Kolkata, June 15 (IANS) The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has given clearance for constructing a station of the East West Metro (EWM) project near three protected monuments, an official of the Kolkata Metro Rail…
Patna, June 15 (IANS) In a bid to check the increasing air pollution in the Bihar capital, the government has banned 15-year-old diesel vehicles from the roads from Wednesday. “We have banned 15-year-old diesel vehicles…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The central government has launched a scheme to set up grid-connected wind energy projects aimed at generating 1,000 MW clean power, an official statement said on wednesday. The Solar Energy…
Islamaabd, June 15 (IANS) A consignment containing 148 live black scorpions, to be sent to Hong Kong, was seized by the anti-narcotics force at the Karachi airport on Wednesday. It is the first seizure of…
Washington, June 15 (IANS) For the first time, an instrument onboard an orbiting NASA spacecraft has measured the methane emissions from a single, specific leaking facility on the Earths surface, the US space agency has…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear a plea challenging three government notifications declaring as vermin nilgais, wild boars and monkeys, thereby paving the way for their culling in Bihar, Uttarakhand and…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 30.5 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky will…
Paris, June 14 (IANS) The currently weak coal and gas prices will not stop record investment of nearly $7.8 trillion in the world renewable energy sector over the coming decades as the cost of generating…
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Tuesday appreciated the BJP-led central government’s work on pollution control and monitoring but also pointed out tardiness in its flagship programmes like…
Jammu/Srinagar, June 14 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar on Tuesday recorded the season’s highest temperature at 32 degrees while winter capital Jammu scorched at 40.2 degrees, the met department said. “Srinagar recorded this…
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said that it will take at least three years to develop the capacity and infrastructure for revival of the Bengaluru lakes. “Things don’t…
New Delhi: Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari addresses at the National Seminar on “Liberating the Farmers from Debt Trap: Challenges of Policy Reforms in India”, in New Delhi on…
London, June 14 (IANS) Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) is for the first time expected to exceed 400 parts per million for 2016 as a result of an extra boost from El Nino, finds a new…
Washington, June 14 (IANS) In less than five decades, summers across most of the globe could be hotter than any summer experienced by people to date, researchers have estimated. If climate change continues on its…
By Brij Khandelwal Agra/Mathura/Vrindavan, June 14 (IANS) When lakhs of the devout took a dip in the Yamuna at ghats in Vrindavan, Mathura and Agra on Ganga Dussehra on Tuesday, they had a “face to…
By Abhishek Waghmare Clad in denim, white tee shirt and possessed of the self-confidence of a Mumbai collegian, Babban Chavan, 25, looked distinctly out of place in the ragged tarpaulin-and-bamboo migrant camp that houses drought…
Guwahati, June 14 (IANS) In a major operation, the anti-corruption sleuths have recovered about Rs 2 crore in cash and parts of wild animals, including tiger and deer skins, from two residences of a divisional…
Toronto, June 14 (IANS) In addition to combatting pests, covering soil with wood mulch can actually help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, says a study. Using mulch in agriculture can cut nitrous oxide emissions up to…
Tokyo, June 14 (IANS) Residents in northern Japan have been warned to stay away from mountainous areas after four aged people were killed in apparent bear attacks. As many as four bodies were discovered recently…
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) It was a generally clouded Tuesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 26 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average, the weather office said. “Light rains and…