Jammu/Srinagar April 25 (IANS) As sweltering heat torments residents in other parts of the country, Kashmir continued to remain cool at 20 degrees Celsius, a weather official said on Monday. Most locals in the Valley…
Phnom Penh, April 25 (IANS) The Cambodian government is set to list five new forests with a total of about 950,000 hectares in the country’s protected forest areas, officials said on Monday. “This clearly shows…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Monday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 20.4 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average, the weather office said. The sky would…
Ghaziabad, April 24 (IANS) A medicinal herb park here, maintained by the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA), is being ruined by a private marriage function and officials, despite assurances of action, are yet to take any…
Bhubaneswar, April 24 (IANS) Titlagarh in Odisha on Sunday registered a maximum temperature of 48.5 degrees Celsius, the highest in the country, while 17 other places recorded above 40 degrees, as people continued to reel…
Guwahati, April 24 (IANS) Over 40,000 people have been affected and 1,000 hectares of cropland inundated by flood waters following pre-monsoon rains for the past one week in Assam, officials said on Sunday. Four districts…
Washington, April 24 (IANS) The US space agency is preparing to put in the sky an array of new experimental aircraft — known as X-planes and intended to carry on the legacy of demonstrating advanced…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday pitched for water conservation efforts in the coming monsoon so as to avert water shortages faced, this…
By Archana Rao New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Home to over 1,300 animals and birds, the National Zoological Park in Delhi is gearing up to bring significant changes, including through plantation of more exotic trees…
Japanese Beetle on apple (Credit:University of Maine Cooperative Extension ) London, April 24 (IANS) The leaves of virus-infected plants reflect light differently to attract the attention of disease-spreading greenfly, new research suggests. Plant viruses alter…
By Sandeep Pauranik Panna, April 24 (IANS) A project to deepen Dharam Sagar lake in Panna district of Madhya Pradesh has elicited a heart-warming response from the public, promising to become a model of volunteerism…
Imphal, April 24 (IANS) Heavy rainfall has damaged many houses and caused flooding in low-lying villages in the northeastern state of Manipur, officials said on Sunday. Also, thunderstorm accompanied by hails battered Manipur and several…
By Ankush Vats New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Mahatma Gandhi’s grand daughter Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee, who was recently conferred with a top French honour for her contribution in the field of environment, education and culture,…
New York, April 24 (IANS) Despite having extremely underdeveloped muscles and wings, young birds may acquire a mature flight stroke early in life by initially relying more on their legs and wings for power, finds…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) It was a clear Sunday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 19.9 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky will remain…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The Art Of Living Foundation, which was imposed an initial environment compensation of Rs.5 crore over use of the Yamuna flood plains for an event, on Saturday reiterated that it…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Taking cognizance of reports of heavy traffic during odd-even phase two, the Delhi government on Saturday formed a six-member panel to study the reason for more vehicles on the roads….
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Both gaseous and particle pollutants violated the standards in Delhi on Saturday, while the condition was way too grim on Thursday which was International Mother Earth Day, experts say. According…
New York: Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and union Power Minister Piyush Goyal during the Paris climate change agreement signing ceremony at the United Nations headquarters in New York on April 22, 2016. (Photo: Mohammed…
Itanagar, April 23 (IANS) Two people died in a fresh landslide on Saturday in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh, taking the death toll in two days to 19, officials said. Union Minister of State for…