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…
New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) Prakash Javadekar briefs the media on air pollution, in New Delhi on Dec 30, 2015. (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, May 9…
Ranchi, May 9 (IANS) Union Minister Uma Bharti on Monday launched nine projects under Namami Gange programme for cleaning and conserving river Ganga in Jharkhand’s Sahibganj district. The Namami Gange programme was first announced by…
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh), May 9 (IANS) Chaos prevailed at the ongoing Simhasta Kumbh Mela here on Monday as high-speed wind and accompanying rain disrupted the smooth conduct of the second ‘shahi snan’ (royal bath). Many…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) As deteriorating air quality can lead to increase in asthma cases, health experts have suggested salt room therapy as highly beneficial in the treatment of the respiratory illness. According to…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Boards initiative to curb air pollution from brick kilns is “half-baked” and not likely to succeed, the CSE said on Monday. The Board has directed…
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) Want to conserve water and grow plants indoors without soil? One can do that by using fish poop. IIT-Guwahati student Siddharth Nimkar and his batchmates have developed a small scale model,…
Shimla, May 9 (IANS) The hills of Himachal Pradesh on Monday again saw the mercury rising with the day temperature crossing the 39 degrees Celsius mark in some areas. But the Met office forecast rains…
Bengaluru, May 9 (IANS) Reeling under the worst drought in four decades, Karnataka awaits more central funds to continue relief work across the semi-arid state, a senior government official said on Monday. Though Karnataka informed…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) It was a hot Monday morning in Delhi with the minimum temperature recorded at 27.6 degree celsius, three notches above the season’s average. Met has forecast a partly cloudy day…
Beijing, May 9 (IANS) Eight bodies were recovered and 33 others remain missing after a landslide hit Taining county in China’s Fujian province, sources said on Monday. The landslide occurred at about 5.00 a.m. on…
Jaipur, May 8 (IANS) Heat wave conditions prevailed in Rajasthan on Sunday as day temperatures hovered between 41 and 47 degrees Celsius at various places. Phalodi town was the hottest in the desert state, recording…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The national capital experienced a hot day on Sunday with the maximum temperature settling at 39.8 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average. The Met office forecast a partly…
Guwahati, May 8 (IANS) Four poachers were on Sunday arrested near the Kaziranga National Park in Assam. The arrests were made by the forest department and the Special Task Force (STF) set up to check…
New York, May 8 (IANS) Climate change is likely to accelerate rates of chronic kidney disease worldwide as rising temperatures and heat stress harm kidneys. New findings show that heat stress nephropathy — chronic kidney…
Beijing, May 8 (IANS) Thirty-five people were reported missing after a landslide hit China’s Fujian province on Sunday. Rescue operations are underway, Xinhua news agency reported. The landslide occurred at about 5.00 a.m. in Taining…
By Javaid Trali Hokarsar Wetland (Srinagar), May 8 (IANS) The sprawling wetlands in Kashmir have long served as nature’s first line of defence against an outbreak of violent floods the valley is so prone to….
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) It was a sunny Sunday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 25.3 degrees Celsius, one notches above the seasons average, said a weather official. “The sky will remain…