Washington, Sep 2 (IANS) Residents in Florida’s coastal areas were issued warnings to brace themselves for hurricane Hermine, the first to hit the US state since 2005. Calling Hermine “life-threatening”, Florida Governor Rick Scott on…
Wellington, Sep 2 (IANS) A tsunami warning was issued after an earthquake, measuring 7.1 on the Richter Scale, hit Zealand’s North Island on Friday, the media reported. The quake hit around 100 km northeast of…
Wellington, Sep 2 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale hit New Zealand’s North Island on Friday, the media reported. The quake hit around 100 km northeast of the East Cape settlement of…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The national capital saw light rains on Thursday, a day after heavy rains caused traffic snarls across the city, with the weather office saying the rainfall would cease gradually, leading…
Pune (Maharashtra), Sep 1 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal issued notice to the Maharashtra government and the Centre over the proposed memorial to Chhatrapati Shivaji on the Arabian Sea, seeking clarifications on the environmental and…
New Delhi: BJP MP Hema Malini at Parliament in New Delhi on May 9, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Jabalpur, Sep 1 (IANS) Veteran actress and politician Hema Malini has hailed the government and people of Madhya…
Melbourne, Sep 1 (IANS) A group of ecology experts has called for culling over 5,000 wild horses in Australia’s Victoria state to prevent environment damage. In a letter to Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews and Environment…
Beijing, Sep 1 (IANS) A new channel will be built to divert water from China’s Hebei province to Beijing and will supplement supply from the south-to-north water diversion project. The new project will bring around…
Tokyo, Sep 1 (IANS) The number of people missing in Japan in the wake of typhoon Lionrock rose to 21 after the storm left at least 11 dead and caused severe flooding due to torrential…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) A part of a road near the India Gate in central Delhi has caved in, disrupting traffic, police said on Thursday. “A part of road from India Gate to Ashoka…
By K.S. Jayaraman Bengaluru, Sep 1 (IANS) A new study to identify seismically susceptible areas in the Western Himalayas has shown that “almost the entire states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand and a portion of…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) It was cloudy morning here on Thursday with the minimum temperature recorded at 25.2 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season’s average. “The morning will remain generally cloudy, light to…
New York, Sep 1 (IANS) Elephant populations in Africa has declined by as much as 30 per cent between 2007 and 2014, the results of a pan-African survey of savanna elephants have shown. The findings…
By Rajendra Shende Historically, central bank chiefs have overlooked the risks due to climate change and focused on tinkering with the repo rate. They act as monetary technicians to reduce the risks for the savers…
Jammu, Sep 1 (IANS) Incessant rains and landslides on Thursday blocked the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, authorities said. A senior traffic department official told IANS that overnight rains triggered lanslides in Khari area of the highway…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said the government is seeking ways to increase India’s exports to the automotive global supply and also attempting to implement a scrapping policy…
Bengaluru, Aug 31 (IANS) Malls and high-rise buildings, including apartments, built illegally on storm water drains of the city would be demolished to prevent flooding after heavy rains, Karnataka Law Minister T.B. Jayachandra said on…
Ottawa, Aug 31 (IANS) British Columbia’s coastal First Nations (aboriginals) have for the past 13,000 years enhanced the productivity of the rainforest instead of deteriorating it through repeated occupation, a new study has found. The…
Chennai, Aug 31 (IANS) Two medical students, who threw a dog off the rooftop of a three-storeyed building and filmed the gruesome incident, were fined Rs 2 lakh each by a committee formed by the…
Shimla, Aug 31 (IANS) In an effort to tackle the increasing monkey menace in towns and villages, the Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday announced a cash incentive of Rs 300 for each monkey killed. The Forest…