Kolkata, Aug 24 (IANS) Metro railway services were halted and an early holiday was declared at the state secretariat as tremors were felt in Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal on Wednesday following a…
Rome, Aug 24 (IANS) An apocalyptic earthquake in Italy destroyed a string of medieval towns and villages on Wednesday, trapping people beneath building debris and killing at least 38 persons with several others still missing….
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed all the states and union territories to review the post of Chairman and Member Secretary in their respective pollution control boards within…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The Manipur-based Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), a national institute under the central government’s Department of Biotechnology, has been awarded the Global Sustainability Award at the Seventh World…
Kolkata, Aug 24 (IANS) Tremors were felt in Kolkata on Wednesday after an earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter Scale jolted Myanmar, officials said.
Mumbai, Aug 24 (IANS) The Maharashtra government has asked for a CBI probe to trace the state’s biggest male tiger ‘Jai’, reported missing for several months now, an official said here on Wednesday. Forest Minister…
New York, Aug 24 (IANS) Exposure to a chemical used in many consumer products, including water bottles, can induce behavioural changes in turtles, reprogramming male turtle brains to exhibit behaviour common in females. Often aquatic…
Beijing, Aug 24 (IANS) US President Barack Obama’s senior climate change advisor Brian Deese is in Beijing to assess key climate change issues ahead of Obama’s upcoming visit to the country for the G20 summit…
Canberra, Aug 24 (IANS) Scientists have used a group of elephant seals to observe changes in the circulation of the world’s oceans, reveals a recent research. The international researchers, led by the University of Tasmania’s…
New York, Aug 24 (IANS) In an indication that efforts aimed at achieving sustainable development have started showing results, researchers have found that the global impact of human activities on the natural environment are expanding…
By Ashish Mishra New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The Yamuna river, often called Delhi’s lifeline, is gasping for life. The 22-km stretch along the national capital has virtually no aquatic life — thanks to over…
Rome, Aug 24 (IANS) At least 13 people were killed as a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck central Italy early on Wednesday, officials said. Many were trapped under rubble as buildings and houses collapsed due to…
Rome, Aug 24 (IANS) At least four people were killed as an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale struck central Italy early Wednesday, a government official said. At least four people died in the…
London, Aug 24 (IANS) Now cold and dry Red Planet had a warm and wet climate about four billion years ago, said researchers after analysing fossilised riverbeds discovered on an ancient region of the Martian…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) It was a cloudy and pleasant Wednesday morning here with minimum temperature recorded at 28 degree Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, weather office said. According to India Meteorological…
Rome, Aug 24 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter Scale hit Italy city of Rieti on Wednesday. The quake was felt at 1.36 a.m (local time), Xinhau cited Italy’s INGV as showing. Strong…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) As 1,36,190 cleaning drives were conducted during the “Swacchhta Pakhwada” fortnight August 1-15 at temples, parks, roads, slum areas, hospitals, banks, hospitals, and other places, officials said on Tuesday. “Eco-Clubs…
Guwahati, Aug 23 (IANS) To deal with annual flooding and erosion problem in Assam, the state government has decided to start dredging of the Brahmaputra river, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Tuesday. “The state…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The Central Water Commission (CWC) has recommended construction of water harvesting structures, inter-linking of rivers and construction of new storage structures as some important measures to meet the challenges of…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) ‘Clean Air India Movement (CLAIM)’, said to be India’s largest anti-pollution campaign, on Tuesday bagged the ‘Energy and Environment Foundation Global Award 2016’ for efforts to tackle the problem of…