New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The national capital woke up to a cloudy Monday morning as the minimum temperature settled one notch above the season’s average at 28.7 degrees Celsius, the weather office said. “Very…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The national capital had a pleasant day on Sunday after a cloudy morning with the maximum temperature at 36.7 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average. Though it did…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday spoke to Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on the flood situation in the state. “Spoke to CM Madhya Pradesh who apprised…
London, July 10 (IANS) Littered cigarette butts may be an important source of metal contaminants leaching into the marine environment and potentially entering the food chain, revealed a research. According to a study published in…
Imphal, July 10 (IANS) Manipur’s road-link with the rest of the country was severely disrupted on Sunday as a landslide blocked National Highway 2 near the Nagaland capital Kohima. “All available personnel and machinery are…
Washington, July 10 (IANS) The strength of the astronauts increased to six on the International Space Station (ISS) as three Expedition 48 crew members on Sunday joined the orbital laboratory to facilitate key research. NASA…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The national capital woke up to a cloudy Sunday morning as the minimum temperature settled one notch above the season’s average at 28.8 degrees Celsius, the weather office said. “Very…
Agra, July 9 (IANS) District authorities here on Saturday released a detailed plan for setting their own record by planting more than six lakh saplings as Uttar Pradesh is all geared up to set a…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) A tidal turbine designed to harness the kinetic energy found in moving bodies of water could be ideal for India to generate clean energy from a renewable resource with less…
Bengaluru, July 9 (IANS) Heavy rains will occur in coastal districts, south interior and central areas (Malnad) of Karnataka in the next 24 hours as the monsoon remains vigorous, the Met office said on Saturday….
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) A clutch of real-time sensors have been installed along the Ganges in Varanasi for monitoring water quality and the data would be soon made available to visitors as displays at the…
Guwahati, July 9 (IANS) Over one lakh people have been affected by to floods in seven districts of Assam for the last few days, an official said on Saturday. A total of 112,307 people in…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Saturday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 27.8 degrees Celsius, average for this time of the season. “The sky will remain cloudy with…
Rio de Janeiro, July 9 (IANS) The athletes in the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will be given medals that benefit from an innovative design, made from environmentally friendly materials, including…
Hyderabad, July 8 (IANS) Telangana on Friday launched the second phase of “Haritha Haram” programme aimed to plant 46 crore plants to improve its green cover. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao inaugurated the fortnight long…
Bhopal, July 8 (IANS) Heavy rains since Tuesday have swamped about 3.25 lakh hectares of farmland in the long suffering Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh with little chance that newly-sown Soybean and Urad crops will…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The Kudankulam nuclear power plant’s second unit is expected to go critical in a few days after the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) gave the final clearance on Friday, informed…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The national capital experienced a humid day on Friday with traces of rain at some locations in the evening as the maximum temperature settled two notches below the season’s average…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Anil Madhav Dave on Friday emphasised the need to adopt the three-fold mantra of ‘Sun, Cycle and Saving’ in the energy…
New York, July 8 (IANS) A study of numerous seasonal dark streaks called “recurring slope lineae” or RSLs found at a canyon network on Mars has offered important clues that liquid water could be present…