Kolkata, Sep 21 (IANS) Nineteen exotic birds smuggled into India from Bangladesh in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, were recovered on Friday. One person has been arrested. “Seven blue and yellow Macaws and 12…
Agra, Sep 21 (IANS) Ending a long dry spell, the clouds opened on Friday afternoon bringing relief to the lakhs of saplings planted by government departments and voluntary groups in the city this season. “For…
Chandigarh, Sep 21 (IANS) The Punjab government on Friday issued an alert for heavy rains across the state till September 24. As per information received from the Ministry of Earth Sciences, the state is likely…
Lucknow, Sep 21 (IANS) After a gap of almost 10 days, rains are set to return to some parts of Uttar Pradesh, the weatherman said on Friday. According to the regional Met office, western and…
Shimla, Sep 21 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh is likely to get heavy rains over the next three days, with the southwest monsoon remaining subdued for over a fortnight, the Met office here Friday. “Certain areas are…
Shimla, Sep 21 (IANS) For the last two years, the civic body of the Baddi town, Himachal Pradesh’s biggest industrial hub, has been dumping municipal waste in Kenduwal village that has become a potential health…
Kolkata, Sep 21 (IANS) Emami Paper Mills on Friday said it will invest Rs 2,000 crore for setting up its new manufacturing plant at Bharuch in Gujarat and also for adding capacity in the second…
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will embark on a four-day visit to India from October 1 at the invitation of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj during which he will attend…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 21 (IANS) Several parts of Odisha have been experiencing heavy to very heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms under the impact of cyclonic storm Daye. The cyclone crossed Odisha coast near Gopalpur in the…
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) It was a mainly clear sky on Friday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 25.8 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average, with light…
Canberra, Sep 21 (IANS) Australian scientists said on Friday that they have developed a nano-filter that can clean contaminated water 100 times faster than the current technology, pointing to better access to the crucial resource…
Manila, Sep 21 (IANS) The death toll from a landslide in Philippines has reached 22, an official said on Friday. Garry Cabotaje, the spokesman for Naga city government, expressed hope that more survivors will be…
Rome, Sep 21 (IANS/AKI) Persistent conflicts and extreme weather are currently driving high levels of severe food insecurity, particularly in Southern African and Near East countries, which continue to require humanitarian assistance, said a report…
Manila, Sep 20 (IANS) At least 15 people died on Thursday and more than 50 were missing after a landslide triggered by heavy rains buried several houses in the Philippines Cebu province, authorities said. Among…
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday issued a cyclone alert for South Odisha and Coastal Andhra Pradesh. In an official release at 6 p.m., the IMD said there is…
Manila, Sep 20 (IANS) Six people died and at least 20 houses were buried on Thursday after a landslide in Philippines’ Cebu province. The authorities recovered the bodies, including that of a four-year old, while…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 20 (IANS) The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday issued a cyclone alert for Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. The IMD in a statement said a depression over west-central and adjoining east-central Bay of…
Manila, Sep 20 (IANS) Four people died and at least 20 houses were buried on Thursday after a landslide in Philippines’ Cebu province. The authorities recovered bodies a four-year old, two elderly women and a…
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) It was a sunny Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 24 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season’s average. “The sky will be partly…
Canberra, Sep 20 (IANS) An Australian woman was in a critical condition on Thursday after being attacked by a shark. The 46-year-old from Tasmania was swimming near a charter yacht in the world-famous Whitsunday Islands…