New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Thursday apprised Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh of the losses due to floods in parts of the state and sought central financial assistance of…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) With India having 14 of the 20 most polluted cities of the world, the NITI Aayog on Thursday said there was a need to change the entire nature of Indian…
Kathmandu, Aug 30 (IANS) Stating that all countries of Bimstec seek peace and prosperity, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that this will be possible only if there is connectivity in all forms…
Suva (Fiji), Aug 30 (IANS) Fiji’s weather office on Thursday announced a meteorological drought for the country after some parts did not receive rain for 10 weeks. According to Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, Fiji’s Director of…
Mumbai, Aug 30 (IANS) Tata Power Solar said on Thursday that it has commissioned an 820.8 kilowatt power (kWp) solar rooftop project at the historic Cricket Club of India stadium in the city. The project…
Lucknow, Aug 30 (IANS) Heavy rain lashed Lucknow and the neighbouring regions on Thursday, disrupting normal life. Water-logging was also reported from many parts of the city, leading to inconvenience for the people. It also…
Shimla, Aug 30 (IANS) The World Bank has approved in principle a financial assistance of Rs 929.89 crore for a water supply and sewerage project for the state capital, Himachal Pradesh Urban Development and Country…
Jammu, Aug 30 (IANS) Landslides in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district blocked the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway again on Thursday, officials said. Traffic department officials said fresh landslides in Battery Chashma area of Ramban district disrupted…
Sydney, Aug 30 (IANS) Australia’s national weather agency, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), has predicted that the drought conditions in the country will continue. In its 2018 Spring Outlook released on Thursday, BoM has forecast…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Individual city, region and company commitments in India could reduce emissions to 225-255 MtCO2e/year by 2030, more than the emissions generated by the country’s industrial processes in 2014, a new…
By Rajendra Shende Twenty years ago, in August 1998, then Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji proposed, in a meeting of China’s State Council, a total ban on logging in the forest slopes of Sichuan province….
Yangon, Aug 30 (IANS) More than 63,000 people were evacuated from their homes after a section of a dam in central Myanmar broke, flooding dozens of nearby villages, the state media reported on Thursday. The…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) It was a cloudy, humid morning in the national capital on Thursday with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.5 degrees Celsius, the season’s average. “There will be generally cloudy sky…
Kolkata, Aug 29 (IANS) Jute products manufactured by inmates of Correctional Homes in Kolkata will now be available in a boat at southeast Kolkata’s floating market. “We have banned the use of plastic in the…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Indian Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba will on Thursday hand over a cheque for Rs 8.9 crore to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for relief and rehabilitation work in the…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 29 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday directed the officials to remain prepared for a possible flood on Mahanadi river system. At a review meeting, the Chief Minister directed the officials…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) A Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (MPUVNL) tender for 35 MW of solar rooftop power has attracted 31 bidders, and fetched a lowest tariff quote of Rs 1.58 per…
Chandigarh, Aug 29 (IANS) The US on Wednesday appreciated the Haryana government for measures to curb vehicular and crop burning residual pollution especially in the National Capital Region (NCR) and offered all technological expertise to…
By Meena Menon Mumbai, Aug 29 (IANS/Mongaday) On August 10, when Sanjay Rathod walked to his lush cotton field in Lasina village in Yavatmal, Maharashtra, he noticed some closed yellow flowers. Opening them, he found…
Bengaluru, Aug 29 (IANS) IBM on Wednesday announced a partnership with several technology giants as part of its “Call for Code Global Initiative” to create solutions to mitigate the aftermath of natural disasters. The programme,…