Srinagar, March 17 (IANS) Rains lashed the plains of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday while higher reaches received fresh snowfall, the weather office here said. “There has been fresh snowfall in all the higher reaches…
Beijing, March 17 (IANS) Forestry authorities in China’s Sichuan province confirmed the sighting of a white-eared night heron, the most endangered of the heron species, numbering less than 1,000 globally. Jin Deqiang, an official in…
Singapore, March 17 (IANS) Singapore is in the midst of an unusual heatwave, with temperatures comparable to the warmest March on record expected over the next fortnight. People on Thursday were seen cooling off in…
Washington, March 17 (IANS) Not just water and oxygen, life thrived on early Earth thanks to another necessary ingredient: the presence of a protective magnetic field. A new study of the young, Sun-like star Kappa…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) It was a sunny morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 16.8 degrees Celsius, zero notch above the season’s average (16.5 degree Celsius is the season’s average), the weather…
Beijing, March 17 (IANS) China is building a tsunami alert centre in the South China Sea, a media report said on Thursday. The facility is being constructed in the South China Sea, Wang Hong, chief…
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 16 (IANS) Yale will become the first university member of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC), a private-public partnership to strengthen carbon pricing policies through the development of a network…
Mumbai, March 16 (IANS) With the spectre of a severe drought looming large, Maharashtra will celebrate a ‘dry Holi’ this year to conserve water for the next 100 days before monsoon. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis…
Shimla, March 16 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Wednesday said the state would move the Supreme Court against the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order banning commercial activity at the picturesque tourist spot…
Agra, March 16 (IANS) A total of 52 endangered turtles and 13 parakeets have been rescued from poachers and smugglers in a drive launched by the Uttar Pradesh forest department with the support of NGO…
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Before leaving for Bengaluru, Art of Living (AOL) founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Wednesday visited the Yamuna floodplain where the three-day World Culture Festival was held amid controversy that…
Panaji, March 16 (IANS) Goa’s Environment and Forests Minister Rajendra Arlekar on Wednesday said no animal or bird was proposed to be declared a vermin in the state yet. Arlekar’s written reply was tabled in…
New Delhi: Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravishankar, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, and Information and Broadcasting Arun Jaitley, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Union Minister for…
New York, March 16 (IANS) If male animals travelling long distances are unable to woo females in an entirely unknown group, mating chances can decrease significantly for them, say researchers including an Indian-origin scientist, highlighting…
Panaji, March 16 (IANS) Under the flak for derecognising the coconut palm as a tree, Goa chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Wednesday promised a string of measures to promote cultivation and enhance the production of…
London, March 16 (IANS) People buying rare plants through social media are placing the species at risk of extinction and the trade must be monitored, warn researchers. Using the orchid trade as a case study,…
London, March 16 (IANS) The influence of junk food on behaviour is not limited to humans. Researchers have found that white storks have become so addicted to burgers and sandwiches from landfill sites that since…
New York, March 16 (IANS) Unlike other mammals, female pandas approaching adulthood wander long distance looking for mating opportunities, new research has found. Instead of waiting around for male callers, female adolscent pandas seem to…
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) It was a sunny Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 15.6 degrees Celsius, average for this time of season, the weather office said. “The sky would remain…
Lucknow, March 15 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday said that more than 33 percent of crops in Banda, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Jalaun, Fatehpur, Ghazipur, Jaunpur, Lucknow, Sitapur, Firozabad, Agra, Aligarh and Bhadohi districts had…