New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Around 500 monks and ‘kung fu’ nuns of the Drukpa Buddhist order, who commenced a 2,500 km arduous cyclethon from Kathmandu in Nepal and will culminate in the famed Hemis…
Salman Durrani Sydney, July 14 (IANS) A team of Australian researchers has found a way to harvest renewable or ambient energy from mobile phone base stations to power battery-operated wireless sensors. Lead researcher Salman Durrani…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Thursday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 27.4 degrees Celsius, average for the season, the weather office said. “There is a possibility of…
Ahmedabad, July 13 (IANS) The southwest monsoon penetrated deeper into Gujarat and has covered the entire state, leading to rainfall at most places in the drought-prone Saurashtra-Kutch region as well as central Gujarat areas. The…
Agra, July 13 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal has directed the Agra Municipal Corporation to conduct a thorough clean-up of the Yamuna river bank, mainly the area close to Taj Mahal. The NGT direction on…
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Light rain in some parts of the national capital on Wednesday afternoon failed to afford Delhiites respite from the sweltering humidity as the maximum temperature settled at 35.4 degrees Celsius,…
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) Aiming to save the girl child and nurture her bond with nature, the West Bengal forest department has conceptualised project ‘Bonani’ (forest) envisioning girls turning ambassadors to protect the environment. Bengal…
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The Union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave its approval for revised cost estimates of Rs 7,290.62 crore for the 1,020 MW Punatsangchhu-II Hydroelectric Project (HEP)…
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) Collection of new books and periodicals from India at the Bhasa Bhawan (House of Languages) in the National Library here, the largest library in the country, had to be urgently evacuated…
Bengaluru, July 13 (IANS) A flood alert has been issued in many villages of two border districts of Karnataka after excess rain water was released from Maharashtra into the Krishna river that flows through the…
Patna, July 13 (IANS) Contrary to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast of above normal monsoon rains this year in Bihar, the state has recorded a deficit of 22 per cent in rainfall so far,…
Johannesburg, July 13 (IANS) Countering a common perception, a new study suggests that climate change, after all, may not have been directly linked to cultural and technological innovations of Middle Stone Age humans in southern…
Nainital, July 13 (IANS) A tiger was found dead in the Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve in Ramnagar, an official said on Wednesday. The adult tiger was spotted by forest officials on duty in the Jhirna…
By Rajendra Shende Clearance-man or a man of clear-sense? Serving party command or following people’s demand? Conflict of interests or confluence of innovations? Dilution of norms or densification of monitoring? The never-sleeping Indian media will…
Shillong, July 13 (IANS) Ministers, policy makers, experts, academics and senior officials from India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutan and Nepal will meet in the Meghalaya capital on Friday for the first river festival, called NADI 2016,…
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 27.8 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season’s average, the weather office said. “There is a…
Washington, July 13 (IANS) NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent the first-ever image of the gas giant Jupiter and three of its four moons to the Earth as it continues orbiting the planet. The image was…
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The leader of an organised wildlife trafficking gang active in several states was arrested here amid intense drama as his family tried to free from the clutches of he police,…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) After a week long spell of hot and humid weather, the national capital had a rainy day on Wednesday with the minimum temperature settling at 28.8 degrees Celsius, the weather…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Inclement weather on Tuesday forced 11 flights to be diverted from the Indira Gandhi International) airport here, sources said. “A total of 11 flights were diverted from the IGI airport…