Jakarta, Oct 6 (IANS) Indonesian authorities on Saturday raised the death toll in the devastating earthquake and an ensuing tsunami in Sulawesi Island to 1,649. National Disaster Management Agency spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said that…
Hong Kong, Oct 6 (IANS) Scientists have detected chemicals in sunscreen that can cause birth defects and infertility. In the study, the team from the Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), found that the chemicals in…
By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala/Guwahati, Oct 6 (IANS) Mountainous northeastern India experienced a 26 per cent deficit during the monsoon, causing fears of falling crop production and scarcity of water, experts said. According to officials of…
Jakarta, Oct 6 (IANS) Relief aid started arriving in the more remote areas of Sulawesi island in Indonesia following last week’s magnitude-7.5 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that left at least 1,500 people dead, the Red…
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) It was a misty morning in the national capital on Saturday with the minimum temperature recorded at 21.2 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season’s average. “The sky will remain…
Dehradun, Oct 6 (IANS) The hill state of Uttarakhand received fresh snowfall causing the temperature to fall a few notches, an official said on Saturday. According to the Regional Met Office, the snowfall took place…
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) A Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (MPUVN) rooftop solar tender for central government buildings has fetched a lowest tariff quote of Rs 1.38 per unit attracted by an auction…
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The key to sustain projects related to management of municipal solid waste is the behavioural change and citizen or community participation in Solid Waste Management (SWM), said Minister of State…
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The Delhi government on Friday requested the Centre to direct neighbouring states — Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh — to take air pollution control measures. Delhi Environment Minister Imran…
Solan, Oct 5 (IANS) Setting up of a farmers’ income commission to ensure minimum respectable income to farmers, incentivising ecosystem services provided by Himalayan states, climate change adoption and resilience building of mountain farmers were…
Wolong (China), Oct 5 (IANS) In an era when joint military exercises in the oceans and mountains are norm, NGOs in India and China are carrying out joint field research to fight a common enemy…
Jakarta, Oct 5 (IANS) The death toll in Indonesia’s powerful earthquake and an ensuing tsunami in Sulawesi Island jumped to 1,571 on Friday while search and rescue for the victims was extended, officials said. During…
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) India and Russia on Friday signed a document for cooperation on a new nuclear power project in India with the latest VVER-1200 type reactors powered by advanced fuel. The Action…
Jakarta, Oct 5 (IANS) Rescue workers were searching for people under debris on Sulawesi island in Indonesia on Friday, the day authorities have set as the deadline for finding survivors of last week’s earthquake and…
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez took over 8 million petition signatures to the UN Headquarters in New York City, voicing her opinion against animal testing on World Animal Day. The actress…
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Petrochemicals are set to account for more than a third of the growth in world oil demand to 2030, and almost half the growth to 2050, adding nearly seven million…
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) As an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report next week is expected to call for urgent cuts limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees, a study on Friday said world’s…
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) It was a misty morning in the national capital on Friday with the minimum temperature recorded at 22.4 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average. “The sky will remain…
Tokyo, Oct 5 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale struck Japan’s Hokkaido prefecture on Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. There were no immediate reports of injury or damage. No tsunami warning…
Ghaziabad, Oct 4 (IANS) Ghaziabad has topped in Uttar Pradesh in a cleanliness survey conducted by an independent agency, District Magistrate Ritu Maheswari said on Thursday. The agency had been appointed under the Centre’s Swachh…