New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Jharkhand’s tourism department said on Thursday it is working to develop the closed and abandoned mines in the state into active tourist destinations. “Mining tourism is to be developed following…
Sydney, June 9 (IANS) The move from life on land to life in the sea has led to the evolution of a new sense for sea snakes, potentially making them more likely to be able…
Bangkok, June 9 (IANS) The controversial Wat Pa Luangta Maha Bua Buddhist monastery, popularly known as the Tiger Temple accused of abusing dozens of tigers seized by wildlife authorities in Thailand, on Thursday denied allegations…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Thursday accused Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar of encouraging a regime of “killing animals” across the country. However, Javadekar defended his ministry…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Thursday accused Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar of encouraging a regime of “killing animals” across the country. “Environment ministry is writing to…
Jakarta, June 9 (IANS) A shallow quake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck off Indonesia’s Bali Island on Thursday, but no tsunami alert was issued, an official of the meteorology and geophysics agency said….
United Nations, June 9 (IANS) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the commitment of India and the United States to Paris Agreement on Climate Change and their mission to reduce greenhouse gases as a sign…
New June 9 (IANS) It was a sunny Thursday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 30.4 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “It will be partly cloudy…
New Delhi: Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) Prakash Javadekar interacts with the media persons, in New Delhi on June 8, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) The…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 8 (IANS) The southwest monsoon has finally set in over Kerala and Lakshadweep, a senior India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said on Wednesday. K. Santhosh, director at the IMD office here, said “good…
Shimla, June 8 (IANS) Temperatures across Himachal Pradesh fell on Wednesday due to widespread rain, with Arki town recording the highest 39 mm in the state, the Met Office said. More rains are expected, it…
Bhubaneswar, June 8 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday predicted that the southwest monsoon may hit the Odisha coast by the end of June second week. “The southwest monsoon hit Kerala on Wednesday….
Thiruvananthapuram, June 8 (IANS) The Congress in Kerala has asked the Pinarayi Vijayan government to convene an all-party meeting to discuss the concerns raised after the Chief Minister’s reported statement that the Mullaperiyar dam is…
New York, June 8 (IANS) Scientists have concocted an artificial seawater medium that can be used to successfully cultivate abundant marine micro-organisms, a study says. “We developed an artificial media which means you can make…
Hyderabad, June 8 (IANS) Japanese automobile major Nissan will roll out X-Trail Hybrid, India’s first fully hybrid sport utility vehicle, by the end of the current financial year, its India operations head said on Wednesday….
Beijing, June 8 (IANS) There are now 2,060 endangered Chinese white dolphins living near an estuary of the Pearl river, marine authorities said on Wednesday. A Chinese white dolphin monitoring expedition in 2015 found their…
Nairobi, June 8 (IANS) A monkey plunged Kenya into a massive blackout after falling on a key transformer in the country’s largest hydroelectric plant, the KenGen power generating company said on Wednesday. The wild primate…
In this artist’s conception, a carbon planet orbits a sunlike star in the early universe. Young planetary systems lacking heavy chemical elements but relatively rich in carbon could form worlds made of graphite, carbides and…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 8 (IANS) The southwest monsoon has finally set in over Kerala and Lakshadweep, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced on Wednesday. K. Santhosh, director at the IMD office here, said “good rains” were…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 8 (IANS) The southwest monsoon has finally set in over Kerala and Lakshadweep, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced on Wednesday. K. Santhosh, director at the IMD office here, said: “Good rains are…