New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Delhi electricity distribution company (discom) BSES on Tuesday announced it has signed a power sale agreement (PSA) with the Solar Energy Corp of India (SECI) to procure 200 MW at…
Shimla, April 3 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday inaugurated 12 electronic display screens that will indicate, among other things, the air pollution levels in state capital Shimla and Manali and…
Washington, April 3 (IANS) The air pollution in Delhi may reach 20 times higher than the safe limits owing to agricultural fires during peak burning season, a team of researchers have warned. In October and…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday planted a Baobab sapling, which has a life span of over 2,000 years, in the gardens of Rashtrapati Bhavan. The sapling was gifted by…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Periods: The word is no longer taboo. Both women and men, in recent times, have spoken out about menstrual health and there has been quite a lot…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) It was a clear Tuesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 21.4 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “Thundery…
Washington, April 3 (IANS) US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt has said the targets of vehicle fuel efficiency set by the previous Barack Obama administration is too stringent and should be revised. “The…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The Union Environment Ministry has set emission standards for industries where nitrogen and sulphur oxides are generated as these gases are leading to increase in air pollution and affecting human…
New York, April 2 (IANS) New Yorkers woke up to yet another winter storm on Monday which the US National Weather Service predicted to bring about one to two inches (about 2.5 cm to 5…
Mumbai, April 2 (IANS) Animal welfare organisation PETA India on Monday requested telecom company Vodafone to stop using pugs in its advertisement, saying that the “not normal dogs” are always in pain. In a letter…
Bhubaneswar, April 2 (IANS) Over 6.23 lakh household toilets have been constructed in Odisha during 2017-18 fiscal, an official said on Monday. “More than 6.23 lakh toilets in as many households have been constructed in…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) With above average temperatures already being felt in several regions across the country, the weather department on Monday predicted one to three degrees’ rise in temperature this year. Warning of…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Petroleum products should be brought under GST so that consumers can get the benefit of price rationalisation, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday, a day after transport fuel prices…
New Delhi,, April 2 (IANS) Private producer ReNew Power on Monday announced its acquisition of Ostro Energy Private Ltd, which would take its clean energy portfolio capacity to over 5,600 MW through its biggest takeover…
London, April 2 (IANS) Examining how climate change could raise food insecurity risk across the world, researchers have projected that the flow of the Ganges river could more than double at 2 degrees Celsius global…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) It was a sunny Monday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 20.8 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Temperatures in the summer season between April and June are expected to be above seasonal averages over most parts of the country, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday….
Washington, April 1 (IANS) Researchers are developing atomically thin “drumheads”, which are tens of trillions of times thinner than the human eardrum, and will provide cat-like hearing abilities to humans. According to the results of…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Transport fuel prices in Delhi hit record highs on Sunday along with the roll out of the Euro-VI grade petrol and diesel as the latest measure to tackle air pollution…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) will begin talks in London on Tuesday to discuss proposals to limit and reduce emissions by ships. This might also be the deciding year for…