By Anjali Ojha Moscow, June 1 (IANS) There is no need to compare nuclear and renewable power and the need is to find the ‘right mix’, chief of Russian atomic power corporation Rosatom chief Sergyey…
Washington, June 1 (IANS) President Barack Obama urged Americans on Tuesday to be prepared for the next hurricane season in the Atlantic, which officially begins on Wednesday. Obama visited the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National…
Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) Animal lovers, activists and concerned citizens on Tuesday marched in protest and started an online petition against the alleged culling of at least 16 street dogs by illegal dog handlers paid…
Panaji, May 31 (IANS) In a bid to identify vermin birds and animals, Goa’s forest department has begun scanning forest areas and other habitations, recording damage to agriculture and horticultural crops, Environment and Forest Minister…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the Art of Living (AOL) Foundation to pay the remaining Rs 4.75 crore as environment compensation for damage caused to the Yamuna…
Bhubaneswar, May 31 (IANS) While intense heat wave conditions prevailed in several parts of Odisha, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted that some parts of the state may experience thundersquall accompanied with hail…
Bangkok, May 31 (IANS) Thailand’s famed “Tiger Temple” was in disarray on Tuesday after officials descended on the sanctuary amid allegations that monks who ran the outfit were abusing their charges. The Tiger Temple in…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Better weather on Tuesday helped in the evacuation of pilgrims on the Nepalgunj-Simikot-Hilsa route of the annual Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, the government has said. Citing the Indian embassy in Kathmandu,…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the Art of Living (AOL) foundation to pay the remaining Rs4.75 crore as environment compensation for damage incurred to Yamuna floodplains due…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday directed ten states to provide the number of diesel vehicles plying in the country’s 15 most polluted cities. Hearing a case to extend a…
By Abhishek Waghmare A resident of Pune, Maharashtras second-most developed city, uses five times as much water as her counterpart in Latur, the district most ravaged by drought in the south-central Marathwada region. Thats the…
Bhubaneswar, May 31 (IANS) The NTPC should address the concerns of people in Odisha villages who will be adversely affected by its 1,600 MW project at Lara in Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has told…
Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) Scientists in India and Germany have unlocked the secret to enduring dehydration: a sugar called trehalose. They say the discovery could help survival of plants in drought-affected areas and could be…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed Art of Living (AOL) foundation to pay the remaining Rs.4.75 crore as environment compensation for damages incurred to Yamuna flood plains because…
By K.S.Jayaraman Bengaluru, May 31 (IANS) Indian-origin researchers in the US have shown that zinc nanoparticles can substitute nitrogen and phosphorous fertilisers to increase plant growth without causing water pollution – a serious problem with…
New York, May 31 (IANS) While the world continues to grapple under the effects of global warming, researchers have found why the waters surrounding Antarctica are among the last places on Earth to be seemingly…
London, May 31 (IANS) Despite being hailed as conservation sanctuaries that protect species from hunting and deforestation, reservoir islands created by large dams across the world undergo sustained loss of species every year, new research…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Tuesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 24.7 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average, weather officials said. “The…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Tuesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 24.7 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average, weather officials said. “The…
By Bajinder Pal Singh Bangkok, May 31 (IANS) As India grapples with an immense and seemingly insurmountable sanitation crisis, a Thailand-based international institute could show the way on tackling this challenge. The Asian Institute of…