Tokyo, June 13 (IANS) Social worker Bindeshwar Pathak, the man behind low-cost toilet revolution ‘Sulabh Sauchalya, was on Wednesday honoured with Japans prestigious Nikkel Asia Prize for his contribution towards culture and community. Pathak, the…
By Prashant Sood Kathmandu, June 13 (IANS) Mountaineers are at the forefront of facing the brunt of climate change and it is getting more difficult and dangerous to scale peaks above 8,000 metres because the…
By Kishori Sud New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Organic and vegan products are the new must-haves that beauty conscious people and skincare lovers are rooting for. While some brands have been able to spot and…
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) It was a sunny Wednesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 30.5 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average. “The city may witness strong…
Ghaziabad, June 12 (IANS) A contractor, tasked to catch monkeys from here and release them in a distant forested area, stuffed them into small cages and abandoned them in a colony here to save costs,…
Imphal, June 12 (IANS) Torrential rains in the fast few days have triggered landslides and flash floods in some parts of Mizoram and Manipur, throwing normal life out of gear, official reports said on Tuesday….
Jammu, June 12 (IANS) Jammu city sizzled on Tuesday with the maximum temperature at 41.5 degrees Celsius, 2.5 degrees above average, weather officials said, adding the heat wave conditions are likely to persist this week….
Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) Four persons, including a man and his daughter, were killed in a lightning strike in West Bengal’s Bankura district as thundershower lashed parts of the state on Tuesday, police said. “A…
Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) Driven by large-scale projects, the solar installation in India during January-March period of the current calendar year was 3,269 megawatt (mw), up by over 9 per cent compared to 2,991 mw…
Chennai, June 12 (IANS) In a bid to reduce evaporation of reservoir water and increase sourcing of solar power, Tamil Nadu is looking at the feasibility of setting up a floating solar power plant, Chief…
Manali, June 12 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government has identified 113 sites to be developed to make the state an eco-tourism destination, besides developing nature parks and herbal gardens, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said…
Pune, June 12 (IANS) The TERRE Policy Centre launched its first-ever Campus Sustainability Report, on the occasion of World Environment Day recently, an official said here on Tuesday. The launch of the report, developed by…
Bengaluru, June 12 (IANS) Hundreds of schools and colleges were shut on Tuesday due to heavy rainfall in Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru districts in Karnataka as the southwest monsoon advanced vigorously, officials said. “Schools and colleges…
Dhaka, June 12 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed on Tuesday in landslides in Bangladesh’s Rangamati district. The landslides were triggered by torrential rains, reports bdnews24. Many people were also reported missing and many…
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) It was a sunny Tuesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 30.5 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The…
Guatemala City, June 12 (IANS) The death toll from the eruption of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala on June 3 has increased to 114 after another four bodies were found, according to authorities. Conred national…
Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) At least 42 labourers got injured in a lightning strike while working in a tea garden in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district on Monday afternoon, police said. “As many as 42 workers…
Bengaluru, June 11 (IANS) Heavy rains and gusty winds lashed many parts of Karnataka on Monday, disrupting normal life, as southwest monsoon advanced vigourously. “Southwest monsoon was vigorous over interior Karnataka and active over coastal…
Shimla, June 11 (IANS) The parched Himachal Pradesh capital is daily losing more than five million litres (MLD) of potable water because of various reasons, including leakages and theft, the Himachal Pradesh High Court observed…
Chandigarh, June 11 (IANS) Punjab is all set to counter dust pollution from grain markets across the state with installation of dust collectors on nearly 50,000 grain cleaning machines, thus providing relief to 300,000 directly-affected…