By Imran Khan Patna, Nov 28 (IANS) A globally-respected water expert has questioned Prime Minister Narendar Modi’s pet project to clean up the river Ganga, saying it is fundamentally flawed because it is rooted in…
Srinagar, Nov 28 (IANS) Minimum temperatures across the Kashmir Valley, except for the Gulmarg ski resort, rose above the freezing point on Wednesday due to an overnight cloud cover, the Met said. Srinagar city recorded…
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) It was a misty morning in the national capital on Wednesday with ‘very poor’ air quality, the Met said, cautioning against morning walks. The minimum temperature was recorded at 13.5…
Sydney, Nov 28 (IANS) Over 500 Australians called for emergency assistance in just two hours after storms lashed Sydney and nearby regions, equalling rainfall of its monthly average in that time, causing floods, power cuts…
Geneva, Nov 28 (IANS) UN officials and agencies on Tuesday spoke of exceptional levels of drought in Afghanistan affecting millions of people in the country. With 3.6 million living with chronic food insecurity, Toby Lanzer,…
London, Nov 28 (IANS) By the end of the 21st century, climate change could lead to a threefold increased in powerful storms that cause extreme weather conditions such as flooding across Europe and North America,…
Bengaluru, Nov 27 (IANS) About 50 Indian star tortoises were flown to Bengaluru on Monday, two years after they were allegedly smuggled from India to Singapore, an animal welfare organisation said on Tuesday. “The tortoises…
Paris, Nov 27 (IANS) Global carbon dioxide emissions increased last year, after a three-year period of stabilisation. The nations must triple efforts to reach two degrees Celsius target, an annual review by the UN Environment…
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) In a major move to fight air pollution, the Delhi government on Tuesday released its draft “Electric Vehicle Policy 2018”, which aims to ensure adoption of 25 per cent e-vehicles…
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Air quality has yet again dropped in the national capital and neighbouring areas on Tuesday, with more places suffering ‘severe’ pollution levels even as stubble burning is negligible. Experts attribute…
Paris, Nov 27 (IANS) In a bid to define the banking industry’s role and responsibilities in shaping a sustainable future, the UN Environment Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and 28 banks from around the world have…
Ranchi, Nov 27 (IANS) The Jharkhand government will seek a Rs 816 crore financial package from the Centre for the state’s drought-affected districts, an official said on Tuesday. “The financial package has been drafted by…
Mumbai, Nov 27 (IANS) Scientists have discovered six new species of bent-toed geckos (lizards) from different parts of northeast India, a team-member said here on Tuesday. These bent-toed geckos of the genus Cyrtodactylus are the…
New York, Nov 27 (IANS) Consumer-grade drones are effective tools for monitoring marine species across multiple sites in the wild, suggests a research opening a platform for scientists and conservationists to study populations of sharks,…
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) It was a misty morning here on Tuesday with the air quality dipping to very poor levels with haze, as the Met recorded the minimum temperature at 10.7 degree Celsius,…
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) The livestock sector could use almost half of the 1.5 degrees Celsius greenhouse gas emission budget allowed by 2030, so addressing this should be a key part of the strategy…
Srinagar, Nov 27 (IANS) A cold wave continues in the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region, with the coldest temperature recorded at minus 8.8 degrees Celsius in Kargil on Tuesday, Met said. Leh at minus…
Tokyo, Nov 27 (IANS) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 struck Japan’s southern Ibaraki Prefecture, the weather agency here said Tuesday. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor’s epicenter was located…
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) The air quality fell again in the national capital and regions around it, even as the effect from stubble burning had ‘almost seized’ with Delhi choking on its locally generated…
Paris, Nov 26 (IANS) A report by the United Nations and its partners on Monday showed overall global wealth was rising but at the cost of environmental assets, such as water, clean air, forests and…