Category: Environment

How elephants are protected from cancer?

New York, Aug 15 (IANS) Researchers have identified a "zombie" gene that protects elephants from cancer, a finding that may…

6 years ago

Torrential rains disrupt normal life in Karnataka

Bengaluru, Aug 15 (IANS) Torrential rains measured at 35 cm lashed Karnataka's coastal and south interior districts, forcing suspension of…

6 years ago

US state sues Trump Tower over alleged water pollution

Washington, Aug 15 (IANS) The US state of Illinois has filed a lawsuit against the Trump Tower in Chicago, alleging…

6 years ago

UP bans plastic, thermocol items

Lucknow, Aug 15 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday imposed a blanket ban on the manufacture, stocking, sale and…

6 years ago

Heavy rains hit Kerala, Cochin airport shut

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 15 (IANS) Heavy rains again hit Kerala on Wednesday killing four more people and taking the death toll…

6 years ago

Will host ‘grand’ Kumbh in 2019: Yogi

Lucknow, Aug 15 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government is committed to host "a great and grand" Prayag Kumbh in 2019,…

6 years ago

Evacuation of 5,000 persons begins as Kerala dams’ level rises

Idukki (Kerala), Aug 14 (IANS) With increased water flow into the Idamalayar and Idukki dams in Kerala late Tuesday night…

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Afforestation fund act to come into force next month: Minister

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) The Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Act will be enforced from September 30 after framing of…

6 years ago

Make stand clear on firecrackers, curbing pollution: SC to Centre

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to make its stand clear on steps…

6 years ago

BIOD Energy to commission 100-tonne bio-diesel plant in Haryana

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Private firm BIOD Energy on Tuesday announced that it will commission a 100-tonne bio-diesel manufacturing…

6 years ago

Yamuna again crosses danger mark in Delhi

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Almost two weeks after the water level in the Yamuna here receded, the river again…

6 years ago

Tribunal awards 13.42 tmcft Mahadayi water to Karnataka

New Delhi/Bengaluru, Aug 14 (IANS) The Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal on Tuesday awarded 13.42 tmcft (thousand million cubic feet) of…

6 years ago

22 killed as highway bridge collapses in Italy

Rome, Aug 14 (IANS) A section of a highway bridge collapsed in the Italian city of Genoa during heavy rain…

6 years ago

Vienna tops EIU’s Liveability list, Delhi top in South Asia

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) The Austrian capital of Vienna is ranked first in the Economist Intelligence Units' (EIU) latest…

6 years ago

Rains subside in Himachal, road traffic restored

Shimla, Aug 14 (IANS) With rains subsiding in Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday, authorities managed to restore traffic on almost all…

6 years ago

SC to hear TN plea against NGT order on Tuticorin plant

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on August 17 the Tamil Nadu government's plea against an…

6 years ago

Rains hit hard Kerala yet again

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 14 (IANS) For a second successive day, heavy rains lashed Kerala's Kozhikode, Malappuram and Wayanad districts on Tuesday,…

6 years ago

11 killed as highway bridge collapses in Italy

Rome, Aug 14 (IANS) A section of a highway bridge in the Italian city of Genoa collapsed during heavy rain…

6 years ago

Only 12 breeding pairs of Australian rare bird left

Canberra, Aug 14 (IANS) The last 12 breeding pairs of the beach stone-curlew bird indigenous to the Australasia region are…

6 years ago

Uttar Pradesh’s huge plantation drives: But where is the space?

Agra Aug 14 (IANS) Huge plantation drives ordered by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his predecessor Akhilesh Yadav…

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