New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) The air quality in Delhi continues to have high pollution level even after monsoon, said Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). According to a CPCB study, though the air quality in…
By Vishal Gulati Kigali (Rwanda), Oct 16 (IANS) India knows the subcontinent is vulnerable to climate change but it also wanted a fair deal to phase out gases that are making global warming worse, a…
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) It was a clear Sunday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 22.6 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average. “The sky will remain clear throughout the day,”…
United Nations, Oct 16 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the adoption of the critically important amendment to cut production and use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), at a meeting in Kigali, Rwanda. The amendment was agreed…
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), Oct 15 (IANS) At least 27 villages from eastern Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district will be developed as “ideal villages” modelled on the lines of Ralegan-Siddhi and Hiware Bazar in western Maharashtra, Finance Minister Sudhir…
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) While the threshold for the Paris climate change agreement has been achieved, paving way for negotiations to implement it in 2020 — aiming to limit the global…
Kochi, Oct 15 (IANS) A court near here on Saturday asked the Vigilance Department to conduct a probe against superstar Mohanlal following a complaint that he possessed elephant tusks. Muvattupuzha Vigilance Court, acting on a…
By Vishal Gulati Kigali (Rwanda), Oct 15 (IANS) Over 150 countries struck a landmark deal on Saturday to reduce the emissions of powerful greenhouse gases, in a move that could prevent up to 0.5 degrees…
New York, Oct 15 (IANS) While male chimpanzees actively challenge their superiors to win higher rank, females accept their position in the social pecking order, waiting until more senior group members die before moving up…
By Vishal Gulati Kigali (Rwanda), Oct 15 (IANS) Nearly 200 nations came together to take a historic step in combating climate change, US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy said on Saturday. Likewise, the amendment…
By Vishal Gulati Kigali (Rwanda), Oct 15 (IANS) In a historic step towards realising the Paris Agreement on climate change, nearly 200 nations on Saturday unanimously decided global phase out of super greenhouse gases, replacing…
Beijing, Oct 15 (IANS) China’s national observatory on Saturday morning renewed its yellow alert, the third-highest level of warning, for smog here. Moderate smog will fall over Beijing and northeast Hebei province from Saturday morning…
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) It was a clear Saturday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 17.5 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average. “The sky will remain clear throughout the day,”…
By Vishal Gulati Kigali (Rwanda), Oct 14 (IANS) India and the US on Friday reached a consensus over bringing down the consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) used in air-conditioners and refrigerators, said an Indian official. “In…
By Vishal Gulati Kigali (Rwanda), Oct 14 (IANS) The adoption of an ambitious hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) phase down amendment could avoid up to half a degree Celsius of warming by the end of this century and…
Siliguri, Oct 14 (IANS) Toy train services in the Darjeeling hills were suspended due to landslides caused by heavy rainfall, a railways official said on Friday. “Toy train jungle safari ride between New Jalpaiguri station…
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) The national capital experienced a sunny day on Friday with the maximum temperature settling at 35.2 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, the Met office said. It has…
By Vishal Gulati Kigali (Rwanda), Oct 14 (IANS) The world is close to striking a deal to phase out super greenhouse gases used in refrigeration and air-conditioning, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director Erik…
Kolkata, Oct 14 (IANS) Cookies baked from extracts of local seaweed abundant in the Sundarbans mangroves have 17 per cent higher protein content than those available commercially, says a team of scientists who harnessed the…
New York, Oct 14 (IANS) A comet struck our home planet a long time ago and it could have triggered the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), a rapid warming event caused by an accumulation of atmospheric…