New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Ambassadors, high commissioners, and diplomats from 34 countries gathered at a park here on Friday and planted tree saplings to mark the ‘International Mother Earth Day’ and to laud the…
Women cover their faces to avoid direct contact with sun on a hot day. (File Photo: IANS) Bhubaneswar, April 22 (IANS) Several parts of Odisha continued to reel under severe heat wave conditions with 15…
Mumbai, April 22 (IANS) As many as 50 hotels, palaces and resorts of the Taj Group have bagged the EarthCheck Gold Certification for savings of $6,107,585 through reduction in energy, water and waste, it was…
Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) Shopping for eco-friendly crafts fabricated from water hyacinth, making wishes in front of a replica of a red sandstone ‘wish fulfilling tree’ dating back to 2nd century B.C. and an exhibition…
Hyderabad, April 22 (IANS) Telangana remained in the grip of heat wave with many places sizzling with maximum temperature over 44 degrees Celsius on Friday. Nalgonda was the hottest place with mercury rising to 45…
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 22, 2016. (Photo: IANS) By Ashish Mishra New…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) A day after environmentalist R.K. Pachauri ‘stepped down’ from TERI’s governing council, lawyer Vrinda Grover on Friday said he should have been asked to step down by authorities or suspended…
Imphal, April 22 (IANS) Inclement weather continued in most of the northeastern states with a thunderstorm damaging houses and disrupting power supply, official sources said on Friday. On Thursday evening, a strong thunderstorm lashed several…
Faridabad, April 22 (IANS) The Municipal Corporation of Faridabad has submitted its final Smart City Proposal entailing a projected expenditure of Rs.2,600.01 crore to the urban development ministry, a senior official said on Friday. The…
By Vinayak Dutt New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Art of Living (AoL) foundation on Friday expressed its inability to pay the “remaining green fine” of Rs.4.75 Crore to the National Green Tribunal that was levied…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) In a bid to encourage private car owners to switch to public transport and complement the odd-even traffic scheme, the Delhi government on Friday announced a policy for app-based premium…
United Nations, April 22 (IANS) Stating that it would require at least $565 billion per annum for the country over the next 15 years to achieve the ‘2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’, India…
Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) While the proposed reintroduction of Indian tigers in Cambodia seems “fine” from a genetic perspective, it may not be practical if the aim is to establish a viable population of tigers…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Commuters reported traffic snarls in some parts of Delhi and getting delayed in reaching their destinations on the eighth day of the odd-even traffic scheme in the capital on Friday….
Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) A known face in south Kolkata’s Jadavpur for championing the cause of disappearing water bodies, environmentalist Mohit Ray hopes to carry forward his activism since college days to mainstream politics as…
London, April 22 (IANS) As the world celebrated Earth Day on Friday, a team of European researchers has found substantially different climate change impacts on Earth for a global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius and…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed his gratitude towards planet Earth. “On Earth Day, reverence and gratitude to our planet that has given us everything,” Modi said on Earth…
By Arul Louis United Nations, April 22 (IANS) India is now challenging the developed nations on environmental issues and won’t be pressured by them, according to Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar. “We are showing the way…
New York, April 22 (IANS) In honour of Earth Day and the historic signing of the Paris Agreement on climate change on Friday, the United Nations Postal Administration has issued special edition stamps featuring the…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Tech giant Google on Friday dedicated a doodle on the occasion of Earth Day. Earth Day, observed annually on April 22 since the eventg began in the late 1960s, is…