Python causes panic on Agra-Mathura highway
Agra, Aug 29 (IANS) A 12 feet long python caused panic on the Agra-Mathura highway on Monday. The giant reptile, weighing around 23.5 kg, was finally taken away by a team of wildlife experts. It…
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Will not take legal action against S Korea’s ban: Volkswagen
Seoul, Aug 29 (IANS) Volkswagen Korea on Monday said it would not take legal action against a decision by the South Korean government to ban sales and revoke the certificates of 80 of its models…
China moves step closer to tax on pollutants
Beijing, Aug 29 (IANS) The Chinese government offered a draft environment tax law to the legislature for a first reading on Monday, taking the country a step closer to a national tax on pollutants from…
Myanmar quake damages nearly 400 ancient temples
Nay Pyi Daw, Aug 29 (IANS) The number of ancient temples damaged in the archaeological complex of Bagan in Myanmar in a 6.8 magnitude earthquake last week has risen to 397, according to authorities on…
Typhoon to hit Japan on Tuesday
Tokyo, Aug 29 (IANS) Japanese authorities on Monday issued warnings of intense rainfall, winds and waves as a powerful typhoon is set to hit the country on Tuesday. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA),…
China revises law on marine environment protection
Beijing, Aug 29 (IANS) China’s top legislature on Monday reviewed a draft amendment to the Marine Environment Protection Law, imposing more severe penalties for pollution. The draft, submitted by the State Council to the National…
Weeds, less water could spell death for Chandigarh’s Sukhna Lake
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Aug 29 (IANS) Chandigarh’s famous landmark, the Sukhna Lake, is fighting for survival. With weeds having spread over more than half of the man-made water body and the water level dropping…
Juno completes closest ever Jupiter flyby
Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) NASA’s Juno, the spacecraft on a Jupiter mission, has successfully completed its first of 36 orbital flybys, coming closer to the giant planet than any man-made object before it. The time…
Pleasant Monday morning, rains expected
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) It was a pleasant and cloudy Monday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.5 degrees Celsius, which is the season’s average so far. “The sky will be generally…
Top Chinese legislature reviews Paris Agreement on climate change
Beijing, Aug 29 (IANS) China’s top legislature started to convene its bi-monthly session on Monday, reviewing the proposal to review and ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change and other matters. The session will also…
PM bats for better sports acumen, touches on Kashmir in Mann Ki Baat
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Congratulating Indian sportsmen and athletes, especially the “daughters of India” who performed well at the Rio Olympics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said there was clearly a need to…
Dharamsala experiences 106 mm rain
Shimla, Aug 28 (IANS) Dharamsala, the seat of Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Sunday experienced 106 mm rain, the highest in Himachal Pradesh, the weather bureau here said. But the overall monsoon was…
Madhya Pradesh releases water from 9 dams
Bhopal, Aug 28 (IANS) As monsoon has continued to be active in Madhya Pradesh, sluice gates of nine of the 16 dams in the state have been opened to release water, officials said on Sunday….
Modi brings water to parched Saurashtra region in Gujarat
By Anand Singh Rajkot (Gujarat), Aug 28 (IANS) They have witnessed their crop wither away in drought in the last four decades, but now the villagers of Saurashtra region in Gujarat are hoping to get…
Avoid Ganesha idols made of POP: Modi
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Raising concerns over the environment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to avoid using Ganesha idols made of Plaster of Paris (POP) during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. Modi…
Human population altered 97% of world’s species-rich areas
Sydney, Aug 28 (IANS) Researchers have found that the presence of humans have seriously altered 97 per cent of world’s most biologically species-rich areas such as tropical rainforests. “The most species-rich parts of the planet…
Sunny Sunday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) It was a sunny Sunday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 27.5 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average. “The sky will be generally cloudy throughout the…
Environment Minister seeks report on elephants’ death in Bengal train accident
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave on Saturday sought a detailed report on the death of three elephants in a train accident in Bishnupur area of West Bengal. Seeking the…
Withdraw recommendation for environment study for dam: Jayalalithaa
Chennai, Aug 27 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Saturday urged the central government to withdraw the recommendation for conducting an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a dam across Siruvani river in Kerala….
Climate change takes centre stage at Mountain Echoes Litfest
By Preetha Nair Thimphu, Aug 27 (IANS) It may be wrong to say that the first day of the Mountain Echoes Literature Festival here began on a “positive note” as renowned author Amitav Ghosh painted…