Ecuador quake toll rises to 587
Quito, April 22 (IANS) The toll from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Ecuador last week, has climbed to 587 over the weekend, including 27 foreigners, the government has said. Thursday’s report said 539 of…
Environment
Ground water level in Ghaziabad going down sharply
Ghaziabad, April 21 (IANS) The ground water level in Ghaziabad is going down sharply, according to statistics from the Central Ground Water Authority of India (CGWAI). Revealing the statistics received from the CGWAI’s central public…
Odd-even sees row over landfill fires
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The seventh day of the odd-even scheme on Thursday saw Delhi’s ruling AAP and the opposition BJP locked in verbal sparring over fires at different landfill sites, which the AAP…
No respite from heat wave in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, April 21 (IANS) Torrid heat wave conditions continued in Odisha as nine places recorded temperature above 45 degrees Celsius while the toll due to sunstroke has touched 66, officials said. According to the met…
Odd-even sees row over landfill fires
New Delhi: A view of traffic at ITO on the fifth day of implementation of odd-even traffic scheme aimed at battling pollution in New Delhi on April 19, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 21…
Hot Thursday in Delhi, dust storm likely on Friday
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The national capital experienced another hot day on Thursday with the maximum temperature settling at 38.6 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average, the met office said. It forecast…
With landmark Paris deal ratification, this Earth Day is special
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) This Earth Day – April 22 – is special, not only because over one billion people would join hands to tackle higher carbon emission and land erosion,…
EU calls for swift ratification of Paris climate agreement
Brussels, April 21 (IANS) The European Union (EU) on Thursday called for the swift ratification of the Paris climate agreement. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Commission Vice-President responsible for the Energy Union Maros Sefcovic, and…
EU lifts ban on Sri Lanka fish exports
Colombo, April 21 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government on Thursday said the European Union has lifted a ban imposed on Sri Lankan fisheries products, thus paving the way for fish exports to the EU. Fisheries…
IS rebuffs Ravi Shankar
Agartala, April 21 (IANS) Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said on Thursday that he tried to open a dialogue with the Islamic State group but it rebuffed him by sending him a photograph of…
Tanzania launches clean-up campaign on Mount Kilimanjaro
Dodoma, Tanzania, April 21 (IANS) Tanzanian authorities on Thursday launched a nationwide special campaign to clean up Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa which attracts more than 50,000 tourists annually. The campaign dubbed ‘leave…
Forest hotspots rise to 63 in Indonesia
Jakarta, April 21 (IANS) The number of forest hotspots has increased to 63 in Indonesia, most of them in Sumatra Island, official of meteorology and geophysics agency said on Thursday. The Terra and Aqua satellite…
Cyclone forces Fiji to relocate 29 villages
Suva, April 21 (IANS) At least 29 villages in Fiji will be relocated in the aftermath of tropical cyclone Winston that ravaged the Pacific island nation two months ago, state-owned Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) said…
A green marriage solemnised in Bihar to save the environment
By Imran Khan Patna, April 21 (IANS) This is one marriage in Bihar that could not have gone more green. The bride and the groom planted saplings of fruit trees, as did the rest of…
Arctic sea ice decline may equal negative record of 2012
London, April 21 (IANS) Evaluating satellite data about the thickness of ice cover, sea ice physicists are anticipating that the sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean this summer may shrink to the record low…
Use MGNREGA money for water harvesting: Modi
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said money allocated for MGNREGA should be used for “water harvesting” to battle drought. Speaking at the 10th Civil Services Day awards ceremony, Modi…
BJP set Delhi dumps on fire to fail odd-even: AAP
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday accused the BJP of setting Delhi’s dump yards on fire to sabotage the city government’s flagship odd-even restrictions on plying four-wheelers for…
Trudge for water gets longer as springs dry up in Nepal’s mid-hills
By Imran Khan Dapcha (Nepal), April 21 (IANS) Parvati Adhikari and Sandhya Kumari, washing clothes and filling their ‘gagri’ (water pot) at a tap connected to a natural spring here, are worried over the drying…
5-million-year-old whale tooth washes ashore in Australia
Melbourne, April 21 (IANS) A giant fossilised whale tooth — believed to be five million years old — was washed ashore on an Australian beach. Paleontologists believed the tooth, which is bigger than that of…
Drought-hit Cambodian villagers now getting clean water
Pnom Penh, April 21 (IANS) Authorities in southwestern Cambodia’s Kampot province have started distributing clean water to drought-stricken villagers in several districts, officials said on Wednesday. Kampot provincial police chief Mao Chanmathurith said the operation…