14 die due to rains in China
Beijing, July 21 (IANS) At least 14 people died and 72 went missing as torrential rainfall continued in China’s Hebei province, according to the civil affairs bureau. About 7,100 houses collapsed due to floods and…
Wildlife
Pankaj Udhas supports film on tigers
Mumbai: Ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas during the 5th Artist Aloud Music Awards 2016 in Mumbai on April 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, July 21 (IANS) Veteran ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas has lent support to the…
Call for psychiatric evaluation of boys who burnt puppies alive
Hyderabad, July 21 (IANS) Animal rights activists on Thursday called for psychiatric evaluation of eight juveniles who burnt alive three puppies and filmed the horrific act. The boys were detained and referred to the Juvenile…
Oceans may have massive reserve of hydrogen
New York, July 21 (IANS) Hydrogen may not be as rare as once thought as a new study says that rocks beneath the ocean floor by fast-spreading tectonic plates may be a large and previously…
Partly cloudy Thursday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Thursday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 29 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky will…
Two Earth-like exoplanets may harbour life, shows Hubble data
Washington, July 21 (IANS) Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has conducted the first search for atmospheres around Earth-sized exoplanets beyond our solar system and found indications that increase the chances of…
Sediment management needed in Koshi river: Experts
Patna, July 20 (IANS) Water experts and Bihar leaders on Wednesday stressed the need for sediment management in the Koshi river whose muddy, swirling waters have led to considerable problems for residents of Bihar and…
Puppies set afire in Hyderabad, video sparks outrage
Hyderabad, July 20 (IANS) In yet another incident of cruelty towards dogs, five minors burnt alive three puppies after tying them together and video recorded it, police said on Wednesday. The incident occurred in Patahnwadi…
Blueair to plant 1 mn trees in India
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) With an aim to improve the air quality in India, leading air purifier firm Blueair has decided to plant one million trees across the country in the next three years….
BJD opposes Chhattisgarh’s barrage on Mahanadi
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Biju Janata Dal (BJD) members on Wednesday demanded that the central government should take steps to stop construction of a barrage by BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh government on the Mahanadi river, and…
Ants learnt farming 60 mn years ago; man 10,000 years back
New York, July 20 (IANS) Ants belonging to a South American group switched from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to subsistence farming of fungi that grew on decomposing, woody plant matter some 55 to 60 million years…
Torrential rains batter China, country on orange alert
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, July 20 (IANS) Torrential rains across China have prompted the met department to issue an orange alert, the second-highest of its four-tier weather warning system. Incessant rains have triggered floods in…
Beijing upgrades weather alert for heavy rains
Beijing, July 20 (IANS) China’s capital Beijing issued an orange alert for continuous heavy rainfall on Wednesday. According to the meteorological department, the centre and southern part of the city received 70 mm of rainfall…
Huge wildfire extinguished in Russia’s far east
Moscow, July 20 (IANS) A huge wildfire, raging in Russia’s far eastern Yakutia region for the past three weeks, has been extinguished, a forest official said on Wednesday. The wildfire, covering an area of more…
Huge wildfire extinguished in Russia’s far east
Moscow, July 20 (IANS) A huge wildfire, raging in Russia’s far eastern Yakutia region for the past three weeks, has been extinguished, a forest official said on Wednesday. The wildfire, covering an area of more…
Replacing kerosene lanterns with solar-LEDs can spur jobs
New York, July 20 (IANS) In addition to environmental benefits, shifting away from inefficient and polluting fuel-based lighting — such as candles, firewood, and kerosene lanterns — to solar-LED systems can spur economic development as…
January to June warmest half-year on record: NASA
New York, July 20 (IANS) The six-month period from January to June this year was the planet’s warmest half-year on record, NASA has found. Each of the first six months of 2016 set a record…
Partly cloudy Wednesday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 28.5 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky will…
Hottest June ever recorded worldwide
London, July 20 (IANS) Last month was the hottest June ever recorded worldwide, and the 14th straight month that global heat records were broken, scientists say. Global sea temperatures were fractionally higher than for June…
Environment missing from literary conversation, says Amitav Ghosh
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The topic of environment goes missing from the literary and imaginative conversation, says acclaimed author Amitav Ghosh whose new book deals with the issue of climate change. “It is a…