Tokyo, April 7 (IANS) Japanese authorities will beginits annual spring whale hunt in the North Pacific on Saturday, which will last till May, the fisheries agency announced on Thursday. The fleet, comprising four whalers, will…
Abu Dhabi, April 7 (IANS/WAM) Abu Dhabi’s Masdar city, one of the worlds most sustainable urban developments, is helping the Middle Easts real estate industry to acquire valuable green building expertise as it continues to…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) It was a sunny Thursday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 21.5 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average. The Met Office has forecast cloudy sky with…
Jakarta, April 7 (IANS) A critically endangered Sumatran female rhino, captured a few weeks ago, has died. Indonesian conservation experts in Borneo said the female rhino named Najaq had a severe infection from wounds they…
Bhubaneswar, April 6 (IANS) Normal life was hit as heat wave continued to prevail across Odisha with state capital Bhubaneswar recording a maximum temperature of 43.2 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. A Met official here said…
Mumbai, April 6 (IANS) In a blow to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and its affiliates in Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday suggested that the upcoming Indian Premier League…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The national capital on Wednesday got installed modern and user friendly public toilets made of high-end composite materials used in aircraft and high class rail coaches in 20 different locations,…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Wednesday was warm and cloudy in the national capital with the maximum temperature settling at 36.9 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, despite a sprinkling of rain in…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The Union cabinet on Wednesday gave the green signal to the National Hydrology Project (NHP) and establishment of a National Water Informatics Centre (NWIC) with a total outlay of Rs.3,679.76…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Women motorists and cars ferrying school students in uniform will be exempt during the second phase of the odd-even traffic scheme starting on April 15, it was announced on Wednesday….
Phnom Penh, April 6 (IANS) Cambodia on Wednesday unveiled a plan to reintroduce from abroad tigers that have gone extinct in the country, and said it will emulate India’s efforts to protect the big cat….
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Women and cars carrying students in school uniform will be exempted during the second phase of the odd-even vehicular scheme starting April 15, Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai said on…
Washington, April 6 (IANS) A US Marine Corps’ German shepherd that lost a leg sniffing out a roadside bomb in Afghanistan was awarded the world’s highest honour for service dogs. Lucca, who served US troops…
London, April 6 (IANS) The salt levels of oceans on distant Earth-like planets could have a major effect on their climates and may provide more habitable conditions for alien life, says a study involving an…
By Prashant Sood New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) India faces major challenges in the water sector with the per capita availability going down and demand growing due to urbanisation and industralisation. Inefficiency of water use…
Port Vila, April 6 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale hit 102 km west of Sola, Vanuatu, on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. The quake with the epicentre at a depth…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) It was a warm Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 23.5 degrees celsius, four notches above the season’s average. The Met Office has forecast cloudy sky with…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Charging the Western nations with adopting double standards in their approach to climate change, Indian Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday urged them to “show some magnanimity” and keep renewable…
Shillong, April 5 (IANS) Seven people were injured and many families affected in a cyclonic storm here in the Meghalaya capital on Tuesday, officials said. High velocity winds, accompanied by rain and lightning, blew away…
Dehradun, April 5 (IANS) One of the guns used by famous wildlife conservationist Jim Corbett, known for hunting down maneaters, is now on display at Chhoti Haldwani, also known as Corbett village, in the hill…