Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) Enriching its colllection of rare flora, University of Burdwan (BU) in West Bengal has recently become home to a giant water lily – a plant native to South America – with…
Dehradun, July 7 (IANS) Heavy rains in the past week have washed away a major road in Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand that connected more than a dozen villages, an official said on Thursday. Villages like Dongri,…
Shimla, July 7 (IANS) The monsoon in Himachal Pradesh has subsided and will continue to remain weak till July 9, a weather official said here on Thursday. “Precipitation occurred at a few places on Wednesday….
New York, July 7 (IANS) Air pollutants interact with and break down plant-emitted scent molecules, which insect pollinators such as bees use to locate needed food, says a new study. The pollution-modified plant odours can…
Moscow, July 7 (IANS) Wildfires have destroyed about 9,000 hectares of taiga — coniferous snow forests in Russia’s Far East since a day ago, forest officials said on Thursday. Twenty wildfires were reported in Yakutsk,…
New York, July 7 (IANS) Combined impacts of volcanic eruptions in India and an asteroid impact in Mexico brought about one of the Earth’s biggest mass extinctions that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years…
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, July 7 (IANS) Despite laws to rein in frog poaching, constant hunting of frogs and serving their curried or fried meaty legs on plates continue to irk wildlife activists in Goa,…
Guwahati, July 7 (IANS) Two persons including a minor were killed and two others injured on Thursday due to a landslide in Assam’s Kamrup district. Police said the incident took place at 11 Mile Area…
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) It was a humid Thursday morning with a partly cloudy sky here with the minimum temperature recorded at 28.8 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average, the Met office…
Lucknow, July 7 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh is set to observe a ‘bhujal saptah’ (groundwater week) across the state from July 16 to 22, an official said on Thursday. The groundwater department, the official further informed…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) In order to give a major boost to “Namami Gange” programme, as many as 231 projects will be inaugurated at various locations in Uttrakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal,…
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) A rogue elephant was shot dead in the forests of southern West Bengal by authorised hunters as a “last resort” and as per a decision of the state government after efforts…
Beijing, July 6 (IANS) China’s Wuhan city was on red alert on Wednesday for more heavy rainfall, after torrential downpours left parts of the city submerged. Transport links, water and power supplies in the city…
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) A rogue elephant was on Tuesday shot dead in the forests of southern West Bengal by authorised hunters as a “last resort” and as per a decision of the state government…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) New Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave, a known environmentalist, took charge of the ministry on Wednesday that also happens to be his birthday. Dave said he would continue with “his…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) It was a cloudy day on Wednesday in the national capital with the maximum temperature settling at 36.1 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season’s average, the Met office said….
Mumbai, July 6 (IANS) The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday said it planned to convert in phases all its 44 wood or electricity consuming crematoria across the metropolis to piped natural gas (PNG)-based complexes….
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) The West Bengal government has urged the central government to take up with the Nepal government the issue of “barriers in elephant-migration route” so that the jumbos can move unhindered along…
Haridwar, July 6 (IANS) A spiritual group here said on Wednesday it will mark the 300th consecutive Sunday of tree plantation in Kolkata on July 31. On that day, 300 trees will be planted in…
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) A rogue elephant was on Tuesday shot down in the forests of southern West Bengal by authorised members as a “last resort” and as per a decision of the state government,…