New Delhi: Rains lash Delhi on June 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) By K.S.Jayaraman Bengaluru, June 22 (IANS) A high-tech monsoon experiment in the Bay of Bengal (BoB) in which British scientists will release underwater robotic…
By Imran Khan New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Bangladesh is vulnerable to climate change and many people are getting displaced because of it in the coastal areas, says noted economist Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad, who was…
Patha, June 22 (IANS) At least 48 persons including women and children were killed and dozens injured by lightning in different parts of Bihar in the 24 hours to Wednesday morning, an official said. An…
Bengaluru, June 22 (IANS) Southwest monsoon continues to cover entire Karnataka, the Meteorological centre said on Wednesday, forecasting rainfall all across the state. “Southwest monsoon was active across Coastal Karnataka, normal in south interior Karnataka…
By Rajendra Shende Even before the entry into force of the Paris climate agreement that saw global jubilation just six months ago, we are faced with the possible risk of exit by referendum from the…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) It was a sunny Wednesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.8 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season’s average, the weather office said. “The…
Lucknow, June 22 (IANS) Over 40 persons were killed in the heavy rains and related incidents across Uttar Pradesh, an official said on Wednesday. Heavy rains accompanied by lightning hit many parts of the state…
Rio de Janeiro, June 22 (IANS) Rio 2016 organisers issued an apology on Tuesday after a jaguar that featured in an Olympic torch ceremony was shot dead in the Amazonian city of Manaus. The jaguar,…
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Monsoon arrived drought-hit Vidarbha and Marathwada regions of Maharashtra, and the Bundelkhand region in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh as well as the northern states of the country, IMD said…
Shimla, June 21 (IANS) The southwest monsoon on Tuesday reached Himachal Pradesh in advance with many areas witnessing moderate rainfall in the past 24 hours, the weather office here said. “The southwest monsoon arrived almost…
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) An indigenous technology to restrict benzene, a carcinogenic element, in petrol and naphtha has been developed in collaboration with the state-run Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) in Dehradun, the Reliance Industries…
Beijing, June 21 (IANS) An annual dog meat festival began in China’s Yulin city on Tuesday amid opposition from local and foreign activists, who have called for an end to the slaughter and consumption of…
Bangkok, June 21 (IANS) Wildlife advocates on Tuesday called to protect the dwindling populations of wild giraffes, whose numbers have fallen by 40 per cent over the past 15 years. Marking World Giraffe Day on…
Sriharikota: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s PSLV-C31 carrying IRNSS-1E , lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, a barrier island off the Bay of Bengal coast located in Andhra Pradesh on Jan 20,…
Bengaluru, June 21 (IANS) The southwest monsoon has covered entire Karnataka, the Meteorological Centre here said on Tuesday, as it predicted more rains across the state. It said there would be a generally cloudy sky…
Bengaluru, June 21 (IANS) The southwest monsoon has covered entire Karnataka, the Meteorological Centre here said on Tuesday, as it predicted more rains across the state. It said there would be a generally cloudy sky…
By Saumya Tewari & Rohan Bapat More than half of Indian households did not have a source of drinking water at home – 63 per cent in rural India – and a fifth of rural…
Washington, June 21 (IANS) Using NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope and its extended K2 mission, astronomers have discovered a newborn fully-formed exoplanet — planets that orbit stars beyond our Sun — ever detected around a young…
By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, June 21 (IANS) At least three lion cubs and 10 python snakelets have been born in Sepahijala Wildlife Zoo and Sanctuary in Tripura. “The three newly born lion cubs were named…
New Delhi: Rains lash Delhi on June 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Tuesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 27 degrees Celsius, one notch…