New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Over one lakh villages in 313 districts of 13 states, sheltering roughly one-fourth of India’s population, have been affected by drought and scarcity of drinking water, the Lok Sabha was…
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Over 15 lakh acres of forest land in India is under encroachment, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Replying to a question about unsocial elements occupying…
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Ministry of Road Transport and Highway (MoRTH) on Tuesday set up a three-member panel to ready a policy framework for taxi and other transport operators. The committee will be…
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said there will be no new registration of diesel taxis and only cabs running on petrol and compressed natural gas (CNG) or either of two…
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) A green body has cautioned against the Delhi government’s ‘odd-even’ scheme becoming a regular affair, and suggested other options to control pollution levels in the national capital region. “The study…
By Vinayak Dutt New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was on Tuesday served two contempt notices for violating the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) with regard to the…
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said there will be no new registration of diesel taxis and only cabs running on petrol and compressed natural gas (CNG) will be registered in…
Chennai, May 10 (IANS) Spanish wind turbine-maker Gamesa is expanding its production capacity in India by setting up a new integrated facility in Andhra Pradesh at an outlay of 100 million Euros (around Rs.800 crore),…
Jaipur, May 10 (IANS) Water scarcity in wildlife sanctuaries in Rajasthan is killing animals and forcing them into human habitations, an expert has said. “According to our estimates over 150 panthers have lost their lives…
Aizawl, May 10 (IANS) Mizoram will stop importing poultry, pigs and cattle from Bangladesh as well as other states after several thouand animals died due to diseases, an official said here on Tuesday. “We have…
Washington, May 10 (IANS) Presence of warm water in the Pacific Ocean due to a stalled El Nino in 2014 stacked the deck for a monstrous version of the warming climate cycle to occur in…
Washington, May 10 (IANS) Turning the traditional knowledge on its head that young Earth had a thicker atmosphere, scientists, including an Indian-origin researcher, have found that air at that time exerted at most half the…
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) It was a warm Tuesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 27.0 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, said a weather official. “The sky will remain…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) An earthquake, measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale, rocked Andaman Islands on Monday, an official statement said. There were no immediate reports of any casualty or damage. “An earthquake of…
Mumbai, May 9 (IANS) Industry chamber CII said on Monday that it in talks with the Maharashtra government for applying an advanced tool for water resources evaluation and management in 10 districts of the state…
Bidar (Karnataka), May 9 (IANS) Karnataka’s animal husbandry department would cull 1.3 lakh hens Avian flu-hit on Tuesday at a private poultry farm here to contain the deadly H5N1 virus from spreading to other bird…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday indicated of considering to modify its order banning registration of new diesel luxury cars and SUVs with an engine capacity of over 2,000 cc in…
A child beats the heat on a hot day. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The city experienced slight relief from scorching heat of the past few days on Monday with the maximum…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) In a step towards simplifying waste management, the environment ministry launched a web-based application — Integrated Waste Management System (IWMS) — here on Monday to help in tracking the ‘movement…
By Vinayak Dutt New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Ten more states have approached the union government for additional funds in the form of drought relief packages sanctioned to Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka. Rajasthan is the…