New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) India has witnessed a huge rise in asthma in the past decade, especially among children, due to a spike in environmental pollution, experts have said. Asthma is a chronic respiratory…
Bhubaneswar, May 3 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday cautioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the proposed notification of river conservation zones, calling it “non-implementable”. In a letter to Modi, Patnaik said the…
New York, May 3 (IANS) To identify precisely where severe winds, hail or tornadoes are more likely to occur within storm clouds, NASA scientists have developed a new hazardous thunderstorm forecast method by combining satellite…
Kolkata: Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi during a press conference in Kolkata on Feb 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Nobel Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The city government on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to relax its order banning cabs operating on diesel and petrol, as protesting…
Kathmandu, May 3 (IANS) Nepal has been successful in preserving the endangered rhinos as it completed a second year of zero poaching this week. On Monday, the Chitwan National Park, in south-central Nepal, completed 730…
Hyderabad, May 3 (IANS) The government of Andhra Pradesh has banned Chinese ‘manja’ or the sharp string used to fly kites on Makar Sankranti festival and other occasions. The action comes following a letter written…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Scores of drivers of diesel taxis blocked three major roads here on Tuesday, causing major traffic jams which police said abated after some demonstrators were detained and others dispersed. Dozens…
By Mohit Dubey Lucknow, May 3 (IANS) With this Uttar Pradesh capital having one of the poorest densities of public toilets for any major Indian city, denizens of Lucknow are facing a problem of continence…
A map of climate change. Credit: Nature Climate Change London, May 3 (IANS) Climate change can result in a significant deterioration of living conditions for people in North Africa and the Middle East and sooner…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) For the second successive day, the diesel taxi-drivers held motorists to ransom and brought the traffic to halt, as they blocked major traffic points of the National Capital Region on…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) For the second successive day, the diesel taxi-drivers held motorists to ransom and brought the traffic to halt, as they blocked major traffic points of the National Capital Region on…
New York, May 3 (IANS) Scientists have discovered three new species of mouse lemurs – the smallest primates in the world – in Madagascar. Twenty years ago, there were only two species of mouse lemurs….
Jammu/Srinagar May 3 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir is likely to get respite from scorching heat, especially the Jammu region, as the meteorological department on Tuesday forecast light rain over the next three days. “We are…
New York, May 3 (IANS) There are nearly one trillion species on the Earth while 99.999 percent of species still remain undiscovered, the largest-ever analysis of microbial data has revealed. Biologists from Indiana University have…
London/Washington, May 3 (IANS) Raising the hope to find alien life near us, an international team of astrophysicists has discovered three Earth-sized planets orbiting near the “habitable zone” of a dwarf star — the first…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Light rains and thundershower, likely to occur in some areas in Delhi, might help dropping the temperature on Tuesday, the weather office said. It was a cloudy morning with the…
New Delhi: Diesel cab owners stage a demonstration against Supreme Court ban on diesel vehicles in New Delhi on May 2, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Drivers of diesel cabs on Monday…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Cabinet Secretary P.K. Sinha on Monday called for an integrated action plan by the central and state governments to tackle the drought situation and take steps for water conservation. Sinha…
Hyderabad, May 2 (IANS) Two more people died after being struck by lightning in Telangana on Monday, taking the toll to five in two days. Both the deaths were reported from Ranga Reddy district, adjoining…