Amaravati, July 30 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday asked officials to use drones to spray pesticides to protect the standing crops. He gave the direction at a meeting to review…
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) An amount of Rs 12.68 crore was set aside for conservation, preservation and environmental development works at the Taj Mahal in the last three years, Minister of State for Culture…
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The Yamuna, already flowing above the danger level in the capital, is expected to swell further on Tuesday as authorities in Haryana will release more water from Hathnikund barrage following…
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that the Joint Secretary of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Commissioner of the Agra Division are…
Jakarta, July 30 (IANS) The hundreds of people who were trapped on an active volcano in Indonesia after a deadly earthquake killed 16 people were on Monday began descending to safety. The 6.4 magnitude quake…
Shimla, July 30 (IANS) At least 40 ‘divyang’, comprising mainly Border Security Force (BSF) personnel who suffered disability in various operations, will participate in a 10-day 700-km bicycle expedition next month, pedalling through cold deserts…
Lucknow, July 30 (IANS) Heavy rains disrupted normal life in various parts of Uttar Pradesh on Monday, leading to waterlogging and traffic snarl-ups in several cities including the state capital. While overnight drizzling was reported…
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Train traffic was on Monday restored on the old Yamuna bridge after being suspended since Sunday night due to the rising level of the river, officials said. “The rail traffic…
Jakarta, July 30 (IANS) Rescue teams on Monday were trying to reach more than 500 mountaineers who have been stranded on Mount Rinjani on Lombok island in Indonesia, a day after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake killed…
Redding (California), July 30 (IANS) At least six people have died in a deadly fire that has ravaged a large swathe of California and continues to grow amid dry weather conditions severely hampering efforts to…
Athens, July 30 (IANS) The death toll from last week’s wildfire near the Greek capital city Athens reached 91 on Monday, according to the Fire Department. The blaze which broke out on Monday was the…
Shimla, July 30 (IANS) Days after moderate to heavy showers led to abnormal rise in the water levels of most of the rivers, the hills of Himachal Pradesh is witnessing subdued rainfall activity, the Met…
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday directed his Transport Minister Kailash Gehlot to visit the people affected by the flood waters of the Yamuna river and ensure arrangements for…
Jakarta, July 30 (IANS) More than 200 hikers are trapped on a mountain on the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok, after a deadly earthquake triggered landslides which cut off escape routes. They are from France,…
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) It was a cloudy Monday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 23 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season’s average, said the Met office. “The…
Yangon, July 30 (IANS) Twenty three bodies have been recovered from a site where 27 people went missing last week after a landslide hit Myanmar’s Kachin state, media reports said on Monday. Search continues for…
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Essel Infraprojects (EIL) said on Sunday that it is planning to invest Rs 1,750 crore in phased manner to set up electric vehicle (EV) charging and battery swapping infrastructure in…
New July 29 (IANS) The old Yamuna Bridge, connecting north Delhi to east Delhi, has been shut as the water level of the Yamuna river here rose beyond the danger limit on Sunday. “The order…
Ghaziabad, July 29 (IANS) In the wake of flooding of roads and parking lots, road cave-ins and wall collapse threatening buildings, Ghaziabad authorities has cracked the whip on constructions done in violation of rules and…
Bangkok, July 29 (IANS) An elusive crocodile, spotted in several popular beaches in southern Thailand’s Phuket, was caught on Sunday after 11 days of search. The Phuket government said the female reptile, 2.5 meters in…