Air connectivity restored in Chandigarh
Chandigarh, June 16 (IANS) To and fro air connectivity in Chandigarh was restored on Saturday after two days of partial suspension owing to a thick haze of dust and pollution that reduced the visibility in…
Environment
Rains in Chandigarh bring relief from dust, pollution
Chandigarh, June 16 (IANS) Chandigarh and its nearby areas in Punjab and Haryana were lashed by rains, bringing much relief from a thick haze of dust and pollution that enveloped the region for the past…
Partly cloudy in Delhi, air quality remains severe
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) The national capital woke up to a partly cloudy sky on Saturday with the minimum temperature recorded at 33.4 degrees Celsius, six notches above the season’s average. The air-quality remained…
Tourists raise over $11,000 for Guatemala volcano victims
Guatemala City, June 16 (IANS) Tourists from a Japanese cruise ship that docked in Guatemala this week have raised more than $11,000 for those affected by the eruption of the Fuego volcano in the Central…
HC seeks Delhi’s response on plea for eco-friendly ways
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the state government and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) on a plea seeking directions to use more environment-friendly ways to…
Hazy, dusty conditions across Himachal
Shimla, June 15 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh on Friday remained hazy and dusty with visibility reduced to less than 200 m in the state capital, the weather bureau said, adding the state may experience rain at…
Chandigarh airport remains partially shut owing to dust
Chandigarh, June 15 (IANS) Most of the domestic and international flights from Chandigarh International Airport remained suspended on the second day on Friday owing to low visibility due to dust, officials said. The Met office…
Flood alert in Karnataka’s rain-hit Mysuru
Bengaluru, June 15 (IANS) A flood alert has been issued for low-lying areas in Mysuru district where water in the Kabini reservoir is nearing its maximum capacity following heavy rains this week in its catchment…
India too missing mark to achieve Paris climate goals: Experts
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) A vast majority of nations, including disaster-facing India, are missing the mark in achieving the goal set at the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The…
SC judge recuses from hearing case on demolition of ponds
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Supreme Court judge U.U. Lalit on Friday recused himself from hearing a case relating to renovation of water bodies in Uttar Pradesh’s Braj area and a subsequent NGT order for…
Dust situation in Delhi may improve from Saturday onwards
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Persistently suffering “severe” air quality for third day in row, the National Capital Region’s (NCR) dusty situation is likely to improve from Saturday onwards, Met official said on Friday. Coarse…
Water supply back to normal in Shimla, tourist footfall looks up
Shimla, June 15 (IANS) The water supply in the Himachal Pradesh capital was back to normal on Friday after over a month of crisis that saw widespread protests, marches to Chief Minister’s residence at midnight…
Over 1,380 people rescued by army in flood-hit Manipur, Tripura
Kolkata, June 15 (IANS) A total of 430 persons have so far been evacuated from flood-affected areas of Manipur and more than 950 rescued in Tripura by Assam Rifles and Army personnel, a defence statement…
Can Vedic technique help curtail air pollution?
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) With levels of air pollution in Delhi and surrounding areas deteriorating to extremely hazardous levels, experts have come up with a Vedic technique to purify the indoor environment, specifically the…
Chandigarh airport remains shut owing to dust
Chandigarh, June 15 (IANS) All national and international flights from the Chandigarh International Airport remained suspended on Friday, the second day, owing to low visibility due to dust, officials said. The Met office said the…
McDonald’s to ditch plastic straws in UK, Ireland
London, June 15 (IANS) McDonald’s is set to replace its plastic straws with paper ones across all its outlets in the UK and Ireland from September. The roll-out of the paper alternative came amid pressure…
Delhi continues to remain dusty on Friday
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The national capital continued to remain under the grip of dust on Friday morning with the minimum temperature recorded at 33.4 degrees Celsius, six notches above the season’s average, the…
Emergency-like pollution situation in Delhi: Maken
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday described the severe air quality in Delhi as an “emergency-like situation” and accused the the AAP government in Delhi and the BJP at the Centre of…
Heavy rains cripple normal life in Karnataka
Mangaluru, June 14 (IANS) Torrential rains in the coastal and southwestern districts of Karnataka crippled normal life, as the southwest monsoon intensified, causing flood-like situation in towns and villages across the region, said an official…
No construction work in Delhi till Sunday: LG
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Amid the ongoing standoff between Lt. Governor Anil Baijal and the Delhi government, Baijal on Thursday met Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain over the poor air quality in the national…