Canberra, Sep 27 (IANS) An Australian man had to undergo plastic surgery after being attacked by a kangaroo he thought to be dead. Billy Willox had the ligaments and skin tissue around his eyes torn…
United States, Sep 27 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said climate change is an absolute priority and the world is not doing enough. “Climate change is the defining issue of our time, and we are…
New York, Sep 27 (IANS) In a major push to India’s International Solar Alliance (ISA), European Investment Bank (EIB) President Werner Hoyer on Wednesday announced a major progress on tackling climate change globally at the…
New York, Sep 26 (IANS) United Nations Secretary-General Ant?nio Guterres on Wednesday tapped UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and philanthropist Michael R. Bloomberg to lead an initiative that will support a global mobilisation of…
Gandhinagar, Sep 26 (IANS) The Gujarat Forest Department on Wednesday recovered one more carcass of a lioness from the Gir forests, the only abode of the Asiatic Lion, taking the total death toll of the…
Shimla, Sep 26 (IANS) Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday apprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the hill state suffered losses totalling approximately Rs 1,250 crore due to the heavy rains. This was conveyed…
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Yamuna river here continued to flow above the danger level on Wednesday as the authorities started evacuating people living in the river beds. A total of 598 people were…
Shimla, Sep 26 (IANS) More than 650 people, including five foreigners, have been evacuated in the past two days and over 1,000 are still stranded in snow-marooned Lahaul-Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, officials said on…
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Delhi Minister for Environment and Forests Imran Hussain on Wednesday directed various departments to take strict measures against dust and other pollution emissions in the national capital ahead of winters…
Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) As many as 50 per cent Indians may be hoarding at least two unused electrical or electronic devices constituting hazardous e-waste for up to five years, a survey has revealed. The…
By Rachel V. Thomas Jaipur, Sep 26 (IANS) Lamenting that India’s urban affairs had been in a mess and in a neglected state for years, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, on Wednesday said that urban…
Canberra, Sep 26 (IANS) A Danish “hunter and adventurer” has come under investigation by Australian authorities after he rode a live saltwater crocodile. In a video posted on social media, Niels Jensen – who works…
Shimla, Sep 26 (IANS) As rains subsided in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday, the evacuation of over 1,500 tourists still stranded in snow-marooned Lahaul-Spiti district continued on a war footing, an official said. “There was no…
Shimla, Sep 26 (IANS) Over 1,500 tourists are still stranded in snow-marooned Lahaul-Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, officials said on Wednesday adding that the evacuation is on but it might take days. Chief Minister Jai…
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) It was a sunny Wednesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 22 degrees Celsius, normal for the season. The city received 0.2 mm of light…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) To filter particulate matter and dilute air pollutants in the national capital, Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday inaugurated air pollution control device WAYU (Wind Augmentation Purifying…
Chandigarh, Sep 25 (IANS) To mark the year-long celebrations of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the Punjab government said on Tuesday that 550 saplings will be planted in each village of the…
Shillong, Sep 25 (IANS) Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday urged the Chief Ministers of the eight northeastern states to encourage people to use electric vehicles. Encouraging people of the region to use…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday night expressed happiness after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he had “very fruitful” discussions on how to rebuild the flood-battered state. Vijayan…
New York, Sep 25 (IANS) Companies that use cleaner and smarter energy are more profitable than their peers, a new report said on Tuesday, underlining the business case for putting sustainability at the heart of…