New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Inclement weather on Friday disturbed air traffic at the IGI Airport here. Heavy wind conditions disturbed the arrival of scheduled flights in two instances — from 4.30 p.m. to 5.30…
Bhubaneswar, May 17 (IANS) Odisha continued to reel under intense heat wave with 10 places recording over 40 degree Celsius on Friday. The Western Odisha town Titlagarh recorded maximum temperature of 45.5 degree Celsius while…
Toronto, May 17 (IANS) Migration from polluting vehicles that burn fossil fuels to electric vehicles, ideally using electricity generated sustainably could significantly reduce the incidence of cardiopulmonary illness due to air pollution, says a study….
By Binita Das Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) Election officials in West Bengal are gearing up for an altogether different kind of battle with boats, HAM radios and power generating equipment as the world’s largest mangrove,…
Canberra, May 17 (IANS) Some 414 million pieces of plastic, including one million shoes and over 370,000 toothbrushes, were found washed ashore on the remote Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean, a new research…
By Pragya Singh New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Amid the bustle of south Delhi’s urbane surroundings, the Neela Hauz biodiversity park, comes as a soothing sight. The clean water body and the lush green landscapes…
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Peak power demand in Delhi this summer is expected to breach the 7,400 MW-mark. Besides making adequate power arrangements, the two BSES distribution companies (discoms) have also ramped-up network capacity…
Manila, May 16 (IANS) The Philippines has recalled its ambassador to Canada in an escalating row over the disposal of waste wrongly labelled as recyclable, the country’s Foreign Secretary confirmed on Thursday. “At midnight last…
Rome, May 15 (IANS/AKI) Wind, rain and industrial farming methods accelerate soil erosion which can be mitigated before the world faces calamitous losses in terms of agricultural yields and critical ecosystem functions, the UN Food…
Rome, May 15 (IANS/AKI) A devastating drought in Somalia could leave some 2.2 million people – almost 18 per cent of the population – facing severe hunger in July-September after poor harvests, the United Nations…
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Monsoon is expected to arrive in India on June 6, a delay of five days, but it is likely to be “near normal”, state forecaster India Meteorological Department (IMD) said…
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) A photograph of a snow leopard clicked by wildlife photographer Saurabh Desai has gone viral on social media after many netizens found it hard to spot the animal on a…
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) In what can bring cheers to the people in the national capital and its surrounding areas, the weather agencies have predicted rains to continue till Saturday, which will help keeping…
By Nitin Jugran Bahuguna Ludhiana, May 15 (IANS) Stubble burning creates a huge environmental problem and farmers of Punjab are aware of it but still resort to this practice, saying their is no viable alternative…
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Rain with thunderstorm was witnessed in parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Wednesday, the weather office said, adding that the weather condition was likely to continue…
By R. Jayan Banda (Uttar Pradesh), May 14 (IANS) Annual drying up of ponds in Uttar Pradesh’s part of the Bundelkhand is an annual feature; a faint hope lies in the river Ken whose much…
Bhubaneswar, May 14 (IANS) Cyclone Fani that hit the Odisha coast on May 3 damaged Rs 524 crore worth of assets, according to the Housing and Urban Development Department assessment, said an official on Tuesday….
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Monsoon is likely to hit Kerala on June 4, private weather forecaster Skymet said on Tuesday. The prediction has a variable of two days.
Washington, May 14 (IANS) An American undersea explorer who has completed what is claimed to be the deepest manned sea dive ever recorded, found a plastic bag and candy wrappers in the southern end of…
Sydney, May 14 (IANS) Greenpeace activists on Tuesday scaled the Sydney Harbour Bridge demanding that the Australian government declare a climate emergency. Before sunrise, three activists were found abseiling from the bridge holding placards which…