Rainy Friday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) It was a rainy Friday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 27.2 degrees Celsius, the season’s average, said the Met Office. “The sky will remain…
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2 dead in Uttarakhand cloud burst
Dehradun, July 20 (IANS) Two persons have died and three others have been buried in rubble on a hillside after a cloud burst triggered heavy rains in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, an official said on…
Omung Kumar turns to painting for a cause
Mumbai, July 20 (IANS) Filmmaker, art director and anchor Omung Kumar has a soft side for dogs, especially strays and abandoned ones. It is because of this that he agreed to design the 2019 calendar…
Myanmar joins International Solar Alliance
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Myanmar on Thursday joined the India-initiated International Solar Alliance (ISA), becoming the 68th member of the grouping that is aiming at optimum utilisation of solar energy. Myanmar Minister for International…
Haryana bans new pyrolysis plants
Chandigarh, July 19 (IANS) The Haryana State Pollution Control Board has imposed prohibition on establishing new pyrolysis plants (for extraction of fuel oil from waste rubber tyres) in the state till the study in the…
Delhi government mulls buses run on hydrogen cells
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot held a meeting on Thursday with senior officials of the Indian Oil Corporation, bus manufacturers and Transport Department to explore the option of using hydrogen fuel…
Central team to visit Kerala for assessing rain damage
Thiruvananthapuram, July 19 (IANS) Even as the death toll in Kerala due to rains climbed to 17 with the recovery of one more body, the Centre on Thursday assured that a central team will soon…
Alert sounded for heavy rains in Uttarakhand
Dehradun, July 19 (IANS) An alert for heavy rains has been sounded in Uttarakhand for the next 36 hours, an official said on Thursday. Following the Regional Met Office’s warning of very heavy rains in…
Odisha to witness heavy rainfall: MeT
Bhubaneswar, July 19 (IANS) Heavy rainfall in several coastal districts of Odisha in the next 24 hours is likely due to a low-pressure area formed over the north Bay of Bengal, an official said on…
Six pieces of ivory seized in West Bengal, two held
Kolkata, July 19 (IANS) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) arrested two persons and seized six pieces of ivory weighing over 9 kg near a bus stand in Siliguri, officials said on Thursday. Acting on…
Frog sacrifice in rain-starved Bihar
Patna, July 19 (IANS) Blind faith and superstition have taken over parts of Bihar as people sacrifice thousands of frogs to appease rain Gods in the state that has seen a 42 per cent deficit…
The future of plastic? Scientists explore bioplastics from sorghum
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, July 19 (IANS/Mongabay) In the early 1940s, Henry Ford experimented with making plastic parts for automobiles. He came up with what was called the “plastic car made from soybeans.” Since that…
In a first, scientists satellite collar a dhole – a species on verge of extinction
By Kushagra Dixit Kanha National Park, July 19 (IANS) In a first, wildlife scientists have collared a dhole, the Indian wild dog, with a satellite transmitter to understand the ecology of this endangered species that…
World’s beaches eroding in protected marine areas: Study
Washington, July 19 (IANS) The world’s sandy shorelines are declining in protected marine areas which could threaten plant and animal species and cultural heritage sites, a global survey of beaches with satellites data from NASA…
Partly cloudy Thursday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 28.2 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, the Met Office said….
Over 2,600 pilgrims leave for Amarnath Yatra
Jammu, July 19 (IANS) A fresh batch of 2,617 pilgrims left Jammu on Thursday for the ongoing Amarnath Yatra. They left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in an escorted convoy of 81 vehicles for the…
Bodies of two of 19 missing fishermen found in Bay of Bengal
Kolkata, July 19 (IANS) Bodies of two of the 19 missing fishermen were found in the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday by rescuers, an official said. Efforts were on to fish out the two corpses,…
Incessant downpour continues in Saurashtra and south Gujarat, toll reaches 32
Ahmedabad, July 18 (IANS) Incessant heavy downpour continued on Wednesday in Gujarat’s Saurashtra region, taking the death toll in the state to 32, officials said. “A total of 4,020 people have been relocated to safer…
Waterbody gives way to banquet hall: BJP
Ghaziabad, July 18 (IANS) A waterbody in Ghaziabad gave way to a banquet hall and its original size was substantially reduced by influential politicians who took over the area, a group of BJP leaders alleged…
Central Kerala badly hit by rains, 16 dead
Thiruvananthapuram, July 18 (IANS) The death toll in Kerala in the heaviest rains in five years and floods has touched 16, with unabated rains badly affecting life in the central districts of Kottayam, Alappuzha, Ernakulam…