Men arrested with leopard skins in Rishikesh
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Two men were arrested by the Special Task Force of Uttarakhand with two leopard skins and parts on Friday at Rishikesh. Officials said that the skin seemed to be old,…
Environment
Mystery of Bermuda Triangle may finally be solved
Washington, Oct 21 (IANS) Strange clouds forming above the Bermuda Triangle could explain why dozens of ships and planes have mysteriously vanished in the notorious patch of sea. The remarkable new theory suggests the clouds…
Award-winning Swachh Bharat short films to be screened at IFFI
Panaji, Oct 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship Swachh Bharat campaign will now feature in the upcoming 47th edition of the IFFI in Goa, with 20 award-winning short films on the nationwide cleanliness campaign…
SC says garbage pile-up at Delhi landfills alarming
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday dubbed as “alarming” the pile-up of garbage up to 45 metres at Delhi’s landfills in Okhla, Ghazipur and Bhalsawa and called for urgent steps to…
Poachers kill rhino in Kaziranga, horn taken
Guwahati, Oct 21 (IANS) Poachers have killed yet another one-horned rhino in Assam’s famous Kaziranga National Park, park officials said on Friday. The guards of the park spotted the carcass during a routine patrolling on…
Six more birds die in Delhi, killer strain is H5N8
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Six more birds died at the now shut Deer Park here on Friday, taking the total reported death count of migratory birds in the capital due to bird flu to…
App to control air pollution launched
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), a Supreme Court-appointed pollution watchdog, on Friday launched a mobile app “Hawa Badlo”, aiming to improve air quality with public participation. Jointly developed by…
Six more birds die in Delhi, killer strain is H1N8
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Six more birds died at the now shut Deer Park here on Friday, taking the total reported death count of migratory birds in the capital due to bird flu to…
Three win innovation challenge to reduce pollution in Delhi
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The University of Chicago and the Delhi government on Friday announced three winners in the first-of-a-kind crowdsourcing competition “Urban Labs Innovation Challenge: Delhi” that looked for innovative ways to reduce…
Nuclear info centre coming up to dispel public ignorance
Mumbai, Oct 21 (IANS) A multimedia information centre designed to increase public acceptance of nuclear technology is coming up at the Chennai-based Science and Technology Centre in Tamil Nadu, which also has the Kudankulam Nuclear…
Uncertainty in top status ups risk of chronic diseases
New York, Oct 21 (IANS) Social hierarchy affects our health and uncertainty of staying at top in this hierarchy may increase the risk of chronic diseases, suggests new research. According to the study, the findings…
Voluntary migration can help cope with climate change: Study
Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) Transformative measures, like offering alternative livelihoods and voluntary migration, as compared to curative support for forced migration, are needed to cope with climate change, says a new study. Such measures are…
Death of 15 birds in Gwalior Zoo rings alarm bells
Gwalior, Oct 21 (IANS) The death of 15 birds over the last three days in the local Gandhi Zoological Garden has created panic among the zoo authorities here. As a precautionary measure, the management has…
Tiger roaming free in Russian city sedated
Moscow, Oct 21 (IANS) A Siberian tiger, roaming freely in a Russian city, was tranquilised on Friday after a driver on a busy road spotted the big cat and alerted the police. The tiger was…
454 people, 388 elephants died in man-animal conflict in Odisha in 6 years
By Chinmaya Dehury Bhubaneswar, Oct 21 (IANS) Odisha has seen terrible human-animal conflict in the last six years, resulting in the deaths of 454 people and 2,261 animals, including 388 elephants, a Forest Department report…
Stay on Yamuna beautification cheers activists
Agra, Oct 21 (IANS) Greens on Friday hailed a court ruling on a Yamuna beautification project in Vrindavan that was seen as a threat to heritage structures, ghats and ASI-protected temples. Despite protests from activists,…
Delhi breathing cleaner air this October
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Even though the national capital continues to choke on smog and dust, experts say its air quality this October has improved a little, as compared to last…
6.6 magnitude quake jolts Japan
Tokyo, Oct 21 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale jolted Japan’s Tottori prefecture on Friday, weather officials said. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the temblor was centred in the central part of…
Hong Kong shuts down as typhoon Haima nears
Hong Kong, Oct 21 (IANS) Hong Kong was shut down on Friday due to the arrival of typhoon Haima, the most powerful tropical storm of the season that has already caused several deaths in the…
Clear Friday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) It was a clear Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 19 degrees Celsius, the season’s average, the weather office said. “It was a clear sky in the…