New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Amplus Energy Solutions has inked a deal to install a two-megawatt rooftop solar plant for India Exposition Mart Ltd. (IEML) that hosts international business exhibitions and promotional events in Greater…
Bengaluru, Oct 25 (IANS) Deficit monsoon rain has affected Kharif production in 25 of the 30 districts across Karnataka, resulting in an estimated crop loss worth Rs 11,000 crore in this fiscal (2016-17), said an…
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Delhi Animal Husbandry Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday urged the central government to direct departments coming under it to take precautionary measures against bird flu (H5N8) in the city. Rai…
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 25 (IANS) With the Centre doling out subsidies on renewable energy, Kerala is trying out newer models of windmills and also a solar-windmill hybrid system. One such unit of 300watt micro windmill set…
Kolkata, Oct 25 (IANS) Cyclone Kyant, formed over Bay of Bengal, will not have a major impact in West Bengal, where light spells of rain are expected from October 27, the Met office here said…
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Visiting French minister Christophe Sirugue on Tuesday appreciated the Indian initiatives for addressing the climate change concerns through urban sector projects, an official said. French Minister of State for Industry…
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The Delhi government on Tuesday ordered a crackdown on illegally imported toxic firecrackers during Diwali and enforcement of Supreme Court’s directions banning bursting of crackers after 10 p.m. The government…
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Praising the country’s tribal communities for conserving the forests, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that “no one has right to snatch away tribals’ land”. Modi was speaking while…
Dehradun, Oct 25 (IANS) The search team on the Kedarnath trekking route in Uttarakhand discovered 19 more human skeletons on Tuesday, an official said. This takes the number of skeletons found in the past 10…
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The Delhi government said on Tuesday that it will develop five kilometres of riverfront along the Yamuna at a cost of Rs 200 crore. Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra said this…
Bhubaneswar, Oct 25 (IANS) The Odisha government on Tuesday said that Cyclone Kyant, formed over the Bay of Bengal, will not touch Odisha though it is expected to bring heavy rains in the coastal areas….
London, Oct 25 (IANS) Human-made noise can have a detrimental impact on an animal’s use of information from scent, thereby putting them at greater risk of being attacked by predators, new research has found. One…
Lucknow, Oct 25 (IANS) Authorities here have banned high-decibel firecrackers during Diwali, an official said on Tuesday. District Magistrate Satyendra Singh has imposed the ban on bombs, missiles and rockets as these can cause serious…
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) As controversy grips the indigenously-developed Genetically Modified (GM) mustard — a crop which scientists say will address India’s food security and farmer’s troubles — the man who…
Toronto, Oct 25 (IANS) Dismissing a common perception that dinosaurs were solitary, vicious monsters, researchers have found evidence that just like most modern animals, these gigantic creatures too loved company and they lived and died…
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) It was a clear Tuesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 19.5 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “Thy sky will remain…
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The inter-ministerial task force appointed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to tackle pollution in the capital city held its first meeting here on Monday The task force, headed by…
Mumbai, Oct 24 (IANS) A day after a female Humboldt Penguin, a prized new possession of Mumbai Zoo, died following an infection, a political row erupted on Monday questioning the wisdom of keeping the endangered…
Gwalior, Oct 24 (IANS) Gwalior Zoo is to remain closed for a month after five painted storks succumbed to avian flu, authorities said on Monday. Zoo employees have also been instructed to observe all precautions….
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) With nearly 23 lakh individual household toilets being built in urban areas in the last two years, the target of ending open defecation in urban areas by 2019 is broadly…