New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Delhi government for its apparent delay in the installation of Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID) at 13 entry points on Delhi’s border…
Tokyo, Aug 22 (IANS) Typhoon Mindulle on Monday left 30 persons injured and caused significant interruptions in the transport network in and around Tokyo, while 850,000 persons were asked to evacuate. Mindulle, the ninth typhoon…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 22 (IANS) The Centre on Monday sanctioned Rs 236 crore to the Odisha government under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA). Union Forest and Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave sanctioned the…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday assured total support in the rescue and relief operations in the flood-affected states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Praying for…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) A minor earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter Scale struck Delhi and Haryana on Monday, officials said. The epicentre of the quake was in Mahendragarh, Haryana, and it occurred at…
New York, Aug 22 (IANS) A team of researchers is working to use naturally-occurring fungi for an environment-friendly recycling process to extract cobalt and lithium from waste batteries. “The idea first came from a student…
London, Aug 22 (IANS) A team of astronomers has identified a young star, located almost 11,000 light years away, which could help us understand how the most massive stars in the universe are formed. This…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) It was a cloudy Monday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.1 degrees Celsius, average for this time of the season. The sky is likely to remain cloudy…
Jaipur, Aug 21 (IANS) The best way to predict future is to create it, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan observed on Sunday while addressing the First Meeting of BRICS Women Parliamentarians’ Forum here. The two-day…
Patna, Aug 21 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday demanded removal of the Farakka barrage on the Ganga river and formulation of a national silt management policy to protect the state from devastating…
Bhopal, Aug 21 (IANS) The widespread devastation in Madhya Pradesh following heavy rains can be traced to the loot of natural resources and ecocidal model of development, ‘Waterman’ Rajendra Singh said on Sunday. “The loot…
Shimla, Aug 21 (IANS) The southwest monsoon was 17 per cent deficient in Himachal Pradesh with four districts recording shortfall in rain, an official at the local meteorological office said on Sunday. “The overall monsoon…
Kolkata, Aug 21 (IANS) West Bengal has been put on alert after the meteorological department forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall over the next 24 hours, officials said on Sunday. According to the Regional Meteorological…
Bhopal, Aug 21 (IANS) With several days of continuous downpour in the Vindhya region of Madhya Pradesh, about 100 villages in Rewa and Satna district have been devastated by floods, officials said on Sunday. They…
Hanoi, Aug 21 (IANS) At least seven persons were killed and two went missing as typhoon Dianmu hit Vietnam, authorities said on Sunday. After making landfall in northern Vietnam on Friday, Dianmu weakened into a…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) It was a pleasant and cloudy Sunday morning here, however the day wass expected to get hotter, weather office said. The minimum temperature recorded at 26.1 degree celsius, average for…
Agra, Aug 20 (IANS) An Indian Eagle Owl was rescued from a poacher near Bodla market, Agra, and released into its natural habitat. The bird was under the care of wildlife conservation organisation Wildlife SOS…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 20 (IANS) The Odisha government on Saturday urged the Wildlife Trust of India to prepare a Comprehensive Wildlife Management Plan for the state within 15 months. “The WTI has been requested to prepare…
Dhaka, Aug 20 (IANS) A Bangladesh citizens’ group held a day-long protest on Saturday against the Rampal power plant project in the Sundarbans being jointly executed with India. The 1,000-odd protesters of the National Committee…
Bhopal, Aug 20 (IANS) Seventeen people have died across Madhya Pradesh in the devastation caused by three days of continuous rain and resultant floods, including building collapses in Sagar and Satna districts, officials said on…