New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Heavy rains on Wednesday morning caused waterlogging in many areas and massive traffic jams here, leading to people stuck on the roads. Traffic helpline officials told IANS that they were…
Tokyo, Aug 31 (IANS) At least nine people were killed on Wednesday near a nursing home in Japan’s northeastern Iwate prefecture after powerful Typhoon Lionrock made landfall in the region. Lionrock, the 10th typhoon of…
Port Moresby, Aug 31 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter Scale hit off Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake occurred at 39 km east of Namatanai…
Lucknow, Aug 31 (IANS) Heavy rains lashed Lucknow and some parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh early Wednesday. The rains brought down temperature and ended a brief spell of hot and humid weather over the last…
London, Aug 31 (IANS) Over 50,000 people die each year due to air pollution in Britain, a research team from Bristol reported ahead of a debate on Wednesday. Cars, buses and freight trucks are the…
Chennai, Aug 30 (IANS) Thousands of farmers across Tamil Nadu were arrested on Tuesday as they agitated demanding release of Cauvery river water by Karnataka for their crops, said police. The protest was very strong…
Islamabad, Aug 30 (IANS) The Pakistan Met Department has issued an alert on the chances of riverine flooding as India is likely to release rainwater upstream from its rivers after September 1. “Currently, all water…
New York, Aug 30 (IANS) Consumed widely in Asia, shark products may not be actually that healthy for humans as researchers have found high concentrations of toxins linked to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease…
London, Aug 30 (IANS) A chemical, the source of which has been traced to a widespread and commonly occurring constituent of microalgae inhabiting Antarctic sea ice, can help scientists assess historical changes to the frozen…
By Mohammed Shafeeq Adilabad (Telangana), Aug 30 (IANS) Restoration of a centuries-old minor irrigation tank system has raised hopes among farmers in Telangana, notorious for recurrent droughts and farmers’ suicides. A visit to a few…
Dehradun, Aug 30 (IANS) The priest of the Gangnani Garmkund temple, who was trapped under the debris during a landslide on Gangotri highway on Tuesday morning, has been saved, an official said. At least 65…
Dehradun, Aug 30 (IANS) More than five dozen people were stranded and the priest of a famous temple was trapped under debris in Gangotri after heavy rains triggered a landslide in the region on Tuesday…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) It was a pleasant and cloudy Tuesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 25 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average so far. “The sky will be…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Heavy monsoon showers on Monday led to waterlogging in many areas and massive traffic jams across the national capital, leading to people stuck for long hours on the roads. Traffic…
Gurgaon, Aug 29 (IANS) Gurgaon battled slow traffic movement for hours after heavy rain on Monday afternoon brought the millennium city to a standstill again, even as city police chief Sandeep Khirwar supervised the traffic…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave on Monday said that Indian agriculture scientists are capable enough for meeting the demands of farmers. His statement came as some farmers associations have urged…
Leh, Aug 29 (IANS) Aiming to save rivers and the water streams from pollution due to absence of sewerage system, Union Ministers Harshvardhan and Narendra Singh Tomar along with over 25 religious heads belonging to…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in New Delhi on a wet Monday evening and there were reports that his cavalcade got stuck in a traffic jam on a…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 29 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Jairam Ramesh has urged the Odisha government to take urgent steps to save the population of tigers in the state. In a letter to…
Gurgaon, Aug 29 (IANS) After one and a half hours of heavy rain on Monday afternoon, Gurgaon came to a standstill again. Following water-logging in several parts of the city similar to what happened on…