Cool, sunny morning in Kashmir
Srinagar, March 31 (IANS) After two days of inclement weather, it was a cool and sunny morning in the Kashmir Valley on Sunday as the Met office forecast fair weather during the next five days….
Srinagar, March 31 (IANS) After two days of inclement weather, it was a cool and sunny morning in the Kashmir Valley on Sunday as the Met office forecast fair weather during the next five days….
Athens, March 31 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted central Greece on Saturday, the Geodynamic Institute of Athens’ National Observatory announced. No injuries have been reported so far, Xinhua reported, citing…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Amid growing concerns over pollution in cities and falling level of groundwater, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said India needs restoration of its water bodies and afforestation, and his…
Beijing, March 30 (IANS) At 8:30 p.m. sharp (Beijing time), lights on major landmarks as well as in houses were turned off in several cities across China in commemoration of “Earth Hour” on Saturday. “Earth…
Vienna, March 30 (IANS) Austria has seen the hottest 12 months in its more than 250 years of history, authorities said. The Central Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) said on Friday that 2018 had…
Maymana (Afghanistan), March 30 (IANS) At least 11 people have died and nine others injured due to downpour and flash floods in Afghanistan’s Faryab, Jawzjan and Sari Pul provinces over the past two days, officials…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Famous monuments across the world will go dark on Saturday night to observe the World Wide Fund for Nature’s Earth Hour to spark global awareness and action on nature and…
Panaji, March 29 (IANS) Activists as well as the Opposition have welcomed the Supreme Court’s order stopping construction of Goa’s new greenfield international airport at Mopa. The Supreme Court has also directed that an expert…
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday batted for the family planning of the cars possessed by a household on the lines of ‘Hum Do Hamare Do’ as it expressed concern over…
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Khargone city in Madhya Pradesh was the hottest place in the country on Friday with the mercury rising to 44.5 degrees Celsius while Delhi recorded 36.9 degrees Celsius, almost five…
New York, March 29 (IANS) New York State lawmakers are close to enacting a sweeping ban on single-use plastic bags from retail sales in an effort to curb pollution and changing a way of life…
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) In a setback to the GMR group, the Supreme Court on Friday did not allow the construction of Goa’s new greenfield international airport and ordered an expert committee to study…
By Azera Parveen Rahman Guwahati, March 29 (IANS) It’s peak election season. But, even as political parties go all out to appease voters, the worsening quality of groundwater hardly finds any mention. In northeast India,…
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) It was a sunny Friday morning in the national capital, with the minimum temperature recorded a notch above the season’s average at 18.6 degrees Celsius, the weather office said. The…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Law graduates and professionals can now opt for a year-long LLM programme in Environmental Law, Energy and Climate Change, launched recently by Jindal Global Law School and WWF India keeping…
Colombo, March 28 (IANS) Sri Lanka has launched the first ever electric three-wheeler, a popular mode of public transport, keeping in line with the government’s vision of creating a greener, healthier environment, media reports said…
The Hague, March 28 (IANS) Dutch horticulturists are fed up with tourists trampling on rows of brightly coloured tulips for taking selfies and have put up warning signs and employed hoards of volunteers to put…
New York, March 28 (IANS) Mars’ rivers flowed intensely and may have persisted as recently as one billion years ago, reveals a survey that found that the red planet’s rivers were wider than those on…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) It was a sunny morning in the national capital on Thursday with the minimum temperature recorded two notches below the season’s average at 16.2 degrees Celsius. “The sky will remain…
Tehran, March 28 (IANS) At least 30 people were killed in the flash floods that ravaged several parts of Iran over the last few days, Iranian Legal Medicine Organization (ILMO) said in a statement. According…