New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Explosive growth of automobiles in Delhi should be checked through increased use of public and non-motorised transport and use of private vehicles should be discouraged through high parking fees and…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Aiming to reduce its carbon footprint, the Indian Navy has set a target of producing 21 MW of solar power and is also looking at tapping the energy of oceans…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 5 (IANS) Conditions are favourable for onset of the southwest monsoon over Kerala over the next two to three days, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). Making the announcement in its mid-Sunday…
By Vishal Gulati New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Illegal wildlife trade and habitat fragmentation that has increased human-wildlife conflict are threatening the wildlife across the Hindu Kush Himalayan region, an international expert has said. He…
Washington, June 5 (IANS) Mental illnesses and mood disorders are more common in urban areas partly due to reduced access to nature, say researchers. “There’s an enormous amount of disease largely tied to our…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) It was a sunny Sunday morning in the national capital with minimum temperature recorded at 30.6 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the Met Office said. “The sky…
Beijing, June 5 (IANS) Heavy rains will batter parts of southwest China in the next three days, according to the national observatory forecast on Sunday. Regions in Sichuan basin will experience downpour of up to…
Nairobi, June 5 (IANS) Criminal syndicates are currently generating an estimated $258 billion from illegal plunder of the planet’s natural capital, says a joint UNEP-Interpol report launched on Saturday ahead of the World Environment Day….
Doha, June 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday told Indian workers in Qatar that the monsoon this year will be good for India. “Maybe none of you know me. But you must be…
Bangkok, June 4 (IANS) The last batch of a total of 137 tigers from Thailand’s Tiger Temple were relocated on Saturday, ending the six-day-long relocation process. Five suspects including three monks are now charged with…
Shimla, June 4 (IANS) Nine trekkers of an expedition of income tax officials from New Delhi, stranded in a remote hamlet in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra for the past three days, could not be rescued even…
Rajgarh, June 4 (IANS) The authorities in this district of Madhya Pradesh have made it compulsory for a person seeking a firearm licence to first cite proof that they have a toilet at home. “If…
Berlin, June 4 (IANS) At least 51 persons were injured when lightning struck at a rock festival in western Germany on Saturday, police said. Organisers of the Rock am Ring festival, which is headlined by…
Brussels, June 4 (IANS) A baby panda born in Belgium on June 2 will remain at the Pairi Daiza animal park for four years before returning to China, park spokeswoman Aleksandra Vidanovski said on Saturday….
Paris, June 4 (IANS) The levels of the River Seine in Paris started dropping slightly on Saturday after reaching a 34-year high on Friday. The river’s level rose to 6.1m (20ft) above its normal height…
Hyderabad, June 4 (IANS) The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and various states in India plan to cover three million hectares under hybrid pigeonpea cultivation by 2018. Working to popularise hybrid…
Chennai, June 4 (IANS) Wildlife conservation is not possible with regulation alone, said a top agricultural scientist. M.S. Swaminathan, founder of M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation said: “Wildlife conservation will be possible only if there is…
By Himadri Ghosh Bengaluru: No more than six per cent of a government fund – collected over six years from companies and institutions – meant to restore forests lost to development projects has been used,…
By Vishal Gulati Seechewal (Punjab), June 4 (IANS) Eco warrior Balbir Singh Seechewal, who hogged the global limelight by reviving the almost dead 160-km-long Kali Bein, a rivulet sacred to Sikhism, and developing low-cost community-managed…
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) It was a sunny Saturday morning in the national capital with minimum temperature recorded at 30 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the Met Office said. “The sky…