New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The government on Monday said forest fires in Uttarakhand were completely under control and no death was reported so far. “The situation in Uttarakhand is completely under control. I can…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The situation arising out of forest fires in Uttarakhand is under control and there is no need to get panicky, Home Minister Rajnath Singh told the Lok Sabha on Monday….
Lucknow/Dehradun, May 2 (IANS) After several sorties by MI-17 choppers trying to douse the forest fires in Uttarakhand were aborted at many places on Sunday owing to “poor visibility and thick smoke”, the state government…
Shimla, May 2 (IANS) Summer fires in Himachal Pradesh’s grasslands and forests have so far led to 378 incidents, mainly in the low hills, and destroyed flora and fauna in over 3,000 hectares, a senior…
Sydney, May 2 (IANS) Indian-origin researchers have discovered a new mechanism that enables plants regulate their flowering in response to elevated temperatures. The finding could potentially lead to the development of technology allowing us to…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) It was a Monday mayhem for commuters on the national capital’s roads, with a section of taxi drivers protesting a Supreme Court decision to ban cabs operating on diesel and…
Jakarta, May 2 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale hit Lampung province of Sumatra Island on Monday, the meteorology and geophysics agency said here. No immediate casualties were reported as of now,…
Jakarta, May 2 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale hit the western Lampung province on Sumatra Island on Monday, Xinhua news agency cited the Indonesian meteorology and geophysics agency as saying.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) It was a sunny morning on Monday in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 23.8 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season’s average, the weather office said….
Caracas, May 2 (IANS) The Venezuelan government announced that it will shift its time ahead by half an hour to save more electricity as an ongoing severe drought has started to drain hydroelectric dams. All…
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Over 54 crore people living in 13 states in India are in the grip of drought, but official figures fail to recognise those affected even after over six months of…
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The union home ministry on Sunday sent a four-member expert team to Uttarakhand to look into the forest fires in the state and submit its report within a week after…
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The city experienced another blistering day on Sunday under the scorching sun with the maximum temperature settling at 42 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the Met Office…
Hyderabad, May 1 (IANS) After a respite of few days, Telangana is in the grip of heat wave with mercury rising again in many parts of the state on Sunday, said officials. The met office…
Chandigarh, May 1 (IANS) Heat wave conditions intensified on Sunday, with Haryana’s Hisar town sizzling at 44.7 degrees Celsius, four degrees above normal. Heat wave conditions prevailed over Punjab and Haryana with maximum temperatures recorded…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 1 (IANS) This summer in Kerala has been particularly hot, prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to warn against “heat wave conditions”. “Heat wave conditions very likely to prevail at isolated places over…
Dehradun, May 1 (IANS) Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters sprayed water in a bid to control forest fires raging in Uttarakhand, union minister Prakash Javadekar said on Sunday. A team of 40 National Disaster Rescue…
Washington, May 1 (IANS) Six people were found dead after severe storms triggered flooding in Texas, a media report said on Sunday. After being swept away by fast-moving flood waters in the city of Palestine,…
By Rupesh Dutta New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court’s ban on plying of diesel and petrol driven taxis in Delhi took effect on Sunday, with three taxi owners warning this might lead to…
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Under Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) all 110 urban local bodies of Andhra Pradesh, comprising 3,458 wards, would become free of open defecation by October 2 this year, three years…