London, Sep 6 (IANS) Love to wear designer perfumes? Be careful, as certain molecules produced in these man-made fragrances act as potential contaminants of the environment, and may also impact our ecosystem in the long…
Kolkata, Sep 6 (IANS) Train services were partially disrupted on Tuesday due to water-logging in West Bengal’s Howrah and Tikiapara, the South Eastern Railway (SER) said in a statement. “Train services of South Eastern Railway…
Panaji, Sep 6 (IANS) Biological pollution, especially e-coli, is a matter of concern in Goa’s coastal areas, particularly its rivers, an expert said here. “Many of the in-shore waters, where flushing is not adequate, their…
Bengaluru, Sep 6 (IANS) A day-long protest shutdown is being observed at Mandya town in Karnataka against releasing of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu on the Supreme Court’s directive to the state government. The…
Panaji, Sep 6 (IANS) City planners need to incorporate the potential of the western Indian coastline as a tsunami-prone area, when they plan urban habitats in the region, an expert has said. Speaking to IANS,…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) It was partly cloudy morning in Delhi on Tuesday with the minimum temperature recorded at 25.4 degree celsius, normal for this time of the season, the Met Office said. “The…
Dehradun, Sep 6 (IANS) Many parts of Uttarakhand, especially Dehradun and Nainital, are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rains in the next 48-hours, an official of the Met Department said on Tuesday. The…
Bengaluru, Sep 5 (IANS) Hundreds of people, especially farmers on Monday staged protest demonstrations in the Mysuru region against the Supreme Court order to Karnataka for releasing 15,000 cusecs of water daily for 10 days…
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IANS) Heavy rains lashed the city on Monday disrupting train services and creating traffic snarls on waterlogged major arterial roads. The steady drizzle intensified in the evening as many of the areas…
Bengaluru, Sep 5 (IANS) Hundreds of people, especially farmers on Monday staged protest demonstrations in the Mysuru region against the Supreme Court order to Karnataka for releasing 15,000 cusecs of water daily for 10 days…
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IANS) Heavy rains lashed the city on Monday causing water-logging and traffic snarls in major arterial roads. The steady drizzle intensified in the evening as many of the areas in the south…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 5 (IANS) Fishermen in Odisha have been told not to venture into the sea after the Met department on Monday warned of heavy rainfall and strong gusty surface winds. The impact of a…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Technology player Ganges Internationale and American solar solutions provider SunLink Corp announced on Monday the launch of a jointly developed solar tracking system that direct solar modules towards the sun…
Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) Mumbai and rest of Maharashtra shifted into a festive gear with the arrival at homes and public places of thousands of big, medium and small idols of the elephant-headed Lord Ganesh…
Hyderabad, Sep 5 (IANS) Eleven-day long Ganesh festival began in Telugu states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Monday with religious fervour and devotion amid tight security. Thousands of idols were installed in twin cities…
Tokyo, Sep 5 (IANS) Japan on Monday opened its “scientific whaling” season on the north coast of country, during which it expects to capture 51 minke whales. The season will end late October in the…
Honolulu (Hawaii), Sep 5 (IANS) Four out of six great ape species are now “Critically Endangered” – only one step away from going extinct — with the remaining two also under considerable threat of extinction….
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) It was partly cloudy sky on Monday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 25.2 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season’s average. “The morning will be partly cloudy…
Tokyo, Sep 5 (IANS) Typhoon Namtheun made landfall near Japan’s Nagasaki city on Monday, with warnings in place for strong gusts, landslides and possible flooding, the weather agency said. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency…
Honolulu, Sep 5 (IANS) The world’s largest living primate has been listed as critically endangered, making four of the six ape species only one step away from extinction, according to report released on Sunday at…