Category: Environment

Better Crop Water Management Could Reduce Hunger

London, Feb 16 (IANS) Improved agricultural water management could significantly boost agricultural production and reduce hunger while at the same…

9 years ago

Captured Leopard Escapes from Bengaluru Zoo

Bengaluru, Feb 15 (IANS) A hunt is on for a leopard that escaped on Monday from the zoo where it…

9 years ago

Goa Minister Says Peacock Cannot Be Called Vermin

Panaji, Feb 15 (IANS) Goa Forest and Environment Minister Rajendra Arlekar on Monday said there was no possibility of the…

9 years ago

Drones Helping Scientists Collect High-Resolution Data

New York, Feb 13 (IANS) Earth and environmental scientists are relying on affordable advanced technological drones to conduct long-term high-resolution…

9 years ago

‘Save Bisons, Peacocks, but Monkeys and Wild Boars Are a Menace’

Panaji, Feb 13 (IANS) Modern techniques should be used to keep peacocks and bisons away from farmland instead of culling…

9 years ago

More Natural Gas Discovered in Myanmar

Nay Pyi Taw, Feb 12 (IANS) More natural gas was discovered in the deep-sea offshore block AD-7 at Thalin (1)…

9 years ago

Delhi Residents Say Odd-Even Scheme Fine, but Need Better Transport

New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Public sentiment on Thursday was by and large positive on re-implementation of the odd-even scheme…

9 years ago

Plea in HC Against Odd-Even Scheme

New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) As the AAP government announced bringing back of odd-even scheme in the national capital, a…

9 years ago

Odd-Even Plan Is Temporary, We’ve Long-Term Solution for Delhi’s Pollution: Prakash Javadekar

By Priyanka Paldev (Madhya Pradesh), Feb 11 (IANS) Delhi's experiment with odd-even car days was a "short-term solution" but the…

9 years ago

US Climate Change Ruling Raises Doubts in India, China: NYT

Washington, Feb 11 (IANS) The US Supreme Court's surprise decision to halt President Barack Obama's climate change regulation could imperil…

9 years ago

Odd-Even Scheme to Return April 15-30: Kejriwal

New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The odd-even traffic scheme aimed at curbing pollution will be back in Delhi from April…

9 years ago

Delhi Favours Odd-Even Scheme: Survey

New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Some 78 percent of Delhiites want the Delhi government to reintroduce the odd-even scheme to…

9 years ago

West Antarctic Ice Sheet Could Disappear in Next 1,000 Years

London, Feb 10 (IANS) A future warming of the Southern Ocean caused by rising greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere…

9 years ago

No Leopard in Bengaluru School: Official

Bengaluru, Feb 10 (IANS) Fears of another leopard prowling in and around a private school on Tuesday night were unfounded…

9 years ago

Greenhouse Gases Fuelling Long-Term Global Warming

  New York, Feb 9 (IANS) The Earth is known to be able to restore its temperature equilibrium after a…

9 years ago

Harshvardhan Rane Draws Attention to Abused Elephants

Mumbai, Feb 9 (IANS) Actor Harshvardhan Rane, who has ventured into Bollywood with "Sanam Teri Kasam", is trying to draw…

9 years ago

Humans Responsible for Spreading Bee Killing Virus: Study

London, Feb 7 (IANS) Humans are responsible for the spread of a virus that is killing global bee populations, a…

9 years ago

Man-Made Underwater Sound May Affect Marine Ecosystem

London, Feb 7 (IANS) Underwater sound linked to human activity could alter the behaviour of seabed creatures that play a…

9 years ago

Diasaster-Prone Kosi Basin in Bihar to Be Better Warned About Floods

Patna, Feb 7 (IANS) It's an area prone to annual devastating floods but little empirical data about it was available…

9 years ago

‘Green’ Lessons Fetch Reliance Industries Staffer Guinness Entry

Coimbatore, Feb 7 (IANS) An hour-long lesson last year on how to segregate waste at source, involving 12,994 people of…

9 years ago



This website uses cookies.

%%footer%%