New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Parliament’s key Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has lashed out at the railways for not according due importance to “serious environmental problems” of emissions from diesel locos and dealing with waste…
London, April 26 (IANS) Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration was the major driver behind the global climatic shifts that occurred in the “Eocene epoch” between 53 and 34 million years ago, says a new study….
Imphal, April 26 (IANS) People affected by torrential rains in Manipur in the last 10 days are sore over the alleged sloth in official response to their plight as the government awaits district collectors’ reports…
Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) Conserving wildlife can benefit carbon storage in tropical forests across the world and contribute to controlling global warming, says a new study conducted by an international consortium of researchers. This is…
Kathmandu, April 26 (IANS) Although the current distribution of the critically endangered Himalayan wolf has mostly been a matter of assumption, rather than evident truth, an international research team has now confirmed its existence in…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The Delhi government on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that it will consider exempting lawyers from the odd-even traffic restrictions if the scheme was enforced again in the national…
Ghaziabad, April 26 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday issued notice to 10 government agencies in Ghaziabad on the issue of fast-depleting groundwater in the district. The court fixed the next hearing in…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Severe drought conditions and the resultant water crisis, especially in Latur region of Maharashtra, figured prominently in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said ‘bhayankar’ (serious)…
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) Effective management of land erosion and water and promoting organic farming are some of the key features in sustainable development and ecological protection agenda showcased in manifestos by…
Phnom Penh, April 26 (IANS) Thousands of people on Tuesday called for an end to wildlife tourism rides in Cambodia after an elephant dropped dead from exhaustion. The elephant was walking for about 40 minutes…
Ranchi, April 26 (IANS) Given the rising summer heat, schools in Ranchi have been told to change their timings to close latest by 11.30 a.m., an official said on Tuesday. The new timing is likely…
Chennai, April 26 (IANS) The 51.30 hour countdown for the launch of India’s seventh and final navigation satellite on April 28 afternoon begun at 9.20 a.m on Tuesday at Sriharikota rocket port of Indian Space…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) It was a sunny Tuesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 21.2 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky would remain…
Hyderabad, April 25 (IANS) There was no let up in the heat wave gripping Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Monday while the met office has issued a warning of severe heat wave conditions for both…
New Delhi: A view of traffic at ITO 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 25…
Ahmedabad, April 25 (IANS) The Union Ministry for Environment, Forests and Climate Change has approved the declaration of 275 zones around wildlife sanctuaries and national parks in the country as ‘ecologically sensitive’, including six in…
New York, April 25 (IANS) India has urged developed nations to announce their “enhanced” pre-2020 climate action plans and undertake the “urgent” task of mobilising $100 billion, lack of which will hamper implementation of nationally…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The government on Monday said that Andaman and Nicobar (A&N) Administration has reported 14 cases of ill treatment of Jarawas and other native tribes in the islands during last three…
Quito, April 25 (IANS/EFE) The toll from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Ecuador on April 16 has risen to 655, the National Risk Management Secretariat said on Monday. A total of 29,067 people are…
Bengaluru, April 25 (IANS) Two spells of rain in the afternoon and late evening on Monday cooled parts of Bengaluru, bringing its residents much desired respite from the scorching and humid summer heat. Showers were…