Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal talks to press in Guwahati in June 3, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Guwahati, June 22 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday asked the Deputy Commissioners and Superintendents of…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed condolences over the death of people due to lightning strikes in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. “Deeply anguished by loss of lives due…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday expressed grief over reports of numerous deaths due to lightning in Bihar. Gandhi expressed the hope that the Bihar government was ensuring adequate safety…
Colombo, June 22 (IANS) Sri Lanka on Wednesday began exporting fishery products to the European Union after it lifted a ban on fishery products from the island-country. Fisheries Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said the first consignment…
Patna, June 22 (IANS) At least 53 people including women and children were killed and dozens injured by lightning in different parts of Bihar since Tuesday, the state’s disaster management department said on Wednesday. However,…
By Imran Khan New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Men are migrating to cities, leaving behind women in villages. That’s impacting agriculture as women find it difficult to use heavy equipment used for farming. But that…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the successful launch of a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C34 carrying the Cartosat, Google company Terra…
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…