Palu (Indonesia), Oct 4 (IANS) Indonesian authorities on Thursday raised to 1,424 the death toll from the devastating 7.5-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that rocked the island of Sulawesi last week. During a televised press…
Bengaluru, Oct 4 (IANS) Heavy rains have been forecast for Karnataka over the weekend due to a low pressure trough that is expected to form over Arabian Sea, an official from the India Meteorological Department…
Patna, Oct 4 (IANS) Two persons were shot dead and a Dalit woman was injured on Thursday during a caste-clash over water sharing for irrigation in Bihar’s Nawada district, police said. The incident in Khaira…
Shimla, Oct 4 (IANS) A remote Himachal Pradesh settlement in Kangra district, where there has been an acute shortage of ration owing to closure of trekking routes following heavy snowfall in September, received relief material…
By Kushagra Dixit Book: The Rise and Fall of the Emerald Tigers: Ten Years of Research in Panna National Park; Author: Raghu Chundawat; Pages:356; Price: Rs.899 In a world of self-styled tiger experts, lack of…
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) It was a sunny Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 23.4 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average. “The day ahead will be…
Itanagar, Oct 3 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang district bordering China has been adjudged the cleanest district in India’s northeastern states by Swachh Survekshan Gramin (SSG)-2018 survey, an official release said Wednesday. The survey was conducted…
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 3 (IANS) The Kerala government has told fishermen not to venture into the sea after October 5 following warning of a cyclone by India Meterological Department, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Wednesday….
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday signed a $240 million loan agreement to provide safe drinking water to about 1.65 million people in three districts of West Bengal,…
Geneva, Oct 3 (IANS) The UN Central Emergency Response Fund has announced that it would allocate $15 million to help the victims, especially women and girls, of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that rocked Indonesia’s…
Palu (Indonesia), Oct 3 (IANS) Indonesian authorities on Wednesday raised to 1,407 the number of deaths caused by the 7.5 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck Sulawesi Island. In a televised press conference in…
By Neha Jain Ahmedabad, Oct 3 (IANS/Mongabay) Land degradation can exacerbate climate change and threaten agricultural productivity, water quality, biodiversity, sustainable development, and the living conditions of humans and wildlife, among other effects. Globally, a…
Palu (Indonesia), Oct 3 (IANS) The tsunami-swept Palu city on Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island still lingers with helplessness due to stalled economy following multiple cuts down on electricity and fuel supplies that paralyzed activities to run…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) India on Wednesday launched ‘Operation Samudra Maitri’ to assist the survivors of last week’s earthquake and consequent tsunami in Central Sulawesi province of Indonesia. “Two IAF aircraft — a C-130J…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Climate and culture are directly linked as without this calamity cannot be avoided, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said after he was conferred the ‘Champions of Earth’ award of the UN…
Patna, Oct 3 (IANS) Bihar’s first solid waste processing site, which will convert organic waste into compost fertiliser, was inaugurated in Muzaffarpur district, officials said on Wednesday. Inaugurating the new facility late on Tuesday, Bihar’s…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Wednesday conferred the ‘Champions of the Earth’ award by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at a special ceremony in the Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra here. Modi…
Mumbai, Oct 3 (IANS) Actor Arjun Kapoor says youngsters today are more aware and conscious about having cleanliness. Arjun was addressing the media at the fifth edition of NDTV-Dettol’s Banega Swachh India Cleanathon 2018 along…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) It was a sunny Wednesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 22.5 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average. “The day ahead will be…
Mexico City, Oct 3 (IANS) Hurricane Rosa has reduced to a tropical depression west of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula but is still generating dangerous weather, the National Meteorological Service (SMN) has said. The SMN on…