Elephant tusks, tiger bones seized in Cambodia
Phnom Penh, Dec 19 (IANS) A one-tonne haul of elephant ivory, tiger bones and pangolin scales was found at a dry port in Cambodia, an official said on Monday. The animal parts were found in…
Environment
Industrialisation started rapid decline of vertebrates
New York, Dec 19 (IANS) Rapid population decline among vertebrates began at the end of the 19th century when industrialisation was at its peak, leading to profound change in global living ecosystems, says a study….
Dry cold wave sweeps over Kashmir Valley
Srinagar, Dec 19 (IANS) Dry cold spell continues in the Kashmir Valley. On Monday night temperatures throughout dropped several notches below the freezing point, the MET office said. It said the present conditions would continue…
Environmentalist Anupam Mishra dead at 68
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Noted Gandhian, journalist, environmentalist, and water conservationist Anupam Mishra passed away at the age of 68 at the All India Institute for Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here early Monday morning, a…
Moderate fog in Delhi
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) There was moderate fog on Monday morning. The minimum temperature was recorded at 6.6 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average. “The sky will remain clear with moderate or…
Ice brings deadly road conditions across US
Richmond(Virginia), Dec 19 (IANS) A brutal blast of frigid air sweeping the US has created icy roads causing multiple-car pileups that left at least six dead in Virginia, Maryland and Oklahoma, authorities said. In northern…
Elephant deaths: Sonowal asks Forest, NFR to improve coordination
Guwahati, Dec 18 (IANS) Expressing concern over increasing elephant deaths on railway tracks in Assam, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday directed the state Forest Department and Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) to improve coordination to…
36 trains delayed, 17 rescheduled due to fog
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) At least 36 trains were delayed and 17 trains rescheduled on Sunday due to dense fog in most parts of north India, a railway official said. According to the Northern…
Scared Nepal rhino spooks UP villagers, officials hope it isn’t poached
By Kushagra Dixit Lakhimpur-Kheri (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 18 (IANS) A lost, scared, lone rhinoceros from Nepal, wandering around near this district town the past eight months, attacked villagers on Saturday night after being cornered and…
Himachal’s Keylong shivers at minus 1.9 degrees
Shimla, Dec 18 (IANS) The hills of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday witnessed another sunny but chilly day with temperatures in many areas staying below freezing point. “It was a bright, sunny day across the state…
Outdoor recreation in protected areas bad for wildlife
New York, Dec 18 (IANS) Recreation activities in protected areas such as hiking impact wildlife mostly in negative ways, a study said. Nature-based outdoor recreation is the most widespread human land use in protected areas…
Shallow fog on Sunday morning
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) There was shallow fog on Sunday morning. The minimum temperature was recorded at 7.2 degree Celsius, a notch below the season’s average. “The sky will be covered with shallow fog…
Srinagar records season’s coldest night
Srinagar, Dec 18 (IANS) Srinagar recorded the season’s coldest night so far as the minimum temperature dropped to minus 4.9 degrees Celsius on Sunday. According to the weather office, the night temperatures in the Kashmir…
Two elephants killed in a collision with train engine in Assam
Guwahati, Dec 17 (IANS) Two wild elephants died and another was injured on Saturday when they dashed against a train engine in Assam’s Nagaon district, a railway official said. “The light engine of a train…
Temperature plummets in Punjab, Haryana
Chandigarh, Dec 17 (IANS) While fog has affected normal life across Punjab and Haryana in recent days, a cold wave has also started affecting the region with minimum temperatures dropping. In Punjab, Sikh holy city…
Heavy smog hits north China
Beijing, Dec 17 (IANS) Beijing and about two dozen cities saw the year’s worst smog on Saturday, which may last for days, making pollution worse in a country where 1.2 million die of it annually….
8.0-magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby, Dec 17 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale jolted the area 60 km east of Taron, Papua New Guinea on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicentre, with a…
52 trains delayed due to fog
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) Thousands of passengers were stranded on Saturday after 52 trains were delayed due to dense fog in most of the parts of north India. According to a Northern Railway official,…
Night cold wave continues to grip J&K
Srinagar, Dec 17 (IANS) Night temperatures across Jammu and Kashmir continued their free fall on Saturday as Srinagar recorded minus 4.5 degrees Celsius, while winter capital Jammu witnessed the coldest night at 5.4 degrees. For…
Moderate fog on Saturday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) There was a moderate fog on Saturday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 8 degree Celsius, the season’s average. “The sky will be partly cloudy in the morning,…