By Arun Kumar Washington, March 16 (IANS) Yale will become the first university member of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC), a private-public partnership to strengthen carbon pricing policies through the development of a network…
Mumbai, March 16 (IANS) With the spectre of a severe drought looming large, Maharashtra will celebrate a ‘dry Holi’ this year to conserve water for the next 100 days before monsoon. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis…
Shimla, March 16 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Wednesday said the state would move the Supreme Court against the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order banning commercial activity at the picturesque tourist spot…
Agra, March 16 (IANS) A total of 52 endangered turtles and 13 parakeets have been rescued from poachers and smugglers in a drive launched by the Uttar Pradesh forest department with the support of NGO…
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Before leaving for Bengaluru, Art of Living (AOL) founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Wednesday visited the Yamuna floodplain where the three-day World Culture Festival was held amid controversy that…
Panaji, March 16 (IANS) Goa’s Environment and Forests Minister Rajendra Arlekar on Wednesday said no animal or bird was proposed to be declared a vermin in the state yet. Arlekar’s written reply was tabled in…
New Delhi: Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravishankar, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, and Information and Broadcasting Arun Jaitley, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Union Minister for…
New York, March 16 (IANS) If male animals travelling long distances are unable to woo females in an entirely unknown group, mating chances can decrease significantly for them, say researchers including an Indian-origin scientist, highlighting…
Panaji, March 16 (IANS) Under the flak for derecognising the coconut palm as a tree, Goa chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Wednesday promised a string of measures to promote cultivation and enhance the production of…
London, March 16 (IANS) People buying rare plants through social media are placing the species at risk of extinction and the trade must be monitored, warn researchers. Using the orchid trade as a case study,…
London, March 16 (IANS) The influence of junk food on behaviour is not limited to humans. Researchers have found that white storks have become so addicted to burgers and sandwiches from landfill sites that since…
New York, March 16 (IANS) Unlike other mammals, female pandas approaching adulthood wander long distance looking for mating opportunities, new research has found. Instead of waiting around for male callers, female adolscent pandas seem to…
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) It was a sunny Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 15.6 degrees Celsius, average for this time of season, the weather office said. “The sky would remain…
Lucknow, March 15 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday said that more than 33 percent of crops in Banda, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Jalaun, Fatehpur, Ghazipur, Jaunpur, Lucknow, Sitapur, Firozabad, Agra, Aligarh and Bhadohi districts had…
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The increasing trend of urban flooding in India poses a great challenge, resulting in cities being inundated from a few hours to several days, the government said on Tuesday. Minister…
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The Prime Ministers Office (PMO) said on Tuesday said it has “weeded out” over 10,000 files, disposed e-waste and beautified the lawns during a special cleanliness drive under the Swachh…
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between the union tourism ministry and Ecotourism Society of India (ESOI) to promote responsible and sustainable tourism in the country, an official…
New York, March 15 (IANS) Paleontologists have found the presence of a gender-specific reproductive tissue in a Tyrannosaurus Rex (T.Rex) that roamed Montana in the US 68 million years ago, thereby allowing them to determine…
Tokyo, March 15 (IANS) The Japanese government on Tuesday committed to cutting its greenhouse gas emissions by endorsing a plan to achieve its goal by more than a quarter within 15 years. The initial plan…
Brasilia, March 15 (IANS) At least 26 people were killed due to heavy rain in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, the media reported on Tuesday. The rain that lashed the city since last week…