Two killed due to landslide in Assam
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…
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Partly cloudy Thursday morning, no sign of rain
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…
UP to observe ‘groundwater week’
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…
231 projects to boost ‘Namami Gange’ programme
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,…
Rogue elephant shot in Bengal as ‘last resort’
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…
Chinese city on red alert for further rain
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…
Rogue elephant shot in Bengal as ‘last resort’
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…
Will continue my hobby under constitutional framework: Environment Minister
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…
Cloudy Wednesday in Delhi, similar weather on Thursday
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….
Now, Mumbai to use natural gas for its crematoria
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….
Delhi should get India-Nepal elephant-migration barrier removed: Bengal
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…
300th unbroken Sunday of tree plantation
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…
Bengal shoots rogue elephant as ‘last resort’
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,…
Yesudas family denies turning Hindu
Thiruvananthapuram, July 6 (IANS) Prabha Yesudas, wife of singing legend K.J. Yesudas, has denied reports that her husband has turned a Hindu. I do not know how this news has come and its not true,…
First fossil facial tumour discovered in dwarf dinosaur
London, July 6 (IANS) The first-ever record of a tumourous facial swelling found in a fossil has been discovered in the jaw of an estimated 69 million-year-old dwarf dinosaur, say researchers. The fossil was discovered…
Australia on watch for bee-killing varroa mites
Canberra, July 6 (IANS) Northern Australia is on the watch for a destructive varroa mite that has caused the collapse of bee colonies in other parts of the world, an official said on Wednesday. Stevedores…
How a touch screen helped a paralysed chimp walk again
Tokyo, July 6 (IANS) In a first, Japanese researchers have rehabilitated a paralysed chimpanzee through interaction with computers and touch screens. The case of Reo, a male chimpanzee that learned to walk again after being…
Heavy rain forecast in coastal Karnataka, Western Ghats
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…
Anil Dave takes charge of Environment Ministry
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…
Ostrich relative that lived 50 mn years ago traced
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…