New Delhi/Kathmandu, Jan 25 (IANS) Border guards Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on Friday refuted the allegations of Nepalese authorities that the force has been digging a trench near the no-man’s land between India and Nepal…
Dehradun, Jan 25 (IANS) The hilly areas of Uttarakhand on Friday experienced a renewed spell of snowfall in less than two days intensifying cold conditions in the state. Mussoorie, the famous hill resort, received snowfall…
Jakarta, Jan 25 (IANS) The death toll due to floods in Indonesia has increased to 59 while search and rescue continue to locate 25 missing people, a disaster management official said here on Friday. At…
Melbourne, Jan 25 (IANS) Tens of thousands of homes in Australia’s Melbourne city were without power on Friday due to a heatwave that has seen temperatures soar to record-breaking highs. Power companies said the scheduled…
Nashik (Maharashtra), Jan 25 (IANS) At least four people, including two television cameramen, were injured when a leopard strayed into a residential area here and caused havoc on Friday, officials said. The leopard was hiding…
By Archana Sharma Jaipur, Jan 25 (IANS) From plastic straws to copper vessels, handmade lamps and bangles, Rajasthan’s leading hospitality players here are establishing new trends by engaging local artisans to showcase traditional artistry to…
Prayagraj, Jan 25 (IANS) Early morning rains brought trouble for thousands of pilgrims at the Kumbh Mela here on Friday even as the winter chill intensified in the city and neighbouring areas in Uttar Pradesh….
Srinagar, Jan 25 (IANS) Light snowfall occurred here and in other places in the valley on Friday as the Met forecast improvment in Jammu and Kashmir’s weather. Srinagar recorded minus 1.3 degrees Celsius while Pahalgam…
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) It was a cold Friday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 10 degrees Celsius, two notches above the average, with shallow fog covering the sky…
Shimla, Jan 25 (IANS) The hills of Himachal Pradesh on Friday witnessed more snow, hampering the movement of vehicles on the roads. The entire Kinnaur district and towns in upper Shimla remained cut off due…
Jammu, Jan 25 (IANS) The Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed on Friday for the fifth consecutive day due to landslides in Ramban district. “Fresh snowfall has occurred on both sides of the Jawahar Tunnel today and…
Geneva, Jan 25 (IANS) Earthquakes and tsunamis accounted for most of the 10,373 lives lost in disasters last year, while extreme weather events accounted for most of 61.7 million people affected by natural hazards, the…
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) After a day’s break, light rain returned to some parts of the national capital on Thursday evening. And as per the Met office, there will be dense fog engulfing the…
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) After months of ground and flight trials, a premier military certification agency has cleared the indigenously produced bio-fuel for use in the military aircraft, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday….
Davos, Jan 24 (IANS) Each year, approximately 50 million tonnes of electronic and electrical waste (e-waste) is discarded, a UN report said on Thursday. In terms of material value, this is worth 62.5 billion dollars…
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forests and Climate Change will launch three technology mission centres at IIT Madras on Friday to address various…
New Delhi, Jan. Jan 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday did not pass any order to Vedanta’s plea seeking direction to the Tamil Nadu government to take steps for the re-opening of the group’s…
Nairobi, Jan 24 (IANS) Environmental threats like climate change and pollution are linked to lethargic enforcement of laws governing management of vital ecosystems, says a report released on Thursday by UN Environment. According to the…
Jakarta, Jan 24 (IANS) Indonesian authorities on Thursday raised the number of people killed due to floods on Sulawesi island to 30, while 25 people were missing. Another 47 people were injured and 3,321 people…
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari will on Saturday lay the foundation stone for a new highway project to decongest Delhi by connecting the city with the Eastern Peripheral…