Chandigarh, Sep 8 (IANS) Border states Punab & Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday signed an agreement to re-start work on the Rs 2,793-crore Shahpur Kandi project. The project, when implemented, will enable the country to…
Bangkok, Sep 8 (IANS) A joint platform of developing countries on Saturday called on the developed nations to make a greater commitment towards honouring the Paris Agreement during the Climate Change Conference being held in…
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) To increase the green cover and to fight the air pollution faced by the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday launched a mass plantation drive across the…
San Francisco, Sep 8 (IANS) Google has teamed up with the California Academy of Sciences to launch an interactive new tool that will help reduce environmental footprint by informing the amount of water your shower…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 8 (IANS) Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Bishnupada Sethi on Saturday asked four District Collectors to remain on the alert as the Baitarani river crossed its danger mark. The SRC asked the District Collectors…
Tokyo, Sep 8 (IANS) The toll from a 6.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Japan’s Hokkaido prefecture earlier this week, has increased to 21 with 13 others still reported missing, the government announced on Saturday. Chief Cabinet…
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) It was a cloudy morning in the national capital on Saturday with the minimum temperature recorded at 25.5 degrees Celsius, the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky will…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The European Union (EU) has agreed to pay 3.5 million Euros to help evolve a low-carbon urban transport system between Kochi, Ahmedabad and Nagpur, and help India improve its sustainable…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court by a think tank to seek a direction to the apex court Registry to insist on using both sides of the…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) A day ahead of a plantation drive, think tank Centre for Policy Research on Friday wrote to the Delhi Chief Minister asking him to re-establish the Delhi Tree Authority by…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Some companies in India are engaged in a campaign to run down electric vehicles in order to promote their hybrid cars in the country, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said on…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Indian Railways is creating a buzz with its “Plan Bee” to tackle a mammoth problem at a meagre cost: It has installed devices which mimic the humming of a…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Indian Railways on Friday said that its “Plan Bee” to stop elephants from being hit by speeding trains in the Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) has been a great success…
Bangkok, Sep 7 (IANS) Indian activist Vidya Dinker, Bolivian Martin Vilela and Zimbabwean Mela Chiponda live in different continents but suffer a common problem of climate change, which they denounced before the UN in Bangkok….
Islamabad, Sep 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday sought assistance from overseas Pakistanis to help overcome the “biggest issue” of water crisis in the country by donating to the dams fund set up…
Tokyo, Sep 7 (IANS) The number of people killed in the powerful earthquake that struck the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan climbed to 18 while 24 people remain missing, the government said on Friday….
Colombo, Sep 7 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government on Friday said the country was on track to achieving its target of being free from landmines by 2020. Resettlement and Rehabilitation Minister D.M. Swaminathan informed legislators…
Agra, Sep 7 (IANS) A six feet long Indian Rock python was rescued by the Wildlife SOS Rapid Response Unit from the Head Office of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra…
Kochi, Sep 7 (IANS) All possible steps for extending relief to the flood-affected Kerala are being taken under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is personally monitoring the situation, Union Minister J.P. Nadda…
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 7 (IANS) Even as the Kerala government has appointed a team of experts to study the damage caused to the biodiversity due to torrential rains and floods, the Centre on Friday reiterated its…