Mumbai, July 16 (IANS) After Mumbai and coastal districts, some of the most popular hill stations of Maharashtra were battered by heavy rains with Mahabaleshwar leading the list, according to the IMD here on Monday….
West Papua (Indonesia), July 16 (IANS) Hundreds of crocodiles in Indonesia were slaughtered in a retaliatory attack by locals after a villager was killed by one of the reptiles, officials said on Monday. The 48-year-old…
Nagpur, July 16 (IANS) Essel Infraprojects Ltd (EIL) will construct Maharashtra’s first Waste to Energy (WtE) plant with a capacity of 800 tonnes of waste, it was announced on Monday. Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari, Railway…
Islamabad, July 16 (IANS) Pakistan’s agriculture is facing a major blow due to an ongoing water crisis in the country. According to the latest statistics released by the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) of Pakistan,…
London, July 16 (IANS) People with type A blood could be more at risk of being bitten by a tick, including bugs that cause the potentially fatal Lyme disease, a study says. Ticks are blood-sucking…
By Vikas Datta Title: Being Ecological; Author: Timothy Morton; Publisher: Pelican/Penguin Random House UK; Pages: 240; Price: Rs 399 Global warming is a reality and many throughout the world acknowledge it, but then, there are…
By Bhanu Sridharan Chennai, July 16 (IANS/Mongabay) Every year during the dry season between December and March, a dirty haze appears over South Asia and China. It is a potent mixture of pollutants borne out…
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The national capital witnessed a cloudy and humid morning on Monday with the minimum temperature recorded at 27.2 degrees Celsius, the season’s average, the Met office said. “The sky will…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 16 (IANS) Heavy rains pounded Kerala on Monday disrupting normal life with more rainfall predicted till Wednesday, weather officials said. In Alappuzha district’s Chandriroor, an uprooted fell on top of the last bogey…
Tel Aviv, July 16 (IANS) Israeli consumption of plastic bags decreased by 80 per cent in 2017 than the year before, according to Israeli Environment Ministry on Sunday. The Ministry said sharp reduction was attributed…
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The National Capital on Sunday saw scattered rainfall with Met forecast predicting on and off monsoon showers throughout the week. Sunday saw about two degrees rise in mercury with the…
Jammu, July 15 (IANS) Seven persons were killed and over 25 injured in a landslide in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Sunday, officials said. Police said a large number of people were bathing under…
Colombo, July 15 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government will construct a world class beach park, at a cost of $300 milliion, next to a mega multi-billion-dollar port city project in Colombo, the media reported on…
Gurugram, July 15 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday launched a ‘Paudhagiri campaign’ (plantation drive) to increase the green cover in the state under which over 22 lakh plants will be planted…
Jammu, July 15 (IANS) Five persons were killed and 25 injured in a landslide in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Sunday, officials said. Police said a large number of people were bathing under a…
Shimla, July 15 (IANS) Hills of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday continued to experience moderate to heavy rains and all the major rivers and their tributaries were in spate, officials said. There could be heavy rainfall…
Washington, July 15 (IANS) Scientists estimate that only 84 Amur leopards, a highly endangered specie, are left in the wild across its current range in Russia and China. This new estimate of the Amur leopard…
Bengaluru, July 15 (IANS) With the aim of creating awareness about rising air pollution levels, technology major Dell on Sunday organised an experimental event in collaboration with tech start-up Chakr Innovation which converts diesel soot…
By Arun Kumar Das Darbhanga, July 15 (IANS) An innovative approach is underway in this Bihar district to make contaminated water potable — with the active participation of private players in coordination with state agencies….
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) It was a cloudy Sunday morning here with some parts of the national capital receiving light rain. The minimum temperature was recorded at 27 degrees Celsius, the Met Office said….