Hanoi, March 4 (IANS) Vietnam is experiencing its most severe drought in almost a century, and farmers have adopted measures to save their crops amid the water shortage, the media reported on Friday. In the…
Jakarta, March 4 (IANS) Indonesian authorities have admitted that most buoys which were installed for tsunami alerts were not working when recently a 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Sumatra island, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said…
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) It was a warm morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature settling at 21.4 degrees Celsius, the weather office said. The day would remain partly cloudy with the…
Panaji, March 3 (IANS) Animal rights groups are applauding a Goa government notification disfavouring ‘Dhirio’ — Konkani term for bullfighting — even though a legislative panel continues to see if the blood sport can be…
Kolkata, March 3 (IANS) Over 15000 specimens from India housed at the London’s Natural History Museum (NHM) have been digitised till date, its curator Alan Warren said on Thursday. According to an estimate by him,…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) told the National Green Tribunal on Thursday that stopping the Art of Living Foundation’s World Culture Festival to be held here this month will not…
An aerial image taken Sunday, December 27, 2015 shows the path of a tornado tornado through Garland, Texas. Violent storms ripped through the North Texas area late Saturday, spawning tornados that killed 11 people. (G.J….
Beijing, March 3 (IANS) China’s weather observatory issued a yellow alert on Thursday for smog that has shrouded the country’s northern and eastern regions, including Beijing and Tianjin. Smog will blanket parts of Beijing, Tianjin,…
Kuala Lumpur, March 3 (IANS) The illegal trade in iconic and threatened animal species in Asia is growing unabated on social media platforms like Facebook, a leading wildlife trade monitoring network claimed on Thursday. “The…
Seoul, March 3 (IANS) A pair of Chinese giant pandas arrived in South Korea on Thursday on a 15-year lease aimed at joint research. Yuan Xin, a three-year-old male, and Hua Ni, a two-year-old female,…
Jakarta, March 3 (IANS) No damage or casualty were reported after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra the previous day, officials said on Thursday. “There’s no report on death toll based on…
Beijing, March 3 (IANS) China has bought Germany’s largest waste management company for 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion), the media reported on Thursday. The waste management company EEW has been acquired by Beijing Enterprises, an…
Brasilia, March 3 (IANS) The Brazilian government and mining firm Samarco have signed a billion-dollar agreement providing indemnification for last year’s toxic dam spill. As part of the deal signed on Wednesday, the company commits…
Mumbai, March 3 (IANS) A team of young Indian researchers and naturalists have recently discovered a new snake genus and species in Gujarat, it was announced here on Thursday. The snake genus has been named…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) It was a warm Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 15.7 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) It was a warm Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 15.7 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The…
Nay Pyi Taw, March 3 (IANS) Myanmar’s Earthquake Committee on Thursday has continued monitoring a possible tsunami wave in its coastal areas after Indonesia was hit by a 7.9-magnitude earthquake on Wednesday. Myanmar’s Meteorology and…
Nay Pyi Taw, March 3 (IANS) Myanmar’s Earthquake Committee on Thursday has continued monitoring a possible tsunami wave in its coastal areas after Indonesia was hit by a 7.9-magnitude earthquake on Wednesday. Myanmar’s Meteorology and…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) A sessions court here on Wednesday set aside a magistrate court order asking TERI executive vice chairman R.K Pachauri to fortfeit his surety bond and said one-day extension of Pachauri’s…
Shimla, March 2 (IANS) It is monkey business in Himachal Pradesh literally, as the opposition BJP on Wednesday said the forest department is deliberately releasing sterilised monkeys in its members’ constituencies. The issue raised tempers…