Haridwar: Devotees throng Ganga ghats on Kartik Purnima in Haridwar on Nov 25, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) The government is seeking to rope in thousands of volunteers to help bring about…
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) The Sri Sri Ravi Shankar-led Art of Living (AoL) Foundation on Monday said it has paid the Rs 5-crore environment compensation imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) but maintained…
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) A Railway Board member on Monday said all train coaches will have bio-toilets by 2019, two years ahead of the deadline. “All the coaches of the Indian Railways will have…
Shimla, June 6 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh, which saw deficit rainfall in the past two southwest monsoons, will see good rainfall this monsoon that is likely to hit this month, an official said here on Monday….
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) The Art of Living (AoL) Foundation led by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Monday said it has paid the Rs.5-crore environment compensation imposed by the National Green Tribunal but maintained…
Washington, June 6 (IANS) Using 29 years of data from satellite imageries, NASA scientists have found extensive greening in the Arctic region, thanks to rising temperatures. The northern reaches of North America are getting greener,…
Canberra, June 6 (IANS) Severe storms which battered the east coast of Australia caused nationwide outages of online shopping websites and video streaming service and crippled vital services such as ATMs. The outages, which reportedly…
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) It was a sunny Monday morning in the national capital with minimum temperature recorded at 32.2 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the MET Office said. “The sky…
Mumbai, June 5 (IANS) Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said that urban forestry will be the new thrust area of the government and steps will be taken to create “urban jungles (forests)” across…
Bengaluru, June 5 (IANS) Karnataka Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy rode on a battery-driven bicycle on Sunday here to promote greater use of electric vehicles and mark the World Environment Day. “Electric vehicles are future of…
Bhubaneswar, June 5 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday said zero tolerance should be shown to illegal trade in wildlife. “Let us take a pledge to protect and preserve wildlife. Let us show…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Delhi continued to suffer the heat on Sunday as the maximum temperature settled two notches above the season’s average at 42 degrees Celsius. However, the Met has forecast an overcast…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off the inaugural run of the Tiger Trail Circuit Train on the occasion of the World Environment Day on Sunday and promised more such initiatives….
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. (File Photo: IANS) Mumbai, June 5 (IANS) On the occasion of World Environment Day, which falls on June 5, members of Hindi film fraternity like Madhuri Dixit Nene, Arjun Kapoor and…
Chandigarh, June 5 (IANS) Chandigarh and its surrounding areas were lashed by rain and hailstorm on Sunday evening even as most parts of Punjab and Haryana continued to experience heat wave conditions. Chandigarh, the joint…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Over 200 handicapped people, including students, participated in a plantation drive here on Sunday. The drive was organised on the occasion of World Environment Day, as part of the Clean…
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) Taking a cue from the ‘Green Initiative’ of the Inian cricket board, the National Cricket Club (NCC) here on Sunday initiated “Cricket for Environment”, a programme for planting saplings and distribution…
By Kushagra Dixit and Ashish Mishra New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) With eco crimes like ivory smuggling, illegal logging and toxic waste touching record high of $258 billion globally, discovery of 40 dead tiger cubs…
Oil rig. (File Photo: IANS) New York, June 5 (IANS) While extracting natural gas, minimising the environmental consequences above-ground is now possible at a reasonable expense by a newly found algorithm, scientists have said. Extracting…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The Delhi government would plant 10 lakh trees and five lakh saplings of medicinal and herbal plants this year in the national capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday….