New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The city government has decided to revive Naini lake in Model Town locality of north Delhi. Delhi Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra discussed with North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) mayor Ravindra…
Shimla, April 1 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Friday expressed displeasure over the state government’s status report on jaundice outbreak and directed the chief secretary to file another report on the steps taken…
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) After two successive years of poor rains, farmers in India can look forward to favourable monsoon this year, thanks to positive weather patterns. According to the India…
Tehran, April 1 (IANS) Iranians celebrated the 13th day of the New Persian Year, officially called Nature Day, in green environments on Friday. Iranians moved out of their houses, heading for parks, gardens or countryside…
New York, April 1 (IANS) What have clouds to do with conserving threatened species? A lot, say researchers, adding that cloud cover can help identify the size and location of key animal and plant habitats….
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh on Friday urged Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to make the odd-even traffic scheme permanent to tackle pollution in the national capital. Vijender, who has…
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) India needs to ensure the introduction and promotion of new technologies at an affordable cost to keep its commitment to the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) on climate change, The Energy…
By Devanik Saha Commuters in air-conditioned buses experience an average 25 percent drop in levels of fine, toxic particlescalled PM2.5than their counterparts in AC cars and a 76 percent drop compared to non-AC modes of…
Singapore, April 1 (IANS) A giant floral chandelier, which is believed to be the world’s largest of its kind, was put up ahead of the upcoming Singapore Garden Festival (SGF) on Friday. The floral chandelier,…
United Nations, April 1 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commended a joint China-US presidential statement that the world’s two major greenhouse gas emitters will sign the ambitious Paris climate agreement in April. The two countries…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Marking the onset of a warm summer, the capital on Friday recorded a minimum temperature of 21.6 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. The…
Toronto, April 1 (IANS) If power bills form a major chunk of your spending during the peak summer and winter months, researchers offer certain tips that can help you breathe easy. A study, published in…
New York, April 1 (IANS) Asia, the continent that houses roughly half the world’s population, will face a “high risk of severe water stress” by 2050 if the current environmental, economical and population growth persists,…
Jammu/Srinagar, April 1 (IANS) Light to moderate rainfall is expected in Jammu and Kashmir over the next three days, the Meteorological Office said on Friday. “A western disturbance is arriving here Friday evening, under its…
New York, April 1 (IANS) The stress of short-term nutritional deprivation as larvae actually makes honeybees — critical to the world’s food supply — more resilient to starvation as adults, a new study has found….
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) It was a warm sunny Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 21 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky would…
Tokyo, April 1 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of Japan’s Mie prefecture on Friday. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor was relatively shallow at…
Tokyo, April 1 (IANS) Japanese researchers have detected relatively high levels of radioactive substances in sediment in multiple rivers running through Fukushima prefecture, the media reported on Friday. The prefectural government in January surveyed the…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday launched the ‘Greening Delhi’ programme by planting trees, and promising that PWD roads will be vacuum cleaned in two months. “Apart from restoring…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday assured of full support in achieving the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations. Naidu’s assurance came as the Legislators…