Bhubaneswar, June 15 (IANS) Odisha continued to reel under an intense heat wave while the coastal districts got some respite with the mercury dropping considerably, the Met Office said on Wednesday. However, the people experienced…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The national capital on Monday experienced a humid day on Wednesday while the maximum temperature settled at 38.4 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average. The Met office has…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The Health Ministry on Wednesday said that a special immunisation drive needs to be taken up in Hyderabad and Rangareddy districts of Telangana, following reports that polio virus (P2 strain)…
Paris, June 15 (IANS) French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday ratified the Paris climate agreement to curb green gas emissions, making France the first industrialised nation to do so. “Signing (Paris climate accord) is good,…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday held a meeting with Maharashtra Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on afforestation and approved Rs 192 crore for the state. “Maharashtra government will plant…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) ‘Water4Crops’ — a joint project undertaken by the European Union (EU) and India — offers ‘Constructed Wetland’, a technology to reuse the wastewater in rural areas for irrigation which would…
The Supreme Court of India (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear PILs challenging three government notifications declaring nilgais, wild boars and Rhesus monkeys as vermin, thereby paving the way…
Kolkata, June 15 (IANS) The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has given clearance for constructing a station of the East West Metro (EWM) project near three protected monuments, an official of the Kolkata Metro Rail…
Patna, June 15 (IANS) In a bid to check the increasing air pollution in the Bihar capital, the government has banned 15-year-old diesel vehicles from the roads from Wednesday. “We have banned 15-year-old diesel vehicles…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The central government has launched a scheme to set up grid-connected wind energy projects aimed at generating 1,000 MW clean power, an official statement said on wednesday. The Solar Energy…
Islamaabd, June 15 (IANS) A consignment containing 148 live black scorpions, to be sent to Hong Kong, was seized by the anti-narcotics force at the Karachi airport on Wednesday. It is the first seizure of…
Washington, June 15 (IANS) For the first time, an instrument onboard an orbiting NASA spacecraft has measured the methane emissions from a single, specific leaking facility on the Earths surface, the US space agency has…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear a plea challenging three government notifications declaring as vermin nilgais, wild boars and monkeys, thereby paving the way for their culling in Bihar, Uttarakhand and…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 30.5 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky will…
Paris, June 14 (IANS) The currently weak coal and gas prices will not stop record investment of nearly $7.8 trillion in the world renewable energy sector over the coming decades as the cost of generating…
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Tuesday appreciated the BJP-led central government’s work on pollution control and monitoring but also pointed out tardiness in its flagship programmes like…
Jammu/Srinagar, June 14 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar on Tuesday recorded the season’s highest temperature at 32 degrees while winter capital Jammu scorched at 40.2 degrees, the met department said. “Srinagar recorded this…
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said that it will take at least three years to develop the capacity and infrastructure for revival of the Bengaluru lakes. “Things don’t…
New Delhi: Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari addresses at the National Seminar on “Liberating the Farmers from Debt Trap: Challenges of Policy Reforms in India”, in New Delhi on…
London, June 14 (IANS) Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) is for the first time expected to exceed 400 parts per million for 2016 as a result of an extra boost from El Nino, finds a new…