New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The Kudankulam nuclear power plant’s second unit is expected to go critical in a few days after the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) gave the final clearance on Friday, informed…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The national capital experienced a humid day on Friday with traces of rain at some locations in the evening as the maximum temperature settled two notches below the season’s average…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Anil Madhav Dave on Friday emphasised the need to adopt the three-fold mantra of ‘Sun, Cycle and Saving’ in the energy…
New York, July 8 (IANS) A study of numerous seasonal dark streaks called “recurring slope lineae” or RSLs found at a canyon network on Mars has offered important clues that liquid water could be present…
By K.S.Jayaraman Bengaluru, July 8 (IANS) Chilika lake, India’s largest on the east coast in Odisha, will become part of the Bay of Bengal unless there is a “scientific intervention” to save it, a leading…
By Nityanand Shukla Ranchi, July 8 (IANS) Meant to boost irrigation, small water bodies in Jharkhand seem to have become death traps, and politics is brewing over them with the Congress targeting the BJP government….
Beijing, July 8 (IANS) China on Friday renewed an orange alert for extreme weather as super typhoon Nepartak made landfall in Taiwan earlier in the day, bringing strong gusts and downpours to the area Nepartak,…
Bengaluru, July 8 (IANS) Heavy rains will continue in coastal and central parts of Karnataka for the next 24 hours, the Met office said on Friday. “Moderate to heavy rains likely in most places over…
London, July 8 (IANS) King penguins can distinguish between dangerous and benign sounds, even when they are asleep, new research says. King penguins are the second largest species, after emperor penguins. They are 70 to…
Washington, July 8 (IANS) NASA is set to launch a new airborne mission to map the contours of the atmosphere as carefully as explorers once traced the land and oceans below. The Atmospheric Tomography, or…
Taipei, July 8 (IANS) Super typhoon Nepartak made landfall in Taiwan on Friday, about 15 km south of the eastern city of Taitung, tearing roofs off buildings, flipping cars and dumping rain across the island….
Canberra, July 8 (IANS) Australian scientists have developed a new anti-venom treatment which will help save thousands of household pets from deadly snakebites. Researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have produced…
Nay Pyi Taw, July 8 (IANS) Severe flooding has hit Myanmar’s Rakhine state, affecting over 6,000 people since Tuesday, officials said on Friday. Triggered by torrential rain, two river banks of Laymyo and Kaladan bursted,…
Bhopal, July 7 (IANS) Heavy rains in the past 48 hours have led to flood-like situation in many parts of Madhya Pradesh, throwing normal life out of gear. Army personnel have been pressed into service…
Kochi, July 7 (IANS) The fisheries sector in Kerala has suffered a loss of Rs 150 crore in 2015 due to sharp fall in the availability of oil sardines, according to a study by the…
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) The national capital experienced a sunny and humid day on Thursday with the maximum temperature settling at 36.9 degrees Celsius, average for the season, the Met office said. “Generally cloudy…
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Prakash Javadekar in the two years as Environment Minister was in the limelight for his pro-industry policies and climate diplomacy, but he also faced flak from environmentalists…
Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) Enriching its colllection of rare flora, University of Burdwan (BU) in West Bengal has recently become home to a giant water lily – a plant native to South America – with…
Dehradun, July 7 (IANS) Heavy rains in the past week have washed away a major road in Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand that connected more than a dozen villages, an official said on Thursday. Villages like Dongri,…
Shimla, July 7 (IANS) The monsoon in Himachal Pradesh has subsided and will continue to remain weak till July 9, a weather official said here on Thursday. “Precipitation occurred at a few places on Wednesday….