New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) On May 12, when Delhi’s seven constituencies go to the polls, your inked finger will serve as your entry ticket into the national capital’s 90-acre heritage park Sunder Nursery, that…
Guwahati, May 8 (IANS) A train driver applied emergency brakes to save an elephant crossing a railway track in Assam, officials said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday night between Boginadi and Gogamukh…
Thrissur (Kerala), May 8 (IANS) The Kerala government’s decision not to allow a 54-year-old elephant to feature in a prominent temple festival here has led to a boycott of all events by the elephant owners,…
Bhubaneswar, May 8 (IANS) The death toll in Odisha so far due to cyclone Fani has increased to 41, even as people are struggling to get electricity amidst the gruelling summer, which has made life…
Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh), May 8 (IANS) Union Minister Maneka Gandhi’s love for animals is well known and this recently came to the fore here from where Gandhi is contesting the Lok Sabha elections on a…
Ahmedabad, May 8 (IANS) Eight Asiatic lions from the Sakkarbaug (Junagadh) zoo of Gujarat will be soon transferred to a zoo in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, as part of the Animal Exchange Programme. The Junagadh Chief…
Patna, May 7 (IANS) “Sea to Source: Ganges” an international all-female expedition to study plastic pollution in one of the world’s most iconic waterways, is part of National Geographic’s journey to better understand and document…
Jakarta, May 7 (IANS) A volcano erupted in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province on Tuesday, spewing a dark ash cloud about 2,000 metres in height, above the crater. The Mount Sinabung eruption lasted 42 minutes and…
Sydney, May 7 (IANS) Tony Abbott bet me $100 that the climate will not change in 10 years, says an Australian writer and author of “Here Where We Live”. Cassie Flanagan Willanski says the former…
Sydney, May 7 (IANS) Tony Abbott bet me $100 that the climate will not change in 10 years, says an Australian writer and author of “Here Where We Live”. Cassie Flanagan Willanski says the former…
Mathura, May 6 (IANS) A six-foot rat snake was the first customer to slither in at a bank here on Monday, sending employees into a panic. The snake was first spotted near the cash counter…
Panaji, May 6 (IANS) The Panaji Bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday stayed the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority’s (GCZMA) order to demolish 171 temporary structures built in the no-development zones at beaches,…
Hyderabad/Amaravati, May 6 (IANS) Telangana and Andhra Pradesh remained in the grip of severe heat wave conditions on Monday, with mercury in some places crossing 45 degree Celsius. Khammam in Telangana was the hottest place…
Guwahati, May 6 (IANS) The arrival of an Amur falcon in the northeast as it heads back from Africa to its breeding grounds in northern China and Mongolia has cheered conservationists and other animal-lovers in…
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a proposed meeting on cyclone Fani, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused him of doing politics with the natural…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said that “no coercive action” would be taken against the Volkswagen Group till the German automaker’s plea challenging the Rs 500 crore penalty imposed on…
Paris, May 6 (IANS) Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history and the rate of species’ extinction is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely, a landmark new…
Mumbai, May 6 (IANS) Ratan Tata, the Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons, has invested in domestic ride-sharing company Ola’s newly-launched electric vehicle (EV) arm Ola Electric Mobility Pvt Ltd (OEMPL) as part of its Series…
London, May 6 (IANS) Digital technology companies could reduce the carbon footprint of services like YouTube by making changes to how they are designed, experts say. The researchers suggest that making sustainability the primary focus…
Moscow, May 6 (IANS) At least 41 people, including two children, on board a Russian Aeroflot plane were killed after it burst into flames while making an emergency landing at a Moscow airport. Aeroflot flight…