Bengaluru, June 5 (IANS) Karnataka Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy rode on a battery-driven bicycle on Sunday here to promote greater use of electric vehicles and mark the World Environment Day. “Electric vehicles are future of…
Bhubaneswar, June 5 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday said zero tolerance should be shown to illegal trade in wildlife. “Let us take a pledge to protect and preserve wildlife. Let us show…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Delhi continued to suffer the heat on Sunday as the maximum temperature settled two notches above the season’s average at 42 degrees Celsius. However, the Met has forecast an overcast…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off the inaugural run of the Tiger Trail Circuit Train on the occasion of the World Environment Day on Sunday and promised more such initiatives….
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. (File Photo: IANS) Mumbai, June 5 (IANS) On the occasion of World Environment Day, which falls on June 5, members of Hindi film fraternity like Madhuri Dixit Nene, Arjun Kapoor and…
Chandigarh, June 5 (IANS) Chandigarh and its surrounding areas were lashed by rain and hailstorm on Sunday evening even as most parts of Punjab and Haryana continued to experience heat wave conditions. Chandigarh, the joint…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Over 200 handicapped people, including students, participated in a plantation drive here on Sunday. The drive was organised on the occasion of World Environment Day, as part of the Clean…
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) Taking a cue from the ‘Green Initiative’ of the Inian cricket board, the National Cricket Club (NCC) here on Sunday initiated “Cricket for Environment”, a programme for planting saplings and distribution…
By Kushagra Dixit and Ashish Mishra New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) With eco crimes like ivory smuggling, illegal logging and toxic waste touching record high of $258 billion globally, discovery of 40 dead tiger cubs…
Oil rig. (File Photo: IANS) New York, June 5 (IANS) While extracting natural gas, minimising the environmental consequences above-ground is now possible at a reasonable expense by a newly found algorithm, scientists have said. Extracting…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The Delhi government would plant 10 lakh trees and five lakh saplings of medicinal and herbal plants this year in the national capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday….
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Explosive growth of automobiles in Delhi should be checked through increased use of public and non-motorised transport and use of private vehicles should be discouraged through high parking fees and…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Aiming to reduce its carbon footprint, the Indian Navy has set a target of producing 21 MW of solar power and is also looking at tapping the energy of oceans…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 5 (IANS) Conditions are favourable for onset of the southwest monsoon over Kerala over the next two to three days, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). Making the announcement in its mid-Sunday…
By Vishal Gulati New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Illegal wildlife trade and habitat fragmentation that has increased human-wildlife conflict are threatening the wildlife across the Hindu Kush Himalayan region, an international expert has said. He…
Washington, June 5 (IANS) Mental illnesses and mood disorders are more common in urban areas partly due to reduced access to nature, say researchers. “There’s an enormous amount of disease largely tied to our…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) It was a sunny Sunday morning in the national capital with minimum temperature recorded at 30.6 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the Met Office said. “The sky…
Beijing, June 5 (IANS) Heavy rains will batter parts of southwest China in the next three days, according to the national observatory forecast on Sunday. Regions in Sichuan basin will experience downpour of up to…
Nairobi, June 5 (IANS) Criminal syndicates are currently generating an estimated $258 billion from illegal plunder of the planet’s natural capital, says a joint UNEP-Interpol report launched on Saturday ahead of the World Environment Day….
Doha, June 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday told Indian workers in Qatar that the monsoon this year will be good for India. “Maybe none of you know me. But you must be…