New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Seoul Metropolitan Government on environment, transport, education, solid waste management, infrastructure, public health among others. The…
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 14 (IANS) The Congress party on Friday asked the Kerala government to explain why service firm KPMG is being paid Rs 66 lakh to design a website of a state government organisation. The…
Washington, Sep 14 (IANS) Tens of thousands of homes were without power and sea water was sloshing through the streets as Hurricane Florence began lashing the US East Coast on Friday, bringing powerful winds along…
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, Sep 14 (IANS/Mongabay) Millions of people residing in the lower reaches of the Ganga basin in India may face food shortage in the next three decades if the much revered river…
By Saurabh Katkurwar New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The devastating floods in Kerala and Karnataka will not just cause one-fifth of the coffee production to be wiped out this year but its aftershocks are expected…
By Vishal Gulati San Francisco, Sep 14 (IANS) India is already playing a leading role in lowering global emissions. The country’s efforts in mainstreaming renewable energy and energy efficiency are remarkable. These, and its ambition…
Nanded (Maharashtra)/Hyderabad, Sep 14 (IANS) A Maharashtra court has issued non-bailable warrants against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and 14 others in a 2010 case pertaining to an agitation against the Babli Barrage…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) It was a sunny Friday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 25.7 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average, the weather office said. “It…
Canberra, Sep 14 (IANS) A sea turtle has a 22 per cent chance of dying if it eats just one piece of plastic, an Australian scientific institution revealed on Friday, quantifying for the first time…
By Vishal Gulati San Francisco, Sep 14 (IANS) Now, there is a major investment in rainforest journalism to increase the quantity and quality of reporting on tropical forests! At the Global Climate Action Summit here…
By Vishal Gulati San Francisco, Sep 14 (IANS) At the Global Climate Action Summit, mayors and government functionaries of Indian cities have announced to scale up their actions to combat climate change and to protect…
By Vishal Gulati San Francisco, Sep 14 (IANS) Mahindra & Mahindra, India’s leading manufacturer of utility vehicles and part of the $20.7 billion Mahindra Group, on Thursday announced its commitment to become a carbon neutral…
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Over 50 countries around the world will hold a four-day meeting here to learn about the best Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) practices across the globe, the UNICEF said on…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 13 (IANS) The Odisha government is likely to send back the Royal Bengal tigress ‘Sundari’ to the Bandhavgarh National Park in Madhya Pradesh after it mauled a woman to death in Satakosia wildlife…
Siliguri, Sep 13 (IANS) Sikkim was cut off from northern West Bengal’s Siliguri on Thursday following landslides in both states triggered by heavy overnight rains. National Highway connecting Darjeeling district’s Siliguri to the Sikkimese capital…
By Vishal Gulati San Francisco, Sep 13 (IANS) Thousands of activists, mainly environmentalists, on Thursday staged a protest here, calling on Governor Brown to end oil drilling and gas production in California. San Franciso is…
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Thursday requested neighbouring states to take “preventive measures” against air pollution during winters resulting from crop residue burning. In a letter to his counterparts…
By Vishal Gulati San Francisco, Sep 13 (IANS) Twenty-one companies, including India’s Tech Mahindra, will announce the launch of the Step Up Declaration — a new alliance dedicated to harnessing the power of emerging technologies…
Dhaka, Sep 13 (IANS) As moderate to heavy rainfall continued across Bangladesh on Thursday, thousands of victims of river erosion were living in shelters or in the houses of friends or relatives after losing their…
Manila, Sep 13 (IANS) The Philippines on Thursday mobilized $30 million for emergency response and humanitarian assistance in areas that are likely to be affected by the passage of Category-5 Typhoon Mangkhut, locally known as…