What caused the monster El Nino in 2015?
Washington, May 10 (IANS) Presence of warm water in the Pacific Ocean due to a stalled El Nino in 2014 stacked the deck for a monstrous version of the warming climate cycle to occur in…
Environment
Air on young Earth weighed less than half: Researchers
Washington, May 10 (IANS) Turning the traditional knowledge on its head that young Earth had a thicker atmosphere, scientists, including an Indian-origin researcher, have found that air at that time exerted at most half the…
Warm Tuesday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) It was a warm Tuesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 27.0 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, said a weather official. “The sky will remain…
Quake rocks Andamans
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) An earthquake, measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale, rocked Andaman Islands on Monday, an official statement said. There were no immediate reports of any casualty or damage. “An earthquake of…
CII discussing use of water resource management tool in Maharashtra
Mumbai, May 9 (IANS) Industry chamber CII said on Monday that it in talks with the Maharashtra government for applying an advanced tool for water resources evaluation and management in 10 districts of the state…
1.3-lakh Avian flu-hit hens to be culled in Karnataka
Bidar (Karnataka), May 9 (IANS) Karnataka’s animal husbandry department would cull 1.3 lakh hens Avian flu-hit on Tuesday at a private poultry farm here to contain the deadly H5N1 virus from spreading to other bird…
SC indicates modifying order on high-capacity diesel vehicles
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday indicated of considering to modify its order banning registration of new diesel luxury cars and SUVs with an engine capacity of over 2,000 cc in…
Some relief for Delhi on Monday, mercury likely to go up on Tuesday
A child beats the heat on a hot day. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The city experienced slight relief from scorching heat of the past few days on Monday with the maximum…
Government launches app to monitor solid waste management
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) In a step towards simplifying waste management, the environment ministry launched a web-based application — Integrated Waste Management System (IWMS) — here on Monday to help in tracking the ‘movement…
Drought politics: 10 more states demand package on lines of Karnataka, UP
By Vinayak Dutt New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Ten more states have approached the union government for additional funds in the form of drought relief packages sanctioned to Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka. Rajasthan is the…
36 animal, plant species endangered in Gujarat
New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) Prakash Javadekar briefs the media on air pollution, in New Delhi on Dec 30, 2015. (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, May 9…
Uma Bharti launches Namami Gange projects in Jharkhand
Ranchi, May 9 (IANS) Union Minister Uma Bharti on Monday launched nine projects under Namami Gange programme for cleaning and conserving river Ganga in Jharkhand’s Sahibganj district. The Namami Gange programme was first announced by…
Inclement weather once again disrupts Simhasta Kumbh Mela in MP
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh), May 9 (IANS) Chaos prevailed at the ongoing Simhasta Kumbh Mela here on Monday as high-speed wind and accompanying rain disrupted the smooth conduct of the second ‘shahi snan’ (royal bath). Many…
Salt room therapy beneficial in asthma treatment: Doctors
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) As deteriorating air quality can lead to increase in asthma cases, health experts have suggested salt room therapy as highly beneficial in the treatment of the respiratory illness. According to…
Steps against brick kilns won’t curb pollution: CSE
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control BoardÂ’s initiative to curb air pollution from brick kilns is “half-baked” and not likely to succeed, the CSE said on Monday. The Board has directed…
Use fish poop to feed plants, conserve water
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) Want to conserve water and grow plants indoors without soil? One can do that by using fish poop. IIT-Guwahati student Siddharth Nimkar and his batchmates have developed a small scale model,…
Himachal sees mercury rising, rains in store
Shimla, May 9 (IANS) The hills of Himachal Pradesh on Monday again saw the mercury rising with the day temperature crossing the 39 degrees Celsius mark in some areas. But the Met office forecast rains…
Drought-hit Karnataka awaits more central aid
Bengaluru, May 9 (IANS) Reeling under the worst drought in four decades, Karnataka awaits more central funds to continue relief work across the semi-arid state, a senior government official said on Monday. Though Karnataka informed…
Hot Monday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) It was a hot Monday morning in Delhi with the minimum temperature recorded at 27.6 degree celsius, three notches above the season’s average. Met has forecast a partly cloudy day…
Eight killed in China landslides
Beijing, May 9 (IANS) Eight bodies were recovered and 33 others remain missing after a landslide hit Taining county in China’s Fujian province, sources said on Monday. The landslide occurred at about 5.00 a.m. on…