Hurricane Otto kills 9 in Costa Rica
San Jose, Nov 26 (IANS) The government of Costa Rica confirmed on Friday that Hurricane Otto had killed at least nine persons in the country, after the storm battered northern regions. The director of the…
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Innovator of ‘Ice-Stupas’ to establish Ladakh’s first university
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) Sonam Wangchuk, labelled as ‘The Real Phunsuk Wangdu of Ladakh’, announced here on Thursday his ambitious project of opening a university in the cold desert of the Himalayan region, to…
Delhi panel to check unauthorised constructions
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung on Friday set up a committee of three Municipal Commissioners to work out a comprehensive plan to ensure cleanliness and check unauthorised constructions in the…
6.7-magnitude earthquake jolts China
Beijing, Nov 25 (IANS) A 6.7-magnitude earthquake jolted Aketao County in Xinjiang province at 22.24 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Friday, media reports said. The epicentre of the tremor was located at 39.27 degrees north latitude…
HC summons Delhi civic commissioners on poor waste management
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Commissioners of the three Municipal Corporations of Delhi (MCDs) to appear before it and apprise it of the waste management situation in…
Morocco committed to mobilisation momentum during COP22 Mandate
Rabat, Nov 25 (IANS/MAP) Foreign Minister Saleheddine Mezouar has expressed Morocco’s commitment to carry on the momentum and mobilisation efforts during its mandate of the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22) in Antananarivo. “The Moroccan…
Water level dips in country’s 91 major reservoirs
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) The water level in 91 major reservoirs of the country has dipped by one per cent, the Water Resources Ministry said in a release on Friday. For the week ending…
Narmada conservation campaign begins on December 12
Bhopal, Nov 25 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government will form several ‘Narmada Seva Samitis’ before the ‘Namami Devi Narmade’ yatra commences on December 12 from Amarkantak, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said. The yatra…
Eight Barn owls rescued from deep well in Mathura
Agra, Nov 25 (IANS) At least eight Barn Owl fledglings were rescued by the Wildlife SOS Rapid Response Unit from a 30-feet deep well in Uttar Pradesh’s Sanaura village and are currently under the observation…
SC bans sale, stocking of firecrackers in NCR
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday imposed a blanket ban on the sale and stocking of firecrackers in the National Capital Region (NCR) with immediate effect. It also asked the central…
SC bans sale, stocking of firecrackers in NCR
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday imposed a blanket ban on the sale and stocking of firecrackers in the National Capital Region (NCR) for a fortnight. It also asked the central…
Adani to build two new Aussie solar plants
Sydney, Nov 25 (IANS) Indian energy giant Adani group will begin construction of two new Australian solar plants next year, it said on Friday. Adani said one of Australia’s largest solar farms generating between 120…
Clear Friday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) It was a clear Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 14.6 degrees Celsius, three degrees above the season’s average, weather officials said. “Sky will remain mainly clear…
Vietnam seizes half a ton of ivory
Hanoi, Nov 25 (IANS) Vietnamese customs officers seized around 500 kg of elephant tusks in Ho Chi Minh City smuggled from Africa, an official said on Friday. The smuggled ivory were found on Thursday among…
Leopard at Biodiversity Park living in small area, experts fear conflict
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Officials at the Yamuna Biodiversity Park here believe that an adult male leopard which has made the park its home, the first such feline to do so, is living in…
Odisha proposes a fisheries university
Bhubaneswar, Nov 24 (IANS) The Odisha government has decided to set up a fisheries university to harness the fishing opportunities in the state, an official said on Thursday. Fisheries and Animal Resource Development Secretary Bishnupada…
Antarctic hasn’t lost much sea ice in last 100 years
London, Nov 24 (IANS) The area of sea ice around Antarctica has barely changed in size in the past 100 years, researchers have found. According to estimates by climate scientists at the University of Reading…
Dogs can do what you do or remember what you say
London, Nov 24 (IANS) For all dog owners out there, your canine friends are paying attention to what you say and do and they’ll remember too. A new study has suggested that just like humans,…
Leopard beaten to death near Gurugram
Gurugram, Nov 24 (IANS) A nearly two-year-old leopard was beaten to death on Thursday by villagers near Gurugram, an official said. The young leopard was killed after allegedly injuring at least six persons in Mundawar…
Solar lessons for India from Morocco’s Hollywood city
By Kushagra Dixit Marrakech, Nov 24 (IANS) With Atlas Mountain on one side and the vast Sahara on the other, Ouarzazate — also known as Morocco’s Hollywood, where films like “Gladiator” and TV series “Game…