China’s panda pair arrive in Seoul
Seoul, March 3 (IANS) A pair of Chinese giant pandas arrived in South Korea on Thursday on a 15-year lease aimed at joint research. Yuan Xin, a three-year-old male, and Hua Ni, a two-year-old female,…
Environment
‘No casualties from major quake in Indonesia’
Jakarta, March 3 (IANS) No damage or casualty were reported after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra the previous day, officials said on Thursday. “There’s no report on death toll based on…
China buys German waste management company
Beijing, March 3 (IANS) China has bought Germany’s largest waste management company for 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion), the media reported on Thursday. The waste management company EEW has been acquired by Beijing Enterprises, an…
Brazil government, mining company settle on dam disaster damages
Brasilia, March 3 (IANS) The Brazilian government and mining firm Samarco have signed a billion-dollar agreement providing indemnification for last year’s toxic dam spill. As part of the deal signed on Wednesday, the company commits…
New snake genus, species discovered in Gujarat
Mumbai, March 3 (IANS) A team of young Indian researchers and naturalists have recently discovered a new snake genus and species in Gujarat, it was announced here on Thursday. The snake genus has been named…
Warm morning in Delhi
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) It was a warm Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 15.7 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The…
Warm morning in Delhi
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) It was a warm Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 15.7 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The…
Myanmar monitoring tsunami activity as quake hit Indonesia
Nay Pyi Taw, March 3 (IANS) Myanmar’s Earthquake Committee on Thursday has continued monitoring a possible tsunami wave in its coastal areas after Indonesia was hit by a 7.9-magnitude earthquake on Wednesday. Myanmar’s Meteorology and…
Myanmar monitoring tsunami activity as quake hit Indonesia
Nay Pyi Taw, March 3 (IANS) Myanmar’s Earthquake Committee on Thursday has continued monitoring a possible tsunami wave in its coastal areas after Indonesia was hit by a 7.9-magnitude earthquake on Wednesday. Myanmar’s Meteorology and…
Pachauri’s extension of stay in Sharjah was not deliberate: Court
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) A sessions court here on Wednesday set aside a magistrate court order asking TERI executive vice chairman R.K Pachauri to fortfeit his surety bond and said one-day extension of Pachauri’s…
It’s monkey business in Himachal literally: BJP
Shimla, March 2 (IANS) It is monkey business in Himachal Pradesh literally, as the opposition BJP on Wednesday said the forest department is deliberately releasing sterilised monkeys in its members’ constituencies. The issue raised tempers…
NGT verdict on Ravi Shankar’s event on Thursday
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is expected to deliver on Thursday its verdict on the plea filed against spiritual guru Ravi Shankar’s World Culture Festival. Sources in NGT, privy to…
Recent drought in Levant region worst in past 900 years: NASA
New York, March 2 (IANS) The recent drought that began in 1998 in the eastern Mediterranean Levant region — comprising Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Turkey — is about 10 to 20 percent…
Congress accuses Modi of nepotism in Gir land deal
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “nepotism” in a deal of land right next to the Gir Lion Sanctuary. “Shocking facts reveal that Modi, as the…
El Nino may transport cholera-like diseases: Study
London, March 2 (IANS) El Nino, the climate cycle that develops along the tropical west coast of South America every 3 to 7 years, could be transporting cholera-like diseases through bacteria that thrive in seawater,…
Loss of flight didn’t cause change in penguin brains: Study
New York, March 2 (IANS) Modern penguins’ brains look different than their ancestors’ brains, but the changes were not caused by their loss of flight, says a new study. Leaving the sky for the ground…
Warm Wednesday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) It was a warm Wednesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 17.2 degrees Celsius, the Met Office said. The sky would remain partly cloudy in…
Efforts on to use bamboo to rebuild post-quake Nepal
Patna, March 1 (IANS) In an effort to address Nepals post-earthquake housing crisis, a new initiative is underway to harness the Himalayan countrys abundant bamboo resource to rebuild its devastated communities and promote sustainable livelihoods….
IMCOM urges abolition of clean energy cess on coking coal
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) In the wake of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley proposing raising the clean energy cess, the Indian Met Coke Manufacturers Association (IMCOM) on Tuesday appealed for the abolition of the cess on…
Are fish ‘rightie’ or ‘leftie’?
Tokyo, March 1 (IANS) Japanese researchers have identified the development of behavioural laterality or left- or right-handedness and attack side preference in a scale-eating cichlid called Perissodus microlepis from Africa’s Lake Tanganyika. The study found…