Mumbai, July 18 (IANS) Actress Richa Chadha has become the face and voice of the Save the Elephants campaign by animal rights organisation PETA. An international organisation, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, with the…
London, July 18 (IANS) Geologists have classified the last 4,200 years as being a distinct Earth age and are calling it a new chapter — the “Meghalayan Age” — the onset of which was marked…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) It was a cloudy morning in the national capital on Wednesday with the minimum temperature recorded at 28.6 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average, the weather office said….
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Delhi Golf Club on Tuesday denied charges levelled by the Delhi government, which has filed a police complaint against the Club alleging illegal axing of trees within its premises….
Gandhinagar, July 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposed visit to Gujarat on July 20 has been cancelled following torrential rains in Saurashtra and south Gujarat for the fourth consecutive day on Tuesday, even as…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The Delhi government has filed a police complaint against the Delhi Golf Club for illegally cutting trees inside the club. The government has demanded that an FIR be registered against…
Jaipur, July 17 (IANS) A district court on Tuesday heard a plea by Bollywood superstar Salman Khan against his conviction by a trial court in the 1998 Kankani blackbuck poaching case and fixed August 3…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday called on Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Harsh Vardhan here and sought speedy approval of Rs 1,125 crore…
Chandigarh, July 17 (IANS) Prompted by the success in curtailing fertiliser usage in the kharif crops, ‘Tandarust Punjab Mission’ will now focus on restraining the usage of urea, a senior functionary said on Tuesday. The…
Bhubaneswar, July 17 (IANS) The Odisha government on Tuesday said it is well prepared to face a possible flood-like situation in the state following heavy downpour for the last two days. “We are monitoring the…
Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) For Ganesh Chaturthi festivities, which fall in September, actress and UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador Dia Mirza wants people to shun plastic. Dia on Tuesday tweeted a message for leaders in Mumbai…
By Milinda Ghosh Roy Bhubaneswar, July 17 (IANS) Odisha, a state with exotic beaches, vibrant wildlife and a radiant heritage and history, is working towards building a robust tourism infrastructure with special focus on eco-tourism…
By Azera Parveen Rahman Guwahati, July 17 (IANS) In a small village on the north bank of the Brahmaputra in Assam, farmer Horen Nath stood gazing at his partially submerged paddy field. The floods had…
By Mohd Imran Khan Bhagalpur, July 17 (Thirdpole/IANS) The population of the endangered Gangetic river dolphin has declined at the Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary (VGDS) here, Indi’s only sanctuary for its national aquatic animal. A…
By Chaitanya Mallapur Mumbai, July 17 (IndiaSpend/IANS) India accounts for one-fifth of global deaths due to floods, according to government data that lends perspective to a new World Bank study that says climate change will…
Berlin, July 17 (IANS) Global sportswear maker Adidas announced that it has committed to using only recycled plastic by 2024. The pledge to eliminate the use of “virgin” plastic includes polyester. Used in everything from…
New York, July 17 (IANS) The UN has entered into a partnership with Google to monitor the impacts of human activity on global ecosystems by using sophisticated online tools. The aim of the partnership is…
Guatemala City, July 17 (IANS) The death toll from the eruption of Guatemala’s Fuego volcano on June 3 has risen to 116, authorities said. Three new victims identified by the Guatemalan National Institute of Forensic…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy morning in the national capital on Tuesday with the minimum temperature recorded at 28 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average, the weather office…
Honolulu, July 17 (IANS) At least 23 people were injured when a lava bomb hit a tour boat in Hawaii, according to fire officials. The lava bomb or a flying chunk of molten rock, punctured…