New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) A new research by US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) on Wednesday showed how nine major global power markets, including India’s Tamil Nadu, have achieved an outsize…
Shimla, Feb 14 (IANS) After two days of widespread snowfall, Shimla, Manali and other hill destinations on Wednesday woke up to a bright, sunny but bone-chilling day, the weather office said. Residents of Shimla shivered…
Srinagar, Feb 14 (IANS) Weather improved across Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday as clouds gave way to a feeble winter sun. “Weather will be generally remain cloudy in the state till Thursday,” a Met official…
Phnom Penh, Feb 14 (IANS) The US-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is encouraged by the Cambodian government’s actions pursuing justice in connection to the murder of three rangers and is committed to continue working with…
Berlin, Feb 14 (IANS) The German government has made a proposal to introduce free public transportation as a radical measure to lower nitrogen oxide pollution in cities. At least 20 major German cities continue to…
Canberra, Feb 14 (IANS) Australian researchers say wildlife is better monitored by drones which can detect small changes important to notice decline in numbers leading to superior conservation of threatened species. The scientists from University…
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) It was a misty Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 10.2 degrees Celsius, the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky is expected to remain mainly…
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Now the tourists may have to pay Rs 10 more to see the Taj Mahal, as the government proposes to increase the entry fee to Rs 50 from Rs 40…
Nagpur (Maharashtra), Feb 13 (IANS) Three days after they suffered huge crop losses following unseasonal rains and hailstorm in different parts of Maharashtra, angry farmers on Tuesday staged road blocks on the busy Nagpur-Amravati Highway…
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) A day after a report showed that India added 1,243 sq km of tree cover since 2015, Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday said that 1,000 crore saplings will…
By Vishal Gulati Shimla, Feb 13 (IANS) New research by experts based in Himachal Pradesh has shown that the new human protocol for rabies prophylaxis, also approved by the WHO, could also be effective in…
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The price that India will pay for the 10 per cent concession in Abu Dhabi’s Lower Zakum oilfields will emerge after the bids are in for the remaining 30 per…
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The Environment Ministry will train over five lakh people with “green skills” for better job opportunities between 2018 to 2021, said Union Minister Harsh Vardhan here on Tuesday. The Minister,…
London, Feb 13 (IANS) An international team of scientists is all set to start an “urgent mission” to investigate a mysterious underwater world that had been hidden beneath an Antarctic ice shelf for up to…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 13 (IANS) The Odisha government on Tuesday rejected the Central government’s relaxation of quality norms for procurement of paddy under the Minimum Support Price (MSP) mechanism. The state government said even though the…
New York, Feb 13 (IANS) Bucking the prediction of imminent extinction, a small fish species which does not produce any male offspring, continues to thrive and researchers have now found why it does not share…
By Vishal Gulati Shimla, Feb 13 (IANS) New research by experts based in Himachal Pradesh has shown that the new human protocol to treat rabies, also approved by the WHO, could be effective in treating…
Nukualofa (Tonga), Feb 13 (IANS) The 100-year-old parliament building in the Pacific nation of Tonga was destroyed by cyclone Gita, the worst storm to hit the country in more than 60 years, on Tuesday. Gita,…
London, Feb 13 (IANS) New research forecasts a 15 per cent drop in the average number of lightning flashes worldwide by the turn of this century, if global temperatures are in the top range of…
Dehradun, Feb 13 (IANS) The mercury dropped drastically in the hill station of Mussoorie in Uttarakhand on Tuesday as a major hailstorm hit the town. All roads in the town, including the famous mall road,…