Bengaluru, Sep 5 (IANS) Hundreds of people, especially farmers on Monday staged protest demonstrations in the Mysuru region against the Supreme Court order to Karnataka for releasing 15,000 cusecs of water daily for 10 days…
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IANS) Heavy rains lashed the city on Monday causing water-logging and traffic snarls in major arterial roads. The steady drizzle intensified in the evening as many of the areas in the south…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 5 (IANS) Fishermen in Odisha have been told not to venture into the sea after the Met department on Monday warned of heavy rainfall and strong gusty surface winds. The impact of a…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Technology player Ganges Internationale and American solar solutions provider SunLink Corp announced on Monday the launch of a jointly developed solar tracking system that direct solar modules towards the sun…
Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) Mumbai and rest of Maharashtra shifted into a festive gear with the arrival at homes and public places of thousands of big, medium and small idols of the elephant-headed Lord Ganesh…
Hyderabad, Sep 5 (IANS) Eleven-day long Ganesh festival began in Telugu states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Monday with religious fervour and devotion amid tight security. Thousands of idols were installed in twin cities…
Tokyo, Sep 5 (IANS) Japan on Monday opened its “scientific whaling” season on the north coast of country, during which it expects to capture 51 minke whales. The season will end late October in the…
Honolulu (Hawaii), Sep 5 (IANS) Four out of six great ape species are now “Critically Endangered” – only one step away from going extinct — with the remaining two also under considerable threat of extinction….
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) It was partly cloudy sky on Monday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 25.2 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season’s average. “The morning will be partly cloudy…
Tokyo, Sep 5 (IANS) Typhoon Namtheun made landfall near Japan’s Nagasaki city on Monday, with warnings in place for strong gusts, landslides and possible flooding, the weather agency said. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency…
Honolulu, Sep 5 (IANS) The world’s largest living primate has been listed as critically endangered, making four of the six ape species only one step away from extinction, according to report released on Sunday at…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The national capital experienced a sunny day on Sunday with the maximum temperature at 34.5 degrees Celsius, average for the season, the Met office said. Monday is expected to be…
Toronto, Sep 4 (IANS) A team of experts is working with NASA to determine what medical training and technology astronauts need so that they can respond to any emergency like a heart attack, even when…
Beijing, Sep 4 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon on Sunday spoke highly of the ratification of the Paris climate change agreement by China and the US, calling for accelerated efforts from other countries to join…
Shimla, Sep 4 (IANS) The southwest monsoon remained 19 per cent deficit with no major rainfall reported in Himachal Pradesh in the past week, the meteorological office said on Sunday. Similar conditions would continue this…
Tokyo, Sep 4 (IANS) Authorities on Sunday issued advisories of heavy rain, high waves and possible floods in Kyushu island of Japan as typhoon Namtheun approached the area, the weather office here said. Japan’s Meteorological…
Beijing, Sep 4 (IANS) Beijing is to tighten control of industries that impact on air quality, the municipal bureau of quality supervision said on Sunday. The controls will cover the coal, petrochemical and chemical industries,…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) As people of Delhi continue to face waterlogging every time the city witnesses a heavy downpour, an NGO has written to Lt Governor Najeeb Jung and the Delhi Chief Secretary…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) With a good monsoon this year, companies connected with India’s rural economy are set to post handsome growth in the coming two quarters, industry chamber Assocham said on Sunday, citing…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) It was partially cloudy Sunday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 25.5 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average. The maximum temperature is likely to hover around…