Kolkata, Nov 30 (IANS) Amidst the pressing issue of global climate change, a study conducted by a group of scientists at IIT Kharagpur has come up with new data that they claim confirm “healing’ of…
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Climate change will widen the inequality gap in India. People exposed to natural hazards in low income regions are seven times more likely to die, and six times more likely…
By K.S. Jayaraman Bengaluru, Nov 30 (IANS) Growing warnings by scientists of an impending high-magnitude earthquake in the Himalayas have got further credence from yet another study by Indian researchers. The new study, led by…
Wellington, Nov 30 (IANS) Fifty-one whales have died after becoming stranded on a beach on the Chatham Island off New Zealand. The Department of Conservation said it was notified of about 80 to 90 pilot…
By K.S. Jayaraman Bengaluru, Nov 30 (IANS) Growing warnings by scientists of an impending high-magnitude earthquake in the Himalayas have got further credence from yet another study by Indian researchers. The new study, led by…
By Vishal Narayan New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Elephant deaths on railway tracks may be averted when a sensor built by a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-D) is put to test. If…
London, Nov 30 (IANS) State and regional governments were responding to the threat of climate change faster than their national counterparts, a report jointly by The Climate Group, CDP and PwC UK said on Friday….
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Two-fifths of the world’s coal power stations, including in India, were already running at a loss, financial think-tank Carbon Tracker said in a first-of-its-kind study on Friday. It challenges the…
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) The national capital on Friday witnessed shallow fog with ‘very poor’ air quality, while the minimum temperature was recorded at 10.7 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average. According…
Canberra, Nov 30 (IANS) Thousands of Australian school students skipped school on Friday to stage mass protests across the country to urged for greater action on climate change. “School Strike 4 Climate Action” protests are…
Srinagar, Nov 30 (IANS) The minimum temperatures remained below freezing point in the Kashmir Valley on Friday as an unabated cold wave continued in the Ladakh region, the weather office said. “Same weather conditions are…
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) The air quality of Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) dropped on Thursday and is expected to remain “very poor” for a few days. With no respite likely, the…
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) The Delhi government will float a tender in January to procure 1,000 electric vehicles, Delhi Transport Corporation’s (DTC) Managing Director Manoj Kumar said on Thursday. “These vehicles would be procured…
New York, Nov 29 (IANS) Ancient wildfires played a crucial role in the formation and spread of grasslands that now cover large parts of the Earth, according to a research. The study found that frequent,…
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) India saw the output of its workforce decline seven per cent — equivalent to the loss of 75 billion man hours — last year due to heatwave conditions, the 2018…
London, Nov 29 (IANS) Ravens and great apes can plan without any need of thinking but through prior experiences, say researchers, challenging a previous study that suggested ravens can plan better than four-year-old children. The…
Srinagar, Nov 29 (IANS) Minimum temperatures across the Kashmir Valley remained below freezing point on Thursday as intense cold wave conditions continued in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, the Met department said. Weather…
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) The national capital on Thursday witnessed shallow fog with ‘very poor’ air quality, while the minimum temperature was recorded at 12.2 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average. According…
New York, Nov 29 (IANS) An innovative tool that can confirm the recent presence of any given fish species in a sample of water is among the marvels to be highlighted at the two-day National…
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) In a setback for the Tamil Nadu Government, an NGT-appointed committee that looked into closure of Sterlite Copper plant in Tuticorin on Wednesday said that the order to close down…