Randeep Hooda Urges Youth to Stop Littering
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) With a mission to urge the youth to stop littering, actor Randeep Hooda joined hands with Parle and MTV for the ‘MTV Junkyard project’ which engages people to change their…
Environment
Keep Check on All Pollution-Causing Factors: Environmentalists
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) As the fortnight-long odd-even scheme in the national capital came to an end on Friday, environmentalists stressed the need for keeping a check on all pollution-causing factors for better results….
Gurgaon Residents Too Want Odd-Even Scheme: Survey
New Delhi: Volunteers stand on Delhi roads with placards on the Day-1 of implementation of the state government’s odd even formula in the national capital on Jan 1, 2016. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) Gurgaon, Jan 15…
Odd-Even a Success, Continue It Voluntarily, Says Kejriwal
New Delhi: Policemen stop an even numbered car driver and explains him about Delhi governments’ even-odd traffic formula in New Delhi, on Jan 1, 2016. (Photo: Sandeep Datta/IANS) New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The odd-even…
Odd-Even Scheme Was Novel Idea: HC
New Delhi: Volunteers stand on Delhi roads with placards on the Day-1 of implementation of the state government’s odd even formula in the national capital on Jan 1, 2016. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) New Delhi, Jan…
Delhi’s Indoor Air Has Alarming Heavy Metal Levels: Greenpeace
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Greenpeace India, through its scientific analysis in schools in the national capital, on Thursday revealed that on the days when there are high levels of pollution, there is also an…
Clouds Blamed for Rapid Greenland Ice Sheet Melt
London, Jan 13 (IANS) Clouds are raising the temperature of the Greenland ice Sheet and accounting for as much as 30 percent of the ice sheet melt, researchers say. The rapidly melting Greenland ice sheet…
Telangana Bans Chinese Manja to Save Birds
Hyderabad, Jan 13 (IANS) The Telangana government has banned sale and use of Chinese manja (nylon thread) and glass-coated manja for kite-flying in its bid to save birds as well as for the safety of…
A ‘Whale’ Of a Problem on Tamil Nadu’s Coast
Chennai, Jan 12 (IANS) It was a whale of a problem on Tuesday for officials to save 81 short-finned whales that beached near a village in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin district but only managed to help…
Delhi’s Car Restrictions May Not Reduce Pollution: Indian-American Expert
New Delhi: Policemen stop an even numbered car driver and explains him about Delhi governments’ even-odd traffic formula in New Delhi, on Jan 1, 2016. (Photo: Sandeep Datta/IANS) Bengaluru, Jan 12 (IANS) The odd-even restrictions…
Sabarimala Temple to Go ‘Green’, Pilgrims Asked to Cooperate
Sabarimala, Jan 8 (IANS) With the Kerala High Court seeking that the famed Sabarimala temple in the state’s Pathanamthitta district and its premises are kept clean and turn ‘green’, local authorities have launched an awareness…
Odd-Even Scheme May Be Extended Beyond 15 Days: Government
Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The Delhi government on Friday told the Delhi High Court that it may extend the odd-even scheme beyond the planned 15 days…
Beijing Polluters Fined 183 Mn Yuan in 2015
Beijing, Jan 8 (IANS) Beijing’s environmental watchdog meted out fines totalling 183 million yuan ($27.9 million) during 2015 for violation of pollution laws, the media reported on Friday. Amid an intensified campaign to limit the…
No Buyback Of Cars in India: Volkswagen Group India
Chennai, Jan 7 (IANS) German car maker Volkswagen said on Thursday that it will not buy back any car models as its models and others sold under SKODA and Audi brands do not violate the…
Monkey Does Not Own Copyright to His Selfie: US Judge
New York, Jan 7 (IANS) In a significant ruling, a federal judge in San Francisco has declined to give a macaque monkey the right to his famous selfie in Indonesia in 2011. The People for…
India’s Progressed, but Welfare Remains a Concern: Amartya Sen
New Delhi: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen during a discussion about politics and economy in India, in New Delhi on Dec 17,2015. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) India has progressed during the 25…
China Monitoring Radiation After North Korea N-Test
Beijing, Jan 7 (IANS) China’s environmental protection has begun emergency radiation monitoring following North Korea’s nuclear test, a media reported on Thursday. North Korea announced on Wednesday that it had tested a hydrogen bomb, Xinhua…
Venomous Tropical Sea Snakes Washed Ashore in Australia
Sydney, Jan 7 (IANS) Numerous highly venomous and potentially deadly yellow-bellied sea snakes have swashed ashore on Australia’s southeastern coastline following recent wild weather caused by a significant low pressure system. Holidaymaker Carolyne Larcombe said…
Amartya Sen Praises Delhi’s Odd-Even Policy
New Delhi: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen during a discussion about politics and economy in India, in New Delhi on Dec 17,2015. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Nobel laureate and eminent economist Amartya…
New Evidence Of Wild Siberian Tigers Found in China
Beijing, Jan 5 (IANS) Footprints and dead prey from wild Siberian tigers were found at a tree farm in China’s Jilin province, suggesting the expansion of the tiger’s population and range of activities in China,…