Warm Wednesday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) It was a warm Wednesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 17.2 degrees Celsius, the Met Office said. The sky would remain partly cloudy in…
Environment
Efforts on to use bamboo to rebuild post-quake Nepal
Patna, March 1 (IANS) In an effort to address Nepals post-earthquake housing crisis, a new initiative is underway to harness the Himalayan countrys abundant bamboo resource to rebuild its devastated communities and promote sustainable livelihoods….
IMCOM urges abolition of clean energy cess on coking coal
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) In the wake of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley proposing raising the clean energy cess, the Indian Met Coke Manufacturers Association (IMCOM) on Tuesday appealed for the abolition of the cess on…
Are fish ‘rightie’ or ‘leftie’?
Tokyo, March 1 (IANS) Japanese researchers have identified the development of behavioural laterality or left- or right-handedness and attack side preference in a scale-eating cichlid called Perissodus microlepis from Africa’s Lake Tanganyika. The study found…
165 dead from diseases in Pakistan’s Sindh
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) The toll in an outbreak of water-borne and food shortage diseases has reached 165 in a district of Pakistan’s Sindh province since this January. People in Tharparkar district, largely from the…
New wave equation developed for faster tsunami detection
New York, March 1 (IANS) Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have identified a new and more reliable source of acoustic-gravity waves that may help scientists detect an upcoming tsunami early. Acoustic-gravity waves are…
Activist launches Israel’s first fruit bat shelter
Tel Aviv, March 1 (IANS) An animal rights activist in Israel has launched the nation’s first fruit bat shelter out of her apartment in capital Tel Aviv, where she now hosts up to 70 wounded…
NGT to hold day-to-day hearing on Art of Living event
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday adjourned till Wednesday the hearing on a plea against an event being organised by the Art of Living foundation, headed by Sri Sri…
Japan to stipulate 80 percent emission cut goal by 2050
Tokyo, March 1 (IANS) The Japanese government will stipulate a long-term goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050 from current levels. The move follows the international climate agreement reached in Paris…
China’s panda pair to leave for South Korea
Beijing, March 1 (IANS) A pair of giant pandas will leave China for their new home in South Korea on Thursday on a 15-year lease, the media reported on Tuesday. Yuan Xin and Hua Ni…
Hazy morning in Delhi
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) It was a hazy morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 15.1 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky would remain partly…
Gurgaon faces water shortage
Gurgaon, Feb 29 (IANS) The residents of Gurgaon have been facing a water crisis for last few days, first due to the Jat stir for quotas and now due to the cleaning of the supply…
Extreme weather kills at least six in Italy
Rome, Feb 29 (IANS/AKI) A woman died in northwest Italy when a slab of ice and rocks than fell from a roof, bringing to at least six the number of people killed in severe storms…
Two schemes for rain-fed areas launched: Jaitley
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The government on Monday said it has launched two important schemes to increase crop yield in rain-fed areas, including India’s north eastern states. “To increase crop yields in the rain-fed…
Old trees found in China
Beijing, Feb 29 (IANS) Ten trees believed to be over 100 years old were found on a demolition site in the Chinese capital Beijing, the media reported on Monday. Spotted and reported by a person…
No hard copies of budget, government goes the green way
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Going the green way, the central government decided not to hand out hard copies of General Budget 2016-17 on Monday, making a departure from tradition. The general budget, an exhaustive…
Sea levels rise behind high climatic damage costs: Study
London, Feb 29 (IANS) With the rise in sea levels, costs of climatic damages like floods are also increasing constantly at a higher rate, impacting the coastal regions of the world, says a study. “When…
Government allocates Rs.9,000 crore for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The central government on Monday announced allocation of Rs.9,000 crore for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Campaign) in the country. “The concept of Swachh Bharat was very close to…
Driest place on Earth gives clue to life on Mars
Washington, Feb 29 (IANS) A Mars-like laboratory in the driest place on Earth is helping NASA scientists study the limits of life and test drilling and life-detection technologies that might be sent to Red Planet…
Partly cloudy morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy morning here with the minimum temperature settling at 18 degrees Celsius, the weather office said. The sky would remain cloudy in the day ahead with…