Berlin, June 4 (IANS) At least 51 persons were injured when lightning struck at a rock festival in western Germany on Saturday, police said. Organisers of the Rock am Ring festival, which is headlined by…
Brussels, June 4 (IANS) A baby panda born in Belgium on June 2 will remain at the Pairi Daiza animal park for four years before returning to China, park spokeswoman Aleksandra Vidanovski said on Saturday….
Paris, June 4 (IANS) The levels of the River Seine in Paris started dropping slightly on Saturday after reaching a 34-year high on Friday. The river’s level rose to 6.1m (20ft) above its normal height…
Hyderabad, June 4 (IANS) The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and various states in India plan to cover three million hectares under hybrid pigeonpea cultivation by 2018. Working to popularise hybrid…
Chennai, June 4 (IANS) Wildlife conservation is not possible with regulation alone, said a top agricultural scientist. M.S. Swaminathan, founder of M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation said: “Wildlife conservation will be possible only if there is…
By Himadri Ghosh Bengaluru: No more than six per cent of a government fund – collected over six years from companies and institutions – meant to restore forests lost to development projects has been used,…
By Vishal Gulati Seechewal (Punjab), June 4 (IANS) Eco warrior Balbir Singh Seechewal, who hogged the global limelight by reviving the almost dead 160-km-long Kali Bein, a rivulet sacred to Sikhism, and developing low-cost community-managed…
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) It was a sunny Saturday morning in the national capital with minimum temperature recorded at 30 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the Met Office said. “The sky…
Noida, June 4 (IANS) The proposed Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Bill to pave the way for speedy utilisation of funds realised for forest land diverted to non-forest purposes in a transparent manner would be passed…
Islamabad, June 3 (IANS) The Prime Minister House in Pakistan on Friday asked the meteorological department to submit a report explaining its failure in notifying the provincial government of a thunderstorm forecast that claimed dozens…
Guwahati, June 3 (IANS) Newly elected Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday directed the Environment and Forest Department to set up a permanent office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest at Kaziranga. The…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The government has invited by June 25 suggestions on the draft National Water Framework Bill and the draft Model Bill for Conservation, Protection, Regulation and Management of Ground Water. The…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The Centre, under the Swachh Bharat Mission, has decided to undertake a special clean-up initiative focused on 100 iconic heritage, spiritual and cultural places in the country. The list of…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Greenpeace India on Friday released data on the water consumption patterns of coal power plants in seven drought affected states, stating that coal power plants in these states consume water…
San Francisco/New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Union Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan on Friday announced India’s plan to double the investment for its clean energy research over the period of next five year….
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said India was poised to be the clean energy of capital of the world. “The mission… is to increase use of clean technologies…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The total number of vehicles entering Delhi in a day — about 5.65 lakh — is nearly the same as the number of vehicles that got registered in Delhi in…
Chandigarh, June 3 (IANS) Haryana’s Hisar town at 44 degrees Celsius was the hottest place in the northern region on Friday as blistering heat conditions revived in the state and neighbouring Punjab. Most places in…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday asked Central Empowered Committee on environmental matters to examine the plea by the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCC), run by the Ministry…
Pinjore (Haryana), June 3 (IANS) Union Environment and Forests Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday released in the wild two captive Himalayan griffon vultures after tagging them. The griffons have been in captivity at the Bombay…