Dhaka, Sep 9 (IANS) The Bangladesh Forest Department has planned to monitor the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest and a Unesco world heritage site, with drones to check crimes including poaching of tigers and…
Buldhana (Maharashtra), Sep 9 (IANS) After around 90 stray dogs were found dead with their muzzles and legs tied in the dense forests off Maharashtra’s Buldhana town, civic officials are under scrutiny, police said here…
Seoul, Sep 9 (IANS) At least five people were killed and nearly 50,000 hectares of farmland destroyed as typhoon Lingling hit North Korea, state-run media reported on Monday. Lingling, the 13th typhoon of the season…
Greater Noida, Sep 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a global boycott of single-use plastic at a United Nations event here on Monday. “I think the time has come for the world to…
Canberra, Sep 9 (IANS) More than 100 bushfires were on Monday raging across two Australian states, while weather services warned that strong wind gusts and dry air were hampering efforts to control the fires that…
Kathmandu, Sep 9 (IANS) At least 10 mountaineers are preparing to make a bid to scale Mount Everest, breaking a nine-year hiatus in climbing the world’s highest peak during autumn. Four American, four Polish, one…
Tokyo, Sep 9 (IANS) Evacuation advisories were issued to more than 110,000 households in Tokyo and surrounding areas ahead of Typhoon Faxai’s landfall just east of here early on Monday, Japanese media reported. Faxai made…
Pyongyang, Sep 8 (IANS) Typhoon Lingling that hit the Korean peninsula on Saturday claimed eight lives and damaged around 460 homes, authorities said here on Sunday. Of this, five people died in North Korea and…
Chandigarh, Sep 8 (IANS) Four hundred farmers from Punjab will participate in the national conference on crop residue management in New Delhi on Monday. Nearly 1,000 farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh would be…
Venice, Sep 8 (IANS) Rolling Stones rocker Mick Jagger and veteran actor Donald Sutherland have slammed US President Donald Trump for not working hard enough to fight against climate change. Jagger and Sutherland expressed their…
Shimla, Sep 8 (IANS) Two low intensity quakes were felt in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, an official said here. There was no loss of life reported. The first earthquake measuring 3.4 on…
Mumbai, Sep 7 (IANS) Bollywood stars are protesting against the cruel act of a nilgai being buried alive in Bihar a couple of days ago. A disturbing video of the act has been doing the…
Samastipur, Sep 7 (IANS) Amid government push to increase the dwindling green cover in the country, Bihar’s Harpur Bochaha village is standout example of how community participation can change things for the better. Once devastated…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Sep 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a high-level segment of the UN conference to combat desertification on Monday with a “good” announcement on efforts against the phenomenon…
Seoul, Sep 7 (IANS) Powerful Typhoon Lingling was approaching the Korean Peninsula on Saturday, forcing the South Korean government to activate alerts due to strong wind gusts and heavy rains. Lingling, the 13th typhoon of…
Bogota, Sep 7 (IANS) Seven South American countries have agreed measures to protect the Amazon river basin, amid concerns over fires in the world’s largest tropical forest. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Suriname…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said his government has brought down air pollution in Delhi in the past three years and asked for public suggestions to improve the…
Kochi, Sep 6 (IANS) Beleaguered owners of flats at Maradu, near here, soon after hearing the Supreme Court order on Friday for demolition of their flats said they would file a curative petition against the…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 6 (IANS) The Odisha government here on Friday delayed implementation of the Pollution Under Control (PUC) certification, under the amended Motor Vehicle Act 2019, for one month. The decision had been taken to…
Palghar (Maharashtra), Sep 6 (IANS) Maharashtra’s Govardhan Ecovillage has won one of the worlds most prestigious environmental awards — India National Energy Globe Award 2019 — for its Integrated Water Conservation and Protection Scheme in…