Tiger mauls caregiver to death in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City, Sep 24 (IANS) A tiger mauled its caregiver to death when he was feeding it in Vietnam’s Binh Duong province, the media reported on Saturday. The incident occurred on Friday in…
Environment
With thousands of dams upstream, China has water as weapon against India: Experts
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) With China having 87,000 dams, many in Tibet, with strategic benefit against India, experts on Friday urged the “down stream” Asian nations to unite and force Beijing to sign a…
Culex mosquitoes do not transmit Zika virus: Study
New York, Sep 23 (IANS) In the fight against Zika virus, researchers have recently found that the Culex group of mosquitoes are unlikely to transmit the deadly virus into humans. Culex is a genus of…
What is the Indus Waters Treaty and can India abrogate it?
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) With India saying that there have been differences over the implementation of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, a dispute that was referred to an international tribunal under the aegis of…
Water sports lover turns to cleaning Kerala river
Kozhikode (Kerala) Sep 23 (IANS) A water sports lover in Kerala is taking his passion to the next level as he is now aiming to spread awareness by initiating a river cleaning drive. Starting from…
Heavy rains lash Telangana, three killed
Hyderabad, Sep 23 (IANS) Three persons were killed as heavy rains lashed various parts of Telangana on Friday, an official said. All the deaths were reported from Medak district, which has received heavy rains since…
6.6 magnitude quake strikes off Japan coast
Tokyo, Sep 23 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale struck off Japan’s east coast on Friday, weather officials said. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the tremblor occurred at 9.14 a.m.,…
Incessant rains inundate more areas in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Sep 23 (IANS) The authorities sounded an alert in Hyderabad and its outskirts as incessant rains overnight flooded more residential colonies. The Army and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams were gearing up for…
Sunny Friday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) It was a sunny Friday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature settling at 25 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average, the Met office said. “There…
Government to organise Swachh Bharat Week from Sep 25
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) As part of Swachh Bharat Mission, the central government has decided to organise a week-long cleanliness drive across the country from September 25, said an official statement. The initiative named…
Heavy rains pound Hyderabad, Army help sought
Hyderabad, Sep 22 (IANS) Authorities in Hyderabad have sought help of Army for possible rescue operations as heavy rains continued to lash the city and outskirts for a second consecutive day Thursday. With the met…
Heavy rains pound Hyderabad, Army help sought
Hyderabad, Sep 22 (IANS) Authorities in Hyderabad have sought help of Army for possible rescue operations as heavy rains continued to lash the city and outskirts for a second consecutive day Thursday. With the met…
Slave for fifty years, rescued elephant reaches care centre
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Considered one of the “most unlucky” Indian elephants, Mohan (55) who was rescued from Uttar Pradesh’s Pratagarh in July finally reached his new abode – Wildlife SOS’s Elephant Care Centre…
Two killed as heavy rains lash Andhra Pradesh
Vijayawada, Sep 22 (IANS) Two persons were killed and four others went missing as heavy rains lashed Andhra Pradesh on Thursday, throwing rail and road transport and bringing the normal life to standstill. The incessant…
Thanks to monsoon, foodgrain production to grow by 9 per cent: Minister
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Thursday said that country’s foodgrain production is estimated to rise by nine per cent to an all-time high of 135.03 million tonnes in…
Greenland ice loss 7 per cent faster than previously thought
New York, Sep 22 (IANS) Greenland lost nearly 2,700 gigatons of ice from 2003-2013, not about 2,500 gigatons as scientists previously thought — a 7.6 percent difference, a study says. “It’s a fairly modest correction,”…
Two Indians selected for wildlife enforcement awards
Kolkata, Sep 22 (IANS) Two Indian forest officials have been selected for the 2016 Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Awards which honours individuals engaging in exemplary law enforcement actions to protect wildlife, a statement…
Toll in Indonesia floods rises to 23
Bangkok, Sep 22 (IANS) The toll in the floods and landslides caused by heavy rains on Indonesia’s Java province rose to 23 on Thursday, the authorities said. National disaster agency spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said…
Cloudy Thursday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) It was a cloudy Thursday morning here with the minimum temperature settling at 26 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average, the Met office said. “There would be partly…
Heavy rains lash Maharashtra, Mumbai’s lakes full
Mumbai, Sep 21 (IANS) Heavy rains continue to lash large parts of Maharashtra, with many areas recording three-digit (in millimetres) rainfall, including Mumbai and coastal districts, officials said here on Wednesday. Similar rainy weather has…