By Vishal Gulati Shimla, Oct 24 (IANS) Being sensitive to temperature variations, mountain ecosystems in the Himalayas are facing severe disruption from global warming as they are witnessing melting glaciers and major ecological and geophysical…
Paris, Oct 24 (IANS) A 30-year-old man has been arrested after a lion cub was discovered in his apartment in the Paris suburbs. According to French media, police were alerted after the suspect tried to…
Mexico City, Oct 24 (IANS) The northwest coast of Mexico has been hit by 195 kmph winds as Category-3 hurricane Willa made landfall in Sinaloa, while the remnants of the storm Vicente dissipated over Michoacan….
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The national capital region witnessed a misty morning on Wednesday with the minimum temperature recorded at 16.1 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average. “The sky will get partly…
Kathmandu, Oct 24 (IANS) Launching a fleet of battery-operated buses Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli has said that his country will reduce dependence on imported petroleum products by 50 per cent or even more…
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) With deteriorating air quality in the national capital, Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Tuesday directed various departments to combat air pollution on a war-footing and also take mandated actions…
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) While welcoming the Supreme Court’s verdict on imposing certain restriction on the timing of bursting firecrackers, environmentalists say there is no definition of green firecrackers, while raising…
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) While the Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to impose a blanket ban on firecrackers, about 68 per cent people in Delhi said that they will not burn fireworks this Diwali,…
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Ahead of Diwali, Delhi’s Directorate of Education has asked the schools to sensitise the students on the ill-effects of burning firecrackers and encourage them to make the festival pollution-free. The…
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) The fire that started at the sprawling Bhalaswa landfill site here on Sunday is continuing for the third day on Tuesday, while a very poor quality air is choking Delhi….
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) The state-run THDCIL’s proposed Khurja coal power plant in Uttar Pradesh would not only push up the cost of electricity at a time when renewable energy options are cheaper but…
Tokyo, Oct 23 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted Japan’s Okinawa prefecture on Tuesday but no tsunami warning was issued, the weather agency said. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA),…
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) The national capital region witnessed a misty Tuesday morning with the minimum temperature recorded at 16 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average, and “very poor” air quality. “The…
Washington, Oct 23 (IANS) An “extremely dangerous” category 4 hurricane is nearing the Pacific coast of Mexico, bringing in the potential for life-threatening storm surge, wind and torrents of rain, according to weather authorities. The…
Managua, Oct 23 (IANS) At least 17 people have died when trying to cross flooded rivers in Nicaragua in the last few days, said Vice President and presidential spokesperson Rosario Murillo. “We’re still on red…
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Taking cognisance of the fire incident at Bhalaswa garbage landfill site, Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Monday directed the MCDs to develop scientifically-engineered landfill sites in the national capital….
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The National Capital faced poor air-quality, while Nehru Nagar in south Delhi choked at ‘severe-plus’ with pollutants over seven times higher than standards. Experts raised concern at the alarming situation…
Gurugram, Oct 22 (IANS) Private renewable energy producer ReNew Power said on Monday that it has won an order for developing a 3 MW floating solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. The…
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) To control the air-quality from becoming lethal a day after Diwali this year, the Union Environment Ministry on Monday initiated Green-Diwali campaign to create awareness. In 2017, the ministry initiated…