New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The Cauvery Water Management Authority, which held its first meeting on Monday amidst reports of Karntaka planning to appeal in the Supreme Court against its formation, directed Karnataka to release…
Panaji, July 2 (IANS) Green activist Claude Alvares, whose petition in the Supreme Court led to the shutdown of the mining industry in Goa earlier this year, was on Monday arrested along with an associate,…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Even as the Met has declared the arrival of monsoon here, the national capital and surrounding regions will remain dry with only drizzles in isolated areas till Saturday. The mercury…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday extended, till 2022, the time for creating away-from-reactor (AFR) facilities to store Kudankulam nuclear power plant’s spent fuel, currently kept within the plant. A bench…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Central and Jammu and Kashmir governments on the status of rehabilitation plan for people engaged in carrying pilgrims on horses and…
Ranchi, July 2 (IANS) Nine lakh saplings were planted on Monday on a river bank in Jharkhand under the leadership of Chief Minister Raghubar Das. He kicked off the ‘Nadi Mahotsav’ on the banks of…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Delhi’s ruling AAP on Monday welcomed the NGT’s decision to put on hold the plan of axing trees in the city, but accused the Central government for not informing the…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Much more of the country’s agricultural land needs to come under irrigation to counter the effects of climate change on the economy, but India also needs to be wary of…
London, July 2 (IANS) While global warming is deemed as the direct result of man-made activities, a new research has claimed that the climate change phenomenon was caused by the evolution of Earth’s first animals…
Manama, July 2 (IANS) Mount Fanjingshan, situated in China’s southwestern province of Guizhou, was inscribed to the World Heritage List on Monday at the 42nd World Heritage Committee meeting in Bahrain. “The mountain has demonstrated…
Ranchi, July 2 (IANS) Jharkhand received less rainfall in the last one month which may affect paddy sowing in the state. The state received 129.8 mm rainfall against the normal rainfall of 206.1 mm, a…
Imphal, July 2 (IANS) More than 80 houses belonging to people who had encroached upon Manipur’s forest land were razed to the ground early on Monday by the police in Imphal East district. Additional Superintendent…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday stayed the felling of trees in Delhi till July 19. A bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim also issued notices and sough details…
By Padmaparna Ghosh New Delhi, July 2 (IANS/Mongabay) The arrival of monsoon rains in India is an annual milestone. The blustery winds, loaded skies and torrential rains are signs of a good year not just…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) It was sunny Monday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 29.9 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “It will…
Jammu, July 2 (IANS) A total of 5,791 pilgrims left Jammu in escorted convoys on Monday to perform the Amarnath Yatra. Two groups of 4,047 and 1,744 ‘yatris’ left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in…
Bengaluru, July 1 (IANS) Karnataka would protest against the formation of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CRMA) and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) by the Central government at their first meeting in New Delhi…
Dubai, July 1 (IANS) A United Arab Emirates (UAE) firm has launched an official website for a project to tow icebergs from Antarctica to the UAE coasts during the first quarter of 2020 “to leverage…
Bhubaneswar, July 1 (IANS) Odisha has received a deficit rainfall of 25.68 per cent in June, an official statement said on Sunday. The state received an average rainfall of 161.1 mm against the Long Term…
Shimla, July 1 (IANS) Hills of Himachal Pradesh may experience rainfall in the next one day with chances of heavy spells in low and mid hills, a weather official said here on Sunday. “The low…