to the…
London, Dec 24 (IANS) British-born astronaut Piers Sellers has died of pancreatic cancer, aged 61, Nasa has said. Sellers, a climate scientist and former astronaut gained fame late in life for his eloquent commentary about…
Srinagar, Dec 24 (IANS) A bitter cold wave continued unabated in the Kashmir Valley on Saturday and will remain for at least the next 24 hours, the weather office announced. Frost and fog in the…
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Fifty-two trains were delayed and one other was cancelled on Saturday due to fog in most parts of north India, a railway official said. According to the Northern Railway official,…
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) It was a foggy Saturday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 8 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the season, the weather office said. According to the…
London, Dec 24 (IANS) Temperatures at the North Pole could be up to 20 degrees higher than average this Christmas Eve, in what scientists say is a record-breaking heatwave, a media report said on Saturday….
Dhaka, Dec 23 (IANS) The Wildlife Crime Control Unit of Bangladesh’s Forest Department has rescued about 300 birds of different rare and endangered species, officials said on Friday. Unit officials in collaboration with law enforcers…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The foundation stone for India’s first second generation ethanol bio-refinery to be set up by Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL) at Bathinda in Punjab at a cost of Rs 600 crore…
Shimla, Dec 23 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Friday stayed all of the National Green Tribunal’s orders relating to felling of trees for four-laning of National Highway-22 linking Parwanoo with the state ca[ital….
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has put a complete ban on open burning of waste including at landfill sites and declared a fine of Rs 25,000 on waste burning in…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Over 25,000 BJP workers from Delhi will take part in cleanliness activities as a tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birth anniversary on December 25, the…
New York, Dec 23 (IANS) Researchers have discovered a dinosaur species that shed its “milk teeth” but did not replace them, a finding that not only changes its anatomy but also explains why birds have…
Jammu/Srinagar, Dec 23 (IANS) There was an overall improvement in the night temperatures in the Jammu region on Friday while the Kashmir Valley continued to reel under an intense cold wave. An official of the…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) It was a clear Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 7.8 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the season, the weather office said. “The sky will…