New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Greenpeace India on Friday released data on the water consumption patterns of coal power plants in seven drought affected states, stating that coal power plants in these states consume water…
San Francisco/New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Union Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan on Friday announced India’s plan to double the investment for its clean energy research over the period of next five year….
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said India was poised to be the clean energy of capital of the world. “The mission… is to increase use of clean technologies…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The total number of vehicles entering Delhi in a day — about 5.65 lakh — is nearly the same as the number of vehicles that got registered in Delhi in…
Chandigarh, June 3 (IANS) Haryana’s Hisar town at 44 degrees Celsius was the hottest place in the northern region on Friday as blistering heat conditions revived in the state and neighbouring Punjab. Most places in…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday asked Central Empowered Committee on environmental matters to examine the plea by the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCC), run by the Ministry…
Pinjore (Haryana), June 3 (IANS) Union Environment and Forests Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday released in the wild two captive Himalayan griffon vultures after tagging them. The griffons have been in captivity at the Bombay…
Bangkok, June 3 (IANS) The discovery of more than 40 dead tiger cubs in Thailand’s Tiger Temple represents only a “tiny proportion” of the enormous extent of an illegal trade in wildlife that is “pushing…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 3 (IANS) Leaders of the Kerala opposition, led by former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala, met Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday and conveyed their concern over Vijayan’s…
Bangkok, June 3 (IANS) Thai officials on Friday found 20 jars containing preserved tiger cubs during an ongoing raid at the controversial Wat Pa Luangta Maha Bua Buddhist monastery, popularly known as the Tiger Temple…
Abu Dhabi, June 3 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) flag carrier Etihad Airways along with five partner airlines has signed a declaration committing to fight illegal wildlife trafficking and efforts to help protect species….
By Himadri Ghosh Over the last 30 years, forests nearly two-thirds the size of Haryana have been lost to encroachments (15,000 sq km) and 23,716 industrial projects (14,000 sq km), according to government data. Artificial…
Shimla, June 3 (IANS) Nine trekkers, mainly officials of the income tax department from New Delhi who are stranded in a remote helmet in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, could not be airlifted on Friday…
Paris, June 3 (IANS) Floodwaters in Paris are forecast to peak on Friday with the river Seine due to reach 19 ft above its normal level, officials said. The world-famous Louvre and Orsay museums have…
London, June 3 (IANS) Your loving dog may have come into being independently from two separate — possibly now extinct — wolf populations that lived on opposite sides of the Eurasian continent, new research has…
San Francisco, June 3 (IANS) China will constantly boost green and low-carbon development in an effort to promote harmony between human and nature, according to a congratulatory letter sent by President Xi Jinping to the…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has approved Rs 186 crore for the wildlife mitigation measures of a highway that cuts across the tiger corridor in Maharashtra, an official…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) While it is already raining in most parts of Kerala, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that the monsoon will hit the southern state in the next four to…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Delhi witnessed a warm sunny day on Thursday with the day’s maximum temperature settling at 42.3 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average. The Met office predicted a warmer…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Given the ongoing inclement weather in the region, the Indian embassy in Kathmandu on Thursday advised Indian pilgrims undertaking the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra to avoid the Nepal route. A large…