Hazy Friday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) It was a hazy Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 19.2 degrees Celsius, five notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky would remain…
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Carbon dioxide, plants turned into renewable plastic
San Francisco, March 11 (IANS) The researchers at Stanford University of the US have found a way to turn carbon dioxide (CO2) and inedible plant material, such as agricultural waste and grasses, into plastic. “Our…
Elephant back to Somalia for first time in two decades
Nairobi, March 11 (IANS) An elephant marched hundreds of kilometres from Kenya and crossed the border into Somalia for the first time in 20 years, confirming that elephants continue to survive in the Horn of…
PM to attend Art of Living event; AoL can deposit fine till Friday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday will attend inaugural function of the three-day World Culture Festival being organised by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s…
World Culture Fest: Brown haze of dust on a bright day
By Nirendra Dev New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Amid continuing controversy over the holding of the World Culture Festival here, the volunteers, workers and performers on Thursday expressed both hope and uncertainty as they slogged…
Delhi gets its first electric bus
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The national capital got its first battery operated “zero-emission” electric bus on Thursday and Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai said more such buses may follow if the six-month trial of…
‘Things are changing’: AoL counsel on depositing Rs.5 crore fine
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) After Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s refusal to pay the fine of Rs.5 crore slapped by the National Green Tribunal, Art of Living on Thursday asserted that things were changing every…
Sunny Thursday in Delhi, rain likely for next two days
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The national capital experienced a sunny day on Thursday with the maximum temperature settling at 31.1 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, said the Met office, adding that…
Go to NGT, SC tells petitioner against holding of World Cultural Festival
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea seeking to block the holding of the three-day World Cultural Festival by the Sri Sri Ravishankar’s Art of Living Foundation…
Activists in Dhaka protest against India-Bangladesh power plant
Dhaka, March 10 (IANS) Hundreds of Bangladeshi activists set off on a 200 km march from Dhaka to the Sundarbans on Thursday to protest against the $1.5 billion power plant near the world’s largest mangrove…
Odisha promotes tourism potential in Berlin
Bhubaneswar, March 10 (IANS) In a bid to attract more foreign tourists to the state, Odisha Tourism participated in International Tourism Festival (International Tourismus Borse) held in Berlin. The state put up a stall depicting…
Delhi gets electric bus – more may follow
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai on Thursday flagged off a pollution free electric bus here. It is the first such bus in India which is 100 percent pollution free and…
Himachal may experience heavy rain
Shimla, March 10 (IANS) The cold is likely to grip Himachal Pradesh again with heavy rain forecast in the next three days by the Met office here on Thursday. “Some areas in the state are…
Rain may turn Ravi Shankar event into damp squib
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Amid anxious moments at the sprawling Yamuna plains, the venue of the World Culture Festival, weather officials here on Thursday forecast that heavy rain is “very likely” in and around…
Flood warnings remain after downpour in central England
London, March 10 (IANS) A day after heavy rains and consequent disruption, dozens of flood warnings remained in place in central England on Thursday. The worst-affected areas were in the Midlands where roads were flooded,…
Groundwater levels plunge, contamination rises, crisis grows
Sandeep Pai & Prathamesh Mulye Kolhapur/Delhi: Five years ago, when Ramakant Desai, 55, hired a drilling rig to sink a borewell to irrigate his maize fields, he struck water at 200 ft. Today, the rig…
Life was no picnic for our ancestors 1.8 million years ago
New York, March 10 (IANS) Reconstructing an early East African landscape where human ancestors lived 1.8 million years ago, researchers have found that life was quite tough in the ancient times. Our human ancestors, who…
If AoL doesn’t pay fine, NGT may ban event: lawyer
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) may ban the controversial Art of Living (AoL) cultural event here if it doesn’t pay up the Rs.5 crore fine slapped on it, a lawyer…
Now visualise how Earth evolved geologically with your smartphone
Sydney, March 10 (IANS) How did Madagascar once slot next to India? Where was Australia a billion years ago? To answer such questions, geologists here have developed Cloud-based virtual globes which means anyone with a…
Blackbuck killings: Salman pleads not guilty
Actor Salman Khan. (File Photo: IANS) Jodhpur (Rajasthan), March 10 (IANS) Bollywood actor Salman Khan on Thursday insisted that he had been wrongly accused of having illegal weapons and killing two blackbucks here in 1998….