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…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) It was a generally cloudy Thursday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.4 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average. “There will be a generally cloudy sky…
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave on Wednesday called for establishing International Clean Energy Data-Grid and said that data on green and unclean energy should be in public domain. “The…
Guwahati, Aug 10 (IANS) The Assam government will formally start the verification of rhino horns, stored in various treasuries of Assam since 1980, from Thursday. Assam government instituted a committee recently to verify the genuineness…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 10 (IANS) All political parties, save the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD), in Odisha on Wednesday requested President Pranab Mukherjee to direct the Chhattisgarh government to stop construction on the upper catchment of…
Bhopal, Aug 10 (IANS) Alleging a scam of Rs 1,500 crore in the Sardar Sarovar rehabilitation project, activists of the Narmada Bachao Aandolan in Madhya Pradesh have demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe…
London, Aug 10 (IANS) While scientists continue to debate reported decline in human semen quality, a new study has now found that the fertility of “man’s best friend” may have suffered a sharp decline over…
By K.S. Jayaraman Bengaluru, Aug 10 (IANS) A water filter for removing arsenic developed at IIT-Madras received much publicity recently, but some experts are sceptical about the claims made. They urge decision-makers to become aware…
Agra, Aug 10 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slammed the Agra administration and government agencies for submitting wrong details pertaining to encroachment in the flood plains of the Yamuna here. A petitioner. D.K….
Mumbai: Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh during the trailer launch of film Wazir in Mumbai on Nov 18, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) On the occasion of World Elephant Day on August 12, actor…
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) It was a humid and cloudy Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 27.5 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average. “There will be a generally cloudy…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave on Tuesday said that the reasons for the death of two lions in Uttar Pradesh breeding centre will be probed. He was replying to…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Union Environment Minister Anil Dave on Tuesday informed Parliament that there are an estimated 6,566 to 9,181 leopards in tiger range states. The estimation is based on the camera trap…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The national capital experienced light rain on Tuesday and the maximum temperature settled at 35.5 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average, the Met office said. Light rain is…
Hoshiarpur, Aug 9 (IANS) Harassment of dairy farmers in the name of cow protection must end and those violating the law will be dealt with sternly, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said on Tuesday….
Hoshiarpur, Aug 9 (IANS) Harassment of dairy farmers in the name of cow protection must end and those violating the law will be dealt with sternly, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said on Tuesday….
Kolkata, Aug 9 (IANS) At least three trawlers carrying over 20 fishermen went missing in the Bay of Bengal near Kakdwip in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Tuesday, an official of the…
Agra, Aug 9 (IANS) The City of the Taj is gripped by fear. And it’s because of the reptiles that are sneaking into the residential areas almost every day. On Monday, a four-feet-long common Krait…
Latur (Maharashtra), Aug 9 (IANS) Having received sufficient rains in this monsoon so far, the people of Latur on Tuesday morning bid goodbye to the unique ‘Jaldoot’ water train which had been supplying drinking water…
New York, Aug 9 (IANS) Known as impressive predators that hunt and consume almost anything from birds to sea turtles, tiger sharks can easily play the role of marine scavengers when the opportunity presents itself,…