Mumbai, Nov 3 (IANS) A day after the Central Zoo Authority demanded an explanation on the death of a female Homboldt Penguin in Mumbai Zoo, the Maharashtra Lokayukta has summoned BMC officials for a hearing…
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said that the government will look into a comprehensive regional plan to curb pollution for Delhi-NCR as the city residents witnessed a fourth…
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Delhi BJP President Satish Upadhyay on Thursday demanded an experts committee to analyse the reasons for excessive pollution in the national capital and thereafter a task force to monitor pollution…
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy on Thursday issued bidding guidelines to implement the scheme for setting up of 1,000 megawatt (MW) wind power projects connected to the inter-state…
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) The Swaraj India party on Thursday expressed deep concern over the deadly air pollution levels in Delhi and staged a demonstration at Indira Paryavaran Bhawan here in its ‘My Clean…
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) A shroud of smog engulfing Delhi and the NCR for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday left many residents complaining of respiratory problems and watery eyes, while air monitoring agencies…
By Vishal Gulati New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) The world must urgently increase its ambition to cut further roughly a quarter of predicted 2030 global greenhouse emissions to have any chance of minimising dangerous climate…
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) A huge ‘smiley emoticon’ will illuminate the Union Environment Ministry here on Friday, November 4, evening to commemorate the entry into force of the landmark Paris Climate Agreement. “We will…
Seoul, Nov 3 (IANS) South Korea on Thursday ratified the Paris Agreement and became the eighth country to endorse the international accord on reducing greenhouse gases among the world’s top 10 emitters, the Foreign Ministry…
Islamabad, Nov 3 (IANS) At least 25 people were killed and over 100 others sustained injuries in separate car collisions in the capital city of Islamabad on Thursday, police officials said. The vehicles involved in…
Washington, Nov 3 (IANS) It may sound like science fiction, but wastewater treatment plants may one day turn ordinary sewage into biocrude oil, thanks to new research at the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest…
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) For the fourth consecutive day, residents of Delhi and the NCR on Thursday woke up to a foggy morning with complaints of respiratory problems and watery eyes. As air monitoring…
Kolkata, Nov 3 (IANS) A two-student team of IIT Kharagpur has won gold medal at the Green Brain of the Year competition recently organised by the Middle East Technical University of Turkey, the institute said…
Islamabad, Nov 3 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and over 40 others sustained severe injuries on Thursday as cars rammed into one another at an interchange in Islamabad city, media reported. According to…
By Alison Saldanha & Karthik Madhavapeddi Over the Diwali weekend of 2016, India’s air quality was among the world’s worst and between 40 per cent and 100 per cent worse in five north Indian cities…
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Delhi on Thursday witnessed severe level of air quality on the fourth consecutive day after Diwali. System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) showed levels of PM…
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) It was a moderately foggy Thursday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 14.5 degrees Celsius, the season’s average, the weather department said. According to the India Meteorological Department…
Rome, Nov 3 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter Scale stuck Italy on Thursday in the same region, affected by the recent strong quakes, the US Geological Survey said. The USGS said the…
Washington, Nov 3 (IANS) Police in the US shot rubber bullets and used pepper spray on a gathering of people who were demonstrating against a controversial oil pipeline project. The demonstrators — who call themselves…
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) It was straight third day that Delhi residents woke up to a “foggy” morning, with many complaining about irritation in eyes and a cough, thanks to the air quality that…