By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Aug 29 (IANS) Chandigarh’s famous landmark, the Sukhna Lake, is fighting for survival. With weeds having spread over more than half of the man-made water body and the water level dropping…
Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) NASA’s Juno, the spacecraft on a Jupiter mission, has successfully completed its first of 36 orbital flybys, coming closer to the giant planet than any man-made object before it. The time…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) It was a pleasant and cloudy Monday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.5 degrees Celsius, which is the season’s average so far. “The sky will be generally…
Beijing, Aug 29 (IANS) China’s top legislature started to convene its bi-monthly session on Monday, reviewing the proposal to review and ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change and other matters. The session will also…
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Congratulating Indian sportsmen and athletes, especially the “daughters of India” who performed well at the Rio Olympics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said there was clearly a need to…
Shimla, Aug 28 (IANS) Dharamsala, the seat of Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Sunday experienced 106 mm rain, the highest in Himachal Pradesh, the weather bureau here said. But the overall monsoon was…
Bhopal, Aug 28 (IANS) As monsoon has continued to be active in Madhya Pradesh, sluice gates of nine of the 16 dams in the state have been opened to release water, officials said on Sunday….
By Anand Singh Rajkot (Gujarat), Aug 28 (IANS) They have witnessed their crop wither away in drought in the last four decades, but now the villagers of Saurashtra region in Gujarat are hoping to get…
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Raising concerns over the environment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to avoid using Ganesha idols made of Plaster of Paris (POP) during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. Modi…
Sydney, Aug 28 (IANS) Researchers have found that the presence of humans have seriously altered 97 per cent of world’s most biologically species-rich areas such as tropical rainforests. “The most species-rich parts of the planet…
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) It was a sunny Sunday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 27.5 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average. “The sky will be generally cloudy throughout the…
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave on Saturday sought a detailed report on the death of three elephants in a train accident in Bishnupur area of West Bengal. Seeking the…
Chennai, Aug 27 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Saturday urged the central government to withdraw the recommendation for conducting an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a dam across Siruvani river in Kerala….
By Preetha Nair Thimphu, Aug 27 (IANS) It may be wrong to say that the first day of the Mountain Echoes Literature Festival here began on a “positive note” as renowned author Amitav Ghosh painted…
By Preetha Nair Thimphu, Aug 27 (IANS) It may be wrong to say that the first day of the Mountain Echoes Literature Festival here began on a “positive note” as renowned author Amitav Ghosh painted…
Shimla, Aug 27 (IANS) Three low-intensity earthquake quakes hit Himachal Pradesh on Saturday but there were no reports of damage to life or property, an official told IANS. In Rampur subdivision, all educational institutes were…
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) It was a cloudy Saturday morning in the national capital with minimum temperature settled down one notch below the season’s average at 25.5 degrees Celsius. “The sky would remain generally…
Lucknow, Aug 27 (IANS) Water has started receding in flood-hit Allahabad city, an official said on Saturday. However, the district administration were highly concerned with the possibilities of an outbreak of diseases. More than 400…
Shimla, Aug 27 (IANS) Two mild quakes hit Himachal Pradesh on Saturday morning, authorities said. The first quake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale hit the state at 6.44 a.m. and the second 4.3 magnitude…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Union Minister Maneka Gandhi on Friday criticised the Kerala government’s decision to kill stray dogs, terming it “unlawful and unscientific”. Reacting to the Kerala Cabinet’s decision to kill “dangerous” stray…