Assam tea growers hope there won’t be more rains
Guwahati, April 29 (IANS) After pre-monsoon rains hit output in Assam, tea growers are looking up to the weather god ahead of the premium second flush of tea which is due in May-June. Although the…
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Bengal tiger dies in Karachi zoo
Islamabad, April 29 (IANS) A Bengal tiger has died at the Karachi zoo, the media reported on Friday. The tiger was unwell for a week and died due to acute kidney failure, Geo News reported….
Giant duck-billed dinosaur fossil sets world record
Beijing, April 29 (IANS) A fossilised skeleton of a hadrosaur or duck-billed dinosaur in China’s Shandong province has been recognised by Guinness World Records as the “largest hadrosaurid skeleton on display”. The Zhuchengosaurus maximus skeleton…
Majority in Delhi want odd-even scheme permanently: Survey
New Delhi: A view of Delhi traffic on the fifth day of implementation of odd-even traffic scheme aimed at battling pollution in New Delhi on April 19, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 29 (IANS)…
Avalanche fears over unauthorised Everest helicopter flights
Kathmandu, April 29 (IANS) Helicopter firms are carrying out unauthorised sightseeing flights over the upper reaches of Mount Everest, Nepalese officials say. Sherpas have expressed concern that vibrations caused by the helicopters could trigger avalanches,…
Origin of Earth’s oldest crystals revealed
London, April 29 (IANS) The very oldest pieces of rock on Earth — zircon crystals — are likely to have formed in the craters left by violent asteroid impacts that peppered our nascent planet rather…
Want to breathe clean air? Travel to Himachal’s Kinnaur district
By Vishal Gulati Shimla, April 29 (IANS) If you want to breathe clean air, travel to Himachal Pradesh’s remote Kinnaur district that is endowed with the mighty Himalayas, gurgling rivers, virgin nature and a rich…
Deciding the world’s future: Environmental politics’ story and scope
By Vikas Datta Title: Environmental Politics – A Very Short Introduction; Author: Andrew Dobson ; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Pages: 152; Price: Rs.225 Global warming and COP-21, or specifically at home in India, the ‘odd-even’…
Partly cloudy morning in Delhi
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Friday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 21.7 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average, the weather office said….
7 magnitude quake jolts Vanuatu
Port Vila, April 29 (IANS) A magnitude 7 earthquake struck the north of the South Pacific island of Vanuatu on Friday. The US Geological Survey located the epicentre of the quake at a shallow depth…
Landfill fires affected air quality in Delhi: Gopal Rai
New Delhi: Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai inspects trail of implementation of odd-even formula begins in New Delhi on Dec 31, 2015. (Photo: Sunil Majumdar/IANS) New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai…
NGT verdict next week, AoL denies backtracking on paying damages
By Vinayak Dutt New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is likely to give its verdict next Wednesday on the Art of Living (AoL) causing ecological damage on the Yamuna banks in…
15 more die of heat wave in Telangana, toll rises to 137
Hyderabad, April 28 (IANS) Heat wave claimed 15 more lives in Telangana on Thursday, taking the toll to 137 this season, officials said. The deaths were reported from various parts of the state during last…
Severe heat wave warning in coastal Odisha
Bhubaneswar, April 28 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday sounded a severe heat wave warning in coastal Odisha for the next 3-4 days. Odisha continued to reel under the scorching sun on Thursday,…
Efforts on to revive dying Hindon river: Uma Bharti
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) With dissolved oxygen levels as low as 0.4 milligram per litre, Hindon river, a tributary of Yamuna, is not in a good condition and efforts are on to revive the…
Landfill fires affected air quality in Delhi: Gopal Rai
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai on Thursday said that recent incidents of fires have contributed to raising air pollution in the city. As the second phase of the odd-even traffic…
Himachal continues to experience hot weather
Shimla, April 28 (IANS) The hills of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday continued to experience warm weather due to prevailing dry weather, with the state’s Una town recording a high of 38.4 degrees Celsius, a Met…
Ghaziabad Development Board toys with commercial hub in river bed
Ghaziabad, April 28 (IANS) The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has sought government clearances for a commercial hub in the Hindon river bed, though the proposal stands in violation of environmental laws, according to official sources….
Swachh Bharat mission fails March 2016 urban-trash targets
By Prachi Salve No more than 17.6 percent of urban solid-waste (garbage) was processed as of March 2016, against a target of 30 percent set last year under the Swachh Bharat (Clean India) Mission launched…
Endangered dholes spotted in China reserve
Beijing, April 28 (IANS) At least nine dholes, or Asiatic wild dogs, were caught on camera in a nature reserve in China’s Gansu province, the nature reserve officials said on Thursday. Infrared cameras in Yanchiwan…