Thrissur (Kerala), Aug 13 (IANS) An elephant had a narrow escape when it was saved from being swept away by temporarily lowering the sluice gates of the Peringalkuthu Dam in flood-ravaged Kerala. Dam officials, forest…
Shimla, Aug 13 (IANS) Heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh claimed 16 lives, including four of a family, while hundreds of people were stranded across the state after incessant rains triggered landslides, snapping road links, officials…
Idukki/Malappuram/Kozhikode/Wayanad, Aug 13 (IANS) Landslides caused by rains in northern districts of Kerala like Malappuram and Kozhikode on Monday gave some anxious moments, but there was no loss of life or property since these occurred…
New York, Aug 13 (IANS) Marine mammals such as dolphins, manatees, seals and whales, which evolved to make water their primary habitat, lost the ability to make a gene that defends humans and other land-dwelling…
Thrissur (Kerala) Aug 13 (IANS) District Officials on Monday saved a wild elephant from being swept away by temporarily lowering the floodgates of the Peringalkuthu dam. Dam officials, forest rangers and tribals came together to…
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday accepted Centre’s proposal to have hologram-based colour-coded stickers on vehicles that would help in identifying automobiles running on various kinds of fuels. A bench of…
Jakarta, Aug 13 (IANS) Indonesian authorities on Monday raised the death toll from a devastating 7-magnitude earthquake that struck the island of Lombok on August 5 to 436. Of the 436 victims, National Disaster Mitigation…
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) More than 660 million Indians are exposed to high air pollution as they live in areas where the fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exceeds the permissible limit, researchers said on Monday….
Shimla, Aug 13 (IANS) Heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh claimed five lives and hundreds remained stranded across the state after incessant rainfall triggered landslides and snapped road links, an official said on Monday. Three persons…
Mumbai, Aug 13 (IANS) Superstar Aamir Khan has wished Takewadi Andhali, a village in Maharashtra for winning the Satyamev Jayate Water Cup 2018. He also wished all the participating villages across Maharashtra and said that…
Vientiane, Aug 13 (IANS) The death toll in the flooding caused by a dam collapse in Laos has climbed to 36 while 98 are still missing, national daily Vientiane Times reported on Monday. On Saturday,…
Nairobi, Aug 13 (IANS) A hippopotamus attacked and killed a Chinese tourist in Kenya over the weekend, according to wildlife authorities. The attack took place Saturday evening at Lake Naivasha, about 58 miles from from…
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) It was a cloudy Monday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.5 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average, the weather office said. “The…
Shimla, Aug 13 (IANS) After heavy overnight rains, most of the roads in the interiors of Himachal Pradesh remained closed to traffic on Monday, stranding hundreds of travellers and commuters. The Chandigarh-Manali National Highway-21 has…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Union Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu on Sunday said the man-animal conflict was an “existential crisis for humans” rather than animals. Pointing out that protection of wilderness and forests was a…
Shimla, Aug 12 (IANS) Community-based NGO Himalayan Research Group has won the Himachal Pradesh State Innovation Award for 2016-17 for developing a cost-effective mountain solar water heating system. Locally called solar ‘hamam’, it will drastically…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Actress-producer Dia Mirza, also an activist for clean and green environment, on Sunday unveiled a ‘wild anthem’ titled “Mere desh ki zameen”. Singers Shreya Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Benny Dayal, Vishal…
By Vishal Gulati New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) With India too witnessing a change in its weather patterns, researchers believe climate change may not only challenge the country’s conventional development pathways but also pose a…
By Arun Kumar Das New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Expressing concern over the increasing number of elephant deaths in India, an international organisation involved in the preservation and protection of these animals globally has stressed…
Shimla, Aug 12 (IANS) Thousands of devotees from across the region on Sunday thronged temples in Himachal Pradesh to mark the onset of the eight-day long Shravan Ashtami festival, despite incessant rains. “We are expecting…