Shimla, Jan 15 (IANS) After three consecutive days of snowfall and rain, Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday got some relief, but the cold continued to grip the hills, said an official. The meteorological office here said…
Srinagar, Jan 15 (IANS) An intense cold wave hit the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday, bringing down temperatures several notches below the freezing point An official of the MET Department said the weather would remain generally…
Washington, Jan 15 (IANS) A new study has revealed that melting of the ice and snow from the entire continent of Antarctica has accelerated by 280 per cent in the last four decades. The study…
Mumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has lent support to an initiative aimed at increasing greenery in Mumbai. In association with Radio City’s campaign “Hara Hai Toh Bara Ahe”, the “Manto” actor has urged…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) In view of life-threatening thunderstorms and lightning during the pre-monsoon season, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has decided to implement an end-to-end prediction system for predicting thunderstorms or lightning by…
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Delhi’s air quality saw a sudden improvement on Monday as the wind speed turned the air from ‘very poor’ to ‘poor’. Officials, however, said this improvement is unlikely to last…
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) The fast-rising number of desalination plants worldwide — now almost 16,000, with capacity concentrated in the Middle East and North Africa — quench a growing thirst for freshwater but create…
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Union Minister of Earth Sciences and Environment Harsh Vardhan on Monday launched special weather services for people visiting Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj during Kumbh Mela between January and March. Speaking at…
Ranchi, Jan 14 (IANS) A 62-year-old person was trampled to death by an elephant in Jharkhand’s Gumla district on Monday. According to Forest Department officials, an elephant separated from its herd entered Nagotoli village on…
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) The Kochi-based NavAlt Solar and Electric Boats (NavAlt) has received orders for more solar boats from the Kerala government after completing a successful two-year run in the state of the…
Shimla, Jan 14 (IANS) It was a bright sunny day in Himachal Pradesh on Monday, with temperatures remaining below the freezing point in many places in the state after three days of continuous snow and…
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) It was a misty morning in the national capital on Monday with the minimum temperature recorded at 8 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average. The air quality in…
Srinagar, Jan 14 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir witnessed a bright, sunny Monday morning after days of inclement weather in the state, the weather office said. Sanam Lotus, Director of the regional MET Department, said the…
Shillong, Jan 14 (IANS) A group of social activists on Sunday released two volumes of a citizens’ report urging the Supreme Court that coal mining in Meghalaya be stopped completely and other forms of energy,…
Imphal, Jan 13 (IANS) A buffalo on Sunday ran amok here on Sunday for several hours attacking pedestrians, leaving eight persons injured, one of them in a serious condition, officials said. The buffalo, brought from…
Bengaluru, Jan 13 (IANS) Fog during the early morning hours of Sunday in Bengaluru disrupted at least 52 flights at the city’s Kempegowda International Airport. “As a result of the fog, departure of 35 flights…
Shimla, Jan 13 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court has refused to stay the transfer of forest land to an Asian Development Bank-funded hydropower project in the state’s Kinnaur district being executed by the state-run…
Chicago, Jan 13 (IANS) A winter storm has swept through the US Midwest where at least five persons were killed in road crashes, media reported. Missouri was worst hit, with the National Weather Service reporting…
Shimla, Jan 13 (IANS) Popular tourist destinations Shimla, Manali and Dalhousie received another spell of overnight snowfall on Sunday, which snapped internal road links in some areas of Himachal Pradesh but tourists made merry by…
Srinagar, Jan 13 (IANS) Light snowfall occurred in the Kashmir Valley but the weather office forecast overall improvement from Sunday afternoon. “Light snowfall is likely to occur in the forenoon and after that overall weather…