New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) experienced intermittent rain on Tuesday afternoon affording residents a little respite from heat, the weather office said. The relief was, however,…
New York, Oct 4 (IANS) Blocking the production of a key receptor may reduce the effects of particulate matter from cigarette smoke in zebrafish embryos, a study has found. The effects of this toxicity which…
Washington, Oct 4 (IANS) US President Barack Obama and Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio here highlighted the urgency of taking further action to combat climate change as there is “a race against time”. The two during…
Helena (Montana), Oct 4 (IANS) Fifty-year-old Todd Orr sounded caution for all on adventure trips to the Rocky Mountains after he was mauled by a grizzly bear, twice. Orr took to Facebook even before medication…
Washington, Oct 4 (IANS) The US has welcomed as “fantastic news” India’s ratification of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change signed last year at the Conference of Parties (CoP) 21 climate summit in the French…
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Tuesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 28 degree Celsius, six notches above the season’s average. According to the Met office, the sky…
Bengaluru, Oct 3 (IANS) A joint session of the Karnataka legislature on Monday unanimously passed a resolution to release water for irrigation purposes to farmers in the state, some of which will flow to Tamil…
Guwahati, Oct 3 (IANS) Expressing apprehension over China’s decision to block a tributary of the Brahmaputra, former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi raised the matter with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the development is a…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Stressing the need to go for a big push to fully realise the benefits of urbanisation, the government on Monday unveiled its urban development strategy for the next 20 years….
Paris/New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) French President Francois Hollande has welcomed India’s ratification of the Paris Agreement, and recalled the key role India played in adoption of the agreement on climate change in December last…
Taipei, Oct 3 (IANS) Taiwan will send its delegation to the UN Climate Change COP22 summit, slated to begin in November, and will engage with international organisations despite continued opposition from China, an official said…
Beijing, Oct 3 (IANS) Heavy air pollution continues to affect Beijing and surrounding areas, authorities said on Monday. According to the city’s weather bureau, the concentration of hazardous fine particulate matter, known as PM2.5, in…
By Alison Saldanha Delhis air is the worst among world megacities, the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed recently, even as IndiaSpend’s #breathe network of air-quality sensors reported fine-particulate-matter (PM2.5) levels were almost four times above…
By Rajendra Shende A brilliant and amusing mathematician of our times, Joseph Keller, was known for his playful indulgence in mathematical explanations of everyday puzzling facts. For example, he mathematically enlightened why the ponytail of…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) It was a warm, humid Monday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 27.7 degrees Celsius, six notches above the season’s average. The Met office has…
Mexico City, Oct 3 (IANS) The first prototype of a Mars explorer robot designed in Mexico by a team of 10 university students has gained the recognition of NASA and the International Astronautical Federation. “It…
United Nations, Oct 3 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed India formally joining the Paris climate change agreement. “India now joins the 61 other parties that have deposited their instruments of ratification, which, including…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) In joining the Paris climate agreement, India has taken a bold and decisive step in combating climate change, the US has said.A “We commend Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his…
Agra, Oct 2 (IANS) Displaying “Gandhigiri” on Mahatma’s birthday, activists here on Sunday offered water to Yamuna and put it on a glucose drip to protest total neglect of the river by the government. Volunteers…
New Delhi/United Nations, Oct 2 (IANS) India on Sunday deposited its Instrument of Ratification of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change at the United Nations. India’s Permanent Representative Syed Akbaruddin handed over the Instrument of…