Sydney, Dec 2 (IANS) The Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral system off the coast of Australia, is at a high risk of being included in Unesco’s ‘World Heritage in Danger’ list, an official…
Beijing, Dec 2 (IANS) Infrared cameras have captured incredible scenes of wild Amur leopards and Siberian tigers this year after the devices were installed at a national nature reserve in China’s Heilongjiang province. Amur leopards…
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) Dense fog engulfed the National Capital Region (NCR) on Friday morning, limiting the visibility to less than 50 metres at some places, affecting the transport services. Over 70 trains were…
Chandigarh, Dec 2 (IANS) Dense fog engulfed several parts of Haryana and Punjab on Friday morning, affecting life in both states. Road, rail and air traffic were affected at various places with flights cancelled and…
Srinagar, Dec 2 (IANS) Night temperatures in parts of Jammu and Kashmir remained below the freezing point on Friday, even in the Jammu region the temperature hovered around ten degrees above the freezing point. Weather…
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) It was a foggy morning here for the third consecutive day with visibility reduced to less than 50 metres on Friday, the weather office said. The minimum temperature was recorded…
Chennai, Dec 2 (IANS) The depression over southwest Bay of Bengal crossed Tamil Nadu coast early Friday morning, said weather department. Rainfall is expected at various places in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala. The depression…
Kochi, Dec 1 (IANS) Around 80 per cent of marine biodiversity is not yet classified and species are still unexplored in the Indian region, a leading international expert said on Thursday. Gustav Paulay, curator of…
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The air quality in the capital remained “severe” for the second consecutive day on Thursday, with high particle pollutant in air and thick fog continue to choke the residents. As…
Chennai, Dec 1 (IANS) Cyclonic storm ‘Nad’a is expected to weaken further gradually into a depression and cross the north Tamil Nadu coast south of Cuddalore by early Friday, said the weather department. According to…
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) A terrified male sambar deer rescued from a residential area here was relocated on Thursday, surprising both its rescuers and wildlife experts given its presence in the urban region. The…
Ranchi, Dec 1 (IANS) Tribal organisations in Jharkhand have called for a shutdown on Friday to protest against the amendments in two land acts by the Raghubar Das-led Bharatiya Janata Party government. Jharkhand Adivasi Morcha…
Beijing, Dec 1 (IANS) The Beijing Municipality on Thursday issued an orange alert for air pollution in the next three days. The orange alert, the second highest in a four-tier warning system, will be effective…
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) A number of flight operations and train services were affected on Thursday as dense fog enveloped the national capital and reduced visibility to less than 50 metres in the morning….
By Sahana Ghosh Moscow, Dec 1 (IANS) Precluding disasters, nuclear power plants are the most sustainable energy sources in terms of environmental impact, a top International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) official has said. Thirty years…
Shimla, Dec 1 (IANS) While thick fog lay heavy on the plains of northern India, it was yet another sunny day in the hills of Himachal Pradesh with a marginal rise in the temperature on…
Srinagar, Dec 1 (IANS) Temperatures across Jammu and Kashmir dipped on Thursday due to clear night sky as the weather office forecast a dry spell till Saturday. An official of the MET department told IANS:…
Chandigarh, Dec 1 (IANS) Dense fog in several areas of Haryana and Punjab affected life in both states on Thursday morning. Road and rail services were affected with traffic moving slowly. Reports from various places…
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) It was a foggy Thursday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 11.9 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average. An official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD)…
Shimla, Dec 1 (IANS) Parts of Himachal Pradesh experienced a low intensity earthquake on early Thursday, an official said here. However, no loss of life or damage to property was reported. An earthquake measuring 3.3…