London, July 15 (IANS) Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have found that data from tropical Pacific Ocean can help provide an improved forecast of the summer monsoon in central India. The findings, published in the…
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 26 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky would…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Heavy rain in Delhi on Thursday brought a welcome drop in temperature with the maximum settling at the average for the season at 35.4 degrees Celsius, but also meant nightmare…
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) In a bid to resolve the Ganga water sharing issues between Bangladesh and India, the two governments should form an experts group to look at all the technical issues, a top…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday signed a $100 million loan agreement for strengthening irrigation, drainage and water management in the Vennar sub-basin of the Cauvery delta…
Kochi, July 14 (IANS) A new delicacy on dining tables in Kerala could well be African snails, millions of which have invaded many areas of the state. At a meeting called here last week to…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Around 500 monks and ‘kung fu’ nuns of the Drukpa Buddhist order, who commenced a 2,500 km arduous cyclethon from Kathmandu in Nepal and will culminate in the famed Hemis…
Salman Durrani Sydney, July 14 (IANS) A team of Australian researchers has found a way to harvest renewable or ambient energy from mobile phone base stations to power battery-operated wireless sensors. Lead researcher Salman Durrani…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Thursday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 27.4 degrees Celsius, average for the season, the weather office said. “There is a possibility of…
Ahmedabad, July 13 (IANS) The southwest monsoon penetrated deeper into Gujarat and has covered the entire state, leading to rainfall at most places in the drought-prone Saurashtra-Kutch region as well as central Gujarat areas. The…
Agra, July 13 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal has directed the Agra Municipal Corporation to conduct a thorough clean-up of the Yamuna river bank, mainly the area close to Taj Mahal. The NGT direction on…
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Light rain in some parts of the national capital on Wednesday afternoon failed to afford Delhiites respite from the sweltering humidity as the maximum temperature settled at 35.4 degrees Celsius,…
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) Aiming to save the girl child and nurture her bond with nature, the West Bengal forest department has conceptualised project ‘Bonani’ (forest) envisioning girls turning ambassadors to protect the environment. Bengal…
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The Union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave its approval for revised cost estimates of Rs 7,290.62 crore for the 1,020 MW Punatsangchhu-II Hydroelectric Project (HEP)…
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) Collection of new books and periodicals from India at the Bhasa Bhawan (House of Languages) in the National Library here, the largest library in the country, had to be urgently evacuated…
Bengaluru, July 13 (IANS) A flood alert has been issued in many villages of two border districts of Karnataka after excess rain water was released from Maharashtra into the Krishna river that flows through the…
Patna, July 13 (IANS) Contrary to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast of above normal monsoon rains this year in Bihar, the state has recorded a deficit of 22 per cent in rainfall so far,…
Johannesburg, July 13 (IANS) Countering a common perception, a new study suggests that climate change, after all, may not have been directly linked to cultural and technological innovations of Middle Stone Age humans in southern…
Nainital, July 13 (IANS) A tiger was found dead in the Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve in Ramnagar, an official said on Wednesday. The adult tiger was spotted by forest officials on duty in the Jhirna…
By Rajendra Shende Clearance-man or a man of clear-sense? Serving party command or following people’s demand? Conflict of interests or confluence of innovations? Dilution of norms or densification of monitoring? The never-sleeping Indian media will…