Chennai, Dec 13 (IANS) Cyclone Vardah that crossed Chennai coast on Monday has affected power generation at North Chennai Thermal Power Station’s (NCTPS) 600 MW Unit 1, the Power System Operation Corporation Ltd (POSOCO) said…
By IndiaSpend Team The holy city of Varanasi has Indias most toxic air, and many north Indian cities are recording worse air-quality than Delhi, according to a new report in which IndiaSpend is a collaborator….
New York, Dec 13 (IANS) Breeding rice to require less flooding, altering feed for livestock to lessen intestinal processes that create methane, promoting less meat-intensive diets and deploying more farm bio-digesters can be possible solutions…
London, Dec 13 (IANS) While the wet regions of the earth are getting wetter, the dry regions are getting even drier thanks to the warming climate, a new study says. The regions which are relatively…
Wellington, Dec 13 (IANS) This year is set to be the warmest ever recorded in New Zealand illustrating “the stark reality of global warming”, scientists said on Tuesday. With just three weeks until the end…
New York, Dec 13 (IANS) There are about 18,000 bird species in the world – nearly twice as many as previously thought, new research suggests. “This new number says that we haven’t been counting and…
New York, Dec 13 (IANS) At around 66-year-old, the world’s oldest known seabird is expecting, again. The Laysan albatross called Wisdom is incubating an egg at the same nesting the seabird and her mate use…
Washington, Dec 13 (IANS) While heading towards asteroid Bennu, NASA said its first mission to return a sample of an asteroid to the Earth will also search for elusive “Trojan” asteroids that share our home…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Days after Vietnam stalled its plans to build nuclear power plants citing safety concerns, a nuclear expert in India says overall nuclear power is likely to expand in Asian countries….
Jammu/Srinagar, Dec 13 (IANS) Jammu city on Tuesday recorded the coldest night of the season so far as the minimum temperature was 7.4 degrees Celsius. Leh town in Ladakh region, which recorded minus 10.6 degrees…
Vijayawada, Dec 13 (IANS) Two persons were killed overnight in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh due to cyclone Vardah as heavy rains lashed the region, officials said. Nellore and Prakasam districts of south coastal Andhra…
Chennai, Dec 13 (IANS) Chennaities woke up to uprooted trees, big broken branches blocking the roads, fallen name boards, hoardings, damaged compound walls and vehicles under fallen trees, power cut and lack of milk supplies…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) It was a clear Tuesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 10.5 degree Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. According to the weather…
Sydney, Dec 13 (IANS) Australia is in danger of losing its position as an Antarctic leader, as well as its claim over the frozen continent, unless it maintains funding for its scientific research program, experts…
Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) Cyclone Vardah crossed the Chennai coast and ripped through the city killing three and leaving a trail of destruction in the form of 4,000 uprooted trees, damaged roof sheets and more….
Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday assured Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam of the Centre’s assistance after cyclone Vardah left a trail of destruction in Chennai, Kanchipuram and Thiruvallur…
Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) Cyclone Vardah crossed the Chennai coast and ripped through the city killing two and leaving a trail of destruction in the form of uprooted trees, damaged roof sheets and more. “The…
Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government declared a holiday on Tuesday for all educational institutions in Chennai, Kanchipuram and Thiruvallur districts. In a brief statement issued here the government said all government and…
Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) Cyclone Vardah crossed the Chennai coast and ripped through the city killing two and leaving a trail of destruction in the form of uprooted trees, damaged roof sheets and more. “The…
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday talked to Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh Chief Ministers to take stock of situation in their states as Cyclone Vardah hit land. “Spoke…