Solar eclipse in India on Wednesday
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) India will witness a solar eclipse on Wednesday morning, the first in 2016 but it will only be briefly visible in the national capital, said the IMD. “The solar eclipse…
Environment
Beijing promises more vehicle-charging stations
Beijing, March 8 (IANS) Beijing is planning to build thousands of charging stations in 2016 for electric vehicles. Around 15 large charging facilities will be opened in service stations on the expressway and 5,880 smaller…
Green concerns dog Sri Sri’s Yamuna event as tribunal hearing is deferred
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) A green court in Delhi on Tuesday deferred its decision on Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s cultural mega-extravaganza on the ecologically fragile Yamuna flood plains, amid fresh controversy over Indian Army…
Another tigress found dead in Bihar reserve
Patna, March 8 (IANS) Another tigress was found dead in Valmiki tiger reserve in Bihar’s West Champaran district on Tuesday, officials said. “It was possibly poisoned to death by wildlife smugglers,” said an official. The…
Didn’t conduct any environment impact study: Art of Living to NGT
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The Art of Living Foundation on Tuesday told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it did not conduct any environment impact study before deciding to hold the World Culture Festival…
Jharkhand legislators concerned over elephant menace
Ranchi, March 8 (IANS) Legislators in Jharkhand on Tuesday expressed concern over the rising menace of the wild elephants in the state and suggested a elephant-zone be developed in the state. The issue was raised…
Army assisting Art of Living programme for public safety
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The Indian Army’s decision to make pontoon bridges for the Art of Living Foundation’s upcoming World Culture Festival was taken after Delhi Police expressed a fear of stampede at the…
Scientists use micro-organisms to produce ‘green’ plastic
The schematic diagram shows the overall conceptualization of how metabolically engineered E. coli produced a variety of PLGAs with different monomer compositions, proposing the chemosynthetic process of non-natural polymers from biomass. The non-natural polymer PLGA…
Measuring fish DNA in seawater may lead to quicker survey
Tokyo, March 8 (IANS) Opening the door for quicker and more effective surveys of fish distribution, Japanese researchers have found that measuring quantities of fish DNA released into seawater can reveal how many fish inhabit…
Partly cloudy Tuesday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy morning here on Tuesday with the minimum temperature recorded at 20 degrees Celsius, the weather office said. The sky would remain partly cloudy during the…
President not to attend Sri Sri’s event in Delhi
President Pranab Mukherjee. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will not attend the World Culture Festival to be organised by spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living foundation,…
Concern expressed over India’s hydro-power plans
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) India’s water management issues have pushed the country to the top among 11 nations on the Environmental Justice Atlas, an interactive portal conceived by an international team that…
Seven bird poachers jailed in China
Beijing, March 7 (IANS) Seven people were jailed in China’s Hunan province on Monday for poisoning endangered birds and trafficking their carcasses for meat. The People’s Court in Yueyang city sentenced one of the seven…
Lucknow temple breaks centuries-old tradition for rivers’ conservation
Lucknow, March 7 (IANS) A 700-year-old tradition was broken at the famous Mankameshwar temple here on Monday when water from the Gomti river was used for ‘jal abhishek’ on Mahashivratri to spread the message of…
Novel turbine design to help tame oceans for clean energy
Tokyo, March 7 (IANS) In an important step towards development of green energy, Japanese researchers have developed a new prototype of a turbine to efficiently harness energy from ocean currents. In various experiments to test…
Human activity driving Earth into new geological era
London, March 7 (IANS) The impact of human activities on the Earth has triggered a new geological era, the Anthropocene, which is marked by the spread of man-made materials such as aluminium, concrete, plastic, and…
Sunny Monday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) It was a sunny Monday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 15.8 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, weather office said. “The day ahead will be…
Sunny Monday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) It was a sunny Monday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 15.8 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, weather office said. “The day ahead will be…
Activists, experts call for adopting alternative energy
Patna, March 6 (IANS) Dozens of activists and experts gathered at Bodh Gaya in Bihar on Sunday, urging central and state governments to adopt ecologically sustainable and socio-economically equitable transitions for the electricity sector in…
Myth that new technology can cut aviation emissions: Study
London, March 6 (IANS) New technologies have been “hyped” by the aviation industry and media as the key to sustainable air travel, perpetuating a culture of non-accountability for increased emissions and subsequent environmental damage, says…