Another sizzling day in Himachal
Shimla, May 19 (IANS) It was another sizzling day for Himachal Pradesh on Thursday with the mercury continuing to rise across the hills which recorded temperatures two to six degrees above average. In some areas,…
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Cyclone Roanu puts Odisha on alert
Bhubaneswar, May 19 (IANS) The Odisha government on Thursday directed the administration to stay alert to meet any eventuality with cyclonic storm ‘Roanu’ likely to cross the coastal areas in the next two days. Taking…
Toll in Sri Lanka rains rises to 42
Colombo, May 19 (IANS) The toll in torrential rains in Sri Lanka on Thursday rose to 42 as search and rescue operations for survivors continued, especially in the country’s central region that was hit by…
New discovery may help decipher solar system’s evolution
London, May 19 (IANS) Scientists have found evidence of icy comets orbiting a nearby Sun-like star, which may give a glimpse into how our own solar system developed. An international team of researchers, led by…
Climate change to trigger rapid retreat of Antarctic glacier
London, May 19 (IANS) Current rates of climate change could trigger instability in a major Antarctic glacier, ultimately leading to nearly three metre rise of the sea level, say researchers. The scientists looked at the…
Warm Thursday morning in Delhi, heat waves expected
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) It was a warm Thursday morning with minimum temperature recorded at 28.6 degrees Celsius, which was two degrees up from Wednesday, the weather office said. The day ahead is expected…
UN chief appoints new climate chief
United Nations, May 19 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Patricia Espinosa Cantellano of Mexico as executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The appointment was made after consultation with…
‘Earth sees 12th consecutive record warm month in April’
Washington, May 19 (IANS) April 2016 was the 12th consecutive month a monthly global temperature record has been broken, the US government’s climate agency said on Wednesday. “This is the longest such balmy streak in…
Rainy evening cools Bengaluru
Bengaluru, May 18 (IANS) After three cool sunless days, the heavens opened over Bengaluru on Wednesday evening with 28.4 mm rainfall. “It rained 25.8 mm in HAL airport and 34.8 mm in Yelahanka,” an official…
Rains lash Andhra, Orange Alert in Delhi
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Two people were killed in lightening strike in Tripura on Wednesday as heavy rains lashed parts of Andhra Pradesh even as several other states in the country recorded scorching heat…
Chinese aid for Maharashtra’s drought-hit Solapur
Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) The Chinese government has extended financial help of Rs.30 lakh to tackle acute drought in Solapur, the birthplace of Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis who earned the admiration of the Chinese for treating…
Severe heatwave paralyses life in Rajasthan
Jaipur, May 18 (IANS) Heatwave conditions continued to prevail in the desert state of Rajasthan with the mercury touching 49.1 degrees Celsius in Churu on Wednesday. Heatwave conditions have virtually paralysed life in the state…
Blazing sun sends people scurrying for cover
New Delhi/Noida, May 18 (IANS) Traffic dwindled on roads and people scurried for the shade as a fiery sun beat down, taking the mercury to a scorching 46.4 degrees Celsius in the Delhi NCR region….
Four die as Gujarat sizzles at 47 degrees Celsius
Ahmedabad, May 18 (IANS) At least four people died due to severe heat wave conditions across Gujarat on Wednesday as the maximum temperature hovered around 47 degrees Celcius. According to reports, two people died in…
Amid heat wave in Haryana, Punjab; Hisar sizzles at 46.8 degrees
Chandigarh, May 18 (IANS) Heat wave conditions intensified in Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday with most places in both the states recording maximum temperatures over 43 degrees Celsius. Haryana’s Hisar town was the hottest in…
Number of tigers estimated at 40 in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, May 18 (IANS) The number of tigers in Odisha has been estimated at 40, said a report on Wednesday. According to the tiger estimation report of Odisha government, the state has 40 tigers against…
‘Orange Alert’ as temperature shoots to 47 degrees in NCR areas
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) As the mercury touched a scorching 47 degrees Celsius in Noida and Palam and other NCR areas too recorded high temperatures on Wednesday, the Met office declared an ‘Orange Alert’…
Thundershowers to hit Odisha by Thursday afternoon
Bhubaneswar, May 18 (IANS) Odisha is likely to experience thundershowers due to a deep depression over Bay of Bengal by Thursday afternoon, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday. IMD said the depression centered…
Protected species of snake, scorpion recovered from poacher
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) In yet another successful crackdown on illegal trade in wildlife species in the national capital, an Indian black scorpion and a green vine snake, both protected species, were seized from…
Orange Alert in Delhi as mercury touches 47 degrees
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The mercury touched a scorching 47 degrees Celsius in some part of the National Capital Region on Wednesday and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) declared an ‘Orange Alert’ asking people…