Bengaluru, July 6 (IANS) Heavy rain is likely to occur at many places in coastal Karnataka and the Western Ghats over the next 24 hours, the Met office said on Wednesday. “Heavy rains will occur…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Anil Madhav Dave, a Narmada river conservationist and environmentalist, on Wednesday took charge of the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change. “I will take one week to understand the…
New York, July 6 (IANS) Analysis of fossil remains dating 50 million years represent a new species that is a previously unknown relative of the modern-day ostrich, researchers say. The bird fossils were found more…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) It was a cloudy Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 28.5 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average, the Met office said. “The sky will be…
Bhubaneswar, July 6 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to increase royalty on coal and release 60 per cent share of Clean Environment Cess to…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Border Road Organisation (BRO) on Tuesday succeeded in opening the National Highway connecting Rudraparayag-Joshimath-Mana, the main axis of Badrinath Yatra in Uttarakhand after the road was blocked due to landslides,…
Patna, July 5 (IANS) At least 7 persons including women and children were killed and over half a dozen others injured after being struck by lightning in Bihar’s Gaya district on Tuesday, police said. A…
Chennai, July 5 (IANS) Police here are on the look out for two medical college students for throwing a dog off the roof of a multi-storied building, said an animal welfare activist here on Tuesday….
Hyderabad, July 5 (IANS) The Indian Immunologicals Ltd (IIL), the market leader in veterinary biologicals, is organising free animal vaccination camps in 100 centres across the country on World Zoonosis Day on July 6. The…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) BJP lawmaker from Rajasthan Arjun Ram Meghwal on Tuesday cycled up the Raisina Hill to the Rashtrapati Bhavan for his swearing-in as Union Minister of State. He said he was…
Ranchi, July 5 (IANS) Incessant rain crippled normal life and damaged government and private property in many areas of Jharkhand with Garhwa, Chatra, Hazaribagh, Palamu and Gumla being among the worst-hit districts. In state capital…
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) A group of eco-conscious engineers, entrepreneurs and birders has leveraged technology to come to the rescue of our feathered friends by designing a bird sound identifier — software…
Bengaluru, July 5 (IANS) Heavy monsoon rains have intensified sea erosion in coastal Karnataka with strong surface winds and Arabian Sea water pounding the long west coast, the Met Office said on Tuesday. “Sea erosion…
Melbourne, July 5 (IANS) A baby Asian elephant, who is fighting for her life at the Melbourne Zoo, stood up for the first time on Tuesday as she battles a rare tendon condition that prevents…
Sydney, July 5 (IANS) A shark warning was issued on Tuesday in Western Australia after a 12-metre humpback whale weighing up to 40 tonnes washed up on a popular beach. Western Australian authorities said the…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) A day after cloudy weather, the national capital woke up to a sunny and humid Tuesday morning as the minimum temperature settled at 27.9 degrees Celsius, average for the season,…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Reiterating that India has already started ratification of the landmark Paris Climate Agreement signed by 195 nations at New York in April this year, Indian Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its order on pleas for lifting its ban on registration of diesel cars with engine capacity of 2,000 cc and above in the NCR…
Ghaziabad, July 4 (IANS) Farmers on Monday protested here against the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation and alleged a “big scam” after five milch animals of a farmer were electrocuted during the rain. Jai Chand, a…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) A day after the long awaited monsoon arrived in the national capital, weather experts on Monday poured water on the hopes of Delhiites forecasting only patchy rains with little possibility…