Quito, Dec 15 (IANS) The Ecuadorian government has signed a contract with a Canadian firm to exploit a gold and silver deposit in its southeastern Amazon province, reports said. Canada’s Lundin Gold company would invest…
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) It was a clear Thursday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 10.4 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky will remain…
Santiago, Dec 15 (IANS) The Chilean Meteorology Directorate (DMC) has issued an extreme heat alert for the central part of the country, reports said on Thursday. The MET office specifically pointed at regions between Valparaiso…
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) State-run thermal generator NTPC will replace its old power plants that have an aggregate capacity of 11,000 megawatt over a five-year phase out period, Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal…
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday accorded its ex-post facto approval to India’s approach to climate change negotiations at the Conference of Parties (COP) to…
Mumbai, Dec 14 (IANS) Adding to the woes of well-known comedian Kapil Sharma, the Mumbai police on Wednesday lodged a fresh FIR against him on the charge of illegal construction activities in a mangroves buffer…
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Thousands of passengers were stranded on Wednesday as 70 trains were delayed and 38 cancelled due to dense fog in parts of north India. According to a Northern Railway official,…
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday imposed a nationwide interim ban on the procurement, sale and use of glass powder-coated ‘manja’ and other dangerous kite strings. An NGT bench…
Abu Dhabi, Dec 14 (IANS/WAM) Two Emiratis have raised the United Arab Emirates (UAE) flag in Antarctica as part of a 10-day international expedition which explored renewable and alternative energy sources around the world. Explorers…
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday imposed a nationwide interim ban on the procurement, sale and use of glass powder-coated ‘manja’ and other dangerous kite strings. An NGT bench…
Chennai, Dec 14 (IANS) Mobile telephony services continued to be impacted in Tamil Nadu’s three cyclone-affected districts of Chennai, Thiruvallur and Kanchipuram on Wednesday. Compared to private players the services of public sector Bharat Sanchar…
New York, Dec 14 (IANS) An earthquake detecting mobile application released by the University of California at Berkeley earlier this year has so far captured 400 temblors worldwide, researchers said. The Android app, named MyShake,…
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) It was a clear Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 10.5 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky will remain…
San Francisco, Dec 14 (IANS) The Antarctic Ice Sheet plays a major role in regional and global climate variability, researchers said. The discovery may help explain why sea ice in the Southern Hemisphere has been…
Washington, Dec 14 (IANS) Three tall “towers” standing in a perfect straight line on our neighbouring planet Mars in a recent image are claimed by some UFO and alien enthusiasts as clear evidence that highly…
Chennai, Dec 13 (IANS) Chennai residents woke up to uprooted trees/big branches blocking the roads, fallen name boards and hoardings, damaged walls and vehicles under fallen trees, power cuts and lack of milk supplies on…
Jammu, Dec 13 (IANS) Police on Tuesday rescued 13 persons trapped in a snow-bound mountain pass in the hilly Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir. A senior police officer said that the 13 trapped inside…
Chennai, Dec 13 (IANS) Chennaities woke up to uprooted trees/big branches blocking the roads, fallen name boards and hoardings, damaged compound walls and vehicles under fallen trees, power cuts and lack of milk supplies on…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) At least 90 trains were delayed and 38 trains cancelled on Tuesday due to dense fog in parts of north India, officials said. According to a Northern Railway official, the…
Chennai, Dec 13 (IANS) Around 200 students of Ramakrishna Mission Home here actively lent an helping hand to the residents of different localities by clearing the trees fallen on the roads on Tuesday. “Around 200…