Ranchi, April 13 (IANS) Faced with a heat wave and the resultant water crisis, people in Jharkhand are trying to propitiate the gods by walking barefoot on fire in state capital Ranchi and elsewhere. “This…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The central government on Wednesday approved adopting the statute of the South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) meant for controlling the trans-boundary wildlife crime. “The union cabinet chaired by Prime…
Kaziranga (Assam), April 13 (IANS) Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, toured Assam’s famed Kaziranga National Park on Wednesday and excitedly clicked photographs when they spotted one-horned rhinos, elephants, swamp…
Kolkata, April 13 (IANS) From arranging curd rice for bears, to setting up shades, authorities at the popular Alipore Zoo here are taking extra care to keep its inhabitants stress-free as the mercury soars, an…
Bangkok, April 13 (IANS) Thailand’s weather forecaster has warned that the temperature will be over 40 degrees Celsius during the water-splashing Songkran festival that begins on Wednesday. A large number of visitors from across the…
United Nations, April 13 (IANS) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the world needs a new vision for urbanisation, a “New Urban Agenda,” to help protect the environment and limit climate change. While meeting Ecuador…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) It was a sunny Wednesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 23.2 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, the Met Office said. According…
Mumbai, April 13 (IANS) Key Indian stock market indices were trading significantly higher on Wednesday morning, cheered by the news a day earlier from official agencies that factory output was back on the growth path,…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi being presented the memento by the Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) Prakash Javadekar during the 3rd Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation, in…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the central government to give information about the drought situation in 12 states with details relating to affected states, districts, taluks and villages as…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday launched a app called “Poocho Carpool” to give people more options for car pooling during the second phase of the odd-even traffic scheme…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration of the 3rd Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation, in New Delhi on April 12, 2016. Also seen the Minister of State for Environment, Forest and…
Mumbai, April 12 (IANS) The Bombay High Court on Tuesday posed some uncomfortable questions to the BCCI on whether Indan Premier League matches should be played in Maharashtra in view of the grim water situation…
Mumbai/Latur, April 12 (IANS) Hours after a ‘water train’ reached the parched Latur district in Maharashtra, another train was being filled for more supply, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Tuesday. “The work to fill…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Tuesday could well be a day to raise the toast for the Indian economy. Official data forecast rains during the upcoming monsoon season to be above normal, retail inflation has…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The forecast that India will get six percent more-than-normal monsoon rain this year has brought widespread relief to the overall agriculture sector, and especially for the agriculture and farmers’ welfare…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) After two drought years, India will get more-than-normal monsoon rains in 2016 with a probability of 94 percent, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its first forecast for the…
Hyderabad, April 12 (IANS) The met office has issued heat wave warning for Telangana over next two days. According to the metrological centre here, most places in Telangana are very likely to record maximum temperature…
Bhubaneswar, April 12 (IANS) The sizzling heat wave sweeping Odisha for the last couple of days continued to cripple normal life on Tuesday, as the temperature hovered over 40 degrees Celsius in most places in…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday assured his “full support” to Delhi’s second phase of the odd-even traffic scheme to be implemented from April 15 to 30. He gave…