Kolkata, Aug 13 (IANS) More than 600 films from nearly 100 countries are expected to be screened at the second edition of the Kolkata International Wildlife & Environment Film Festival (KIWEFF), the organisers said here…
London, Aug 13 (IANS) Lions in West and Central Africa form a unique group, only distantly related to lions in East and Southern Africa, researchers have discovered. All African populations are currently classified as a…
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) It was a cloudy Saturday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 25.5 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average. Till 8. 30 a.m., the city had received…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Environment Anil Madhav Dave on Friday spoke about “zero tolerance” for pollution in the Ganga river, adding that government policies may be reconstructed from scratch…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday lifted a ban on registering diesel cars, SUVs and other vehicles with an engine capacity of 2,000 cc and more in the National Capital Region…
Gurgaon, Aug 12 (IANS) Service lanes at Hero Honda Chowk on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway waterlogged again on Friday after heavy rains, an official said. The main lanes of the expressway were not blocked but the…
Nay Pyi Taw, Aug 12 (IANS) Thousands of people have been displaced due to floods in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region, the media reported on Friday. Heavy floods submerged Kangyidaunt and several other towns along the Ayeyarwady…
Shimla, Aug 12 (IANS) The hills of Himachal Pradesh continued to experience moderate to heavy rain on Friday with Nadaun town recording the highest rainfall in the state at 217 mm, officials said. More rain…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday said that all diesel vehicles with engine capacity of 2,000 cc and more can now be registered in the National Capital Region provided that one…
chimpanzees talk it over in committee New York, Aug 12 (IANS) Brain specialisations such as improved vision preceded the development of large brains in primates, our closest cousins, confirms a new study. “It may be…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation on Thursday launched a short film series titled “An Open Mind”, in honour of those who are driving positive behaviour change in their…
Dhaka, Aug 11 (IANS) An Indian elephant that was swept across the Bangladesh border in strong river currents over a month ago has been tranquilised before being released in a safari park, officials said on…
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Despite elephant-headed Ganesha being widely worshipped across India, at least 100 elephants die every year in the country, with many poached for ivory and many more captured…
New York, Aug 11 (IANS) Birds exposed to stress such as road noise, pesticides and light pollution were twice as likely to be bitten by mosquitoes that transmit the West Nile virus, finds a study….
By G.B.S.N.P. Varma Two newly-released spiral visualisations of global-warming data reveal how human activities are linked to rising carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations and rising temperatures. Visualised by Robert Gieseke of the Potsdam Institute for Climate…
London, Aug 11 (IANS) Species endemic to Southeast Asia’s natural forests face a much higher risk of extinction from habitat loss than previously thought, a recent study has revealed. More than 200 of the mammal,…
By Manmeet Singh and Saptak Ghosh The World Trade Organisation (WTO) recently ruled against India’s Domestic Content Requirement (DCR) for setting up solar power plants. Yet, there are ways to meet DCR in a way…
By Vishal Gulati Manali, Aug 11 (IANS) The excavation of a tunnel under the Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh, one of the country’s strategically most important infrastructure projects, has hit another geological surprise that has…
Toronto, Aug 11 (IANS) Climate change is likely to pose a huge challenge to the survival of the world’s primate populations, including monkeys, apes and lemurs, especially in Central America, the Amazon and southeastern Brazil,…
By Manmeet Singh and Saptak Ghosh The World Trade Organisation (WTO) recently ruled against India’s Domestic Content Requirement (DCR) for setting up solar power plants. Yet, there are ways to meet DCR in a way…