New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The environment ministry will soon change rules to explore opportunities in timber farming, which as of now is largely prohibited, union minister Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday. “We are importing…
New Delhi: A view of Delhi traffic on the fifth day of implementation of odd-even traffic scheme aimed at battling pollution in New Delhi on April 19, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 27 (IANS)…
Women cover their faces to avoid direct contact with sun on a hot day. (File Photo: IANS) Bhubaneswar, April 27 (IANS) People in Odisha on Wednesday continued to reel under the blistering heat wave as…
Ranchi, April 27 (IANS) Summer vacations in Jharkhand schools for students of pre-nursery to class eight will begin from April 29, an official said on Wednesday. Jharkhand Education Secretary Ardhana Patnaik had on Tuesday ordered…
Bhopal: Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti during a press conference in Bhopal on Feb 5, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Acknowledging that several states were…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The Lok Sabha Secretariat on Wednesday said it had made sufficient arrangements to ply MPs to beat the odd-even traffic curbs. Lok Sabha Secretary D. Bhalla also said that it…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) India has banned the import of dogs for breeding or any other commercial activities, a government notification said here. However, import of dogs is allowed for pet dog with valid…
Kochi, April 27 (IANS) Superstar Mammootty on Wednesday met Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy to seek support from the state government to bring solace to those suffering on account of the rising temperature. Wednesday saw…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra on Wednesday directed all Delhi Jal Board (DJB) offices to keep pots filled with drinking water for thirsty birds and animals. “All DJB installations should…
Beijing, April 27 (IANS) Dogs were first tamed in China, Chinese scientists claim, disputing research that domesticated dogs first evolved 15,000 years ago in Central Asia. A research team led by Zhang Yaping from Kunming…
Caracas, April 27 (IANS) Venezuelan has imposed a two-day work week for public sector workers as a temporary measure to help it overcome a serious energy crisis. Vice President Aristobulo Isturiz announced that civil servants…
New York, April 27 (IANS) A quarter to half of Earth’s vegetated land has shown significant greening over the last 35 years largely due to rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), says a study….
By Rajendra Shende Rewinding fast backward reveals that when the Kyoto Protocol was opened for signature 18 years ago, on March 16, 1998, only six countries signed it on the opening day. Four of them…
Ranchi, April 27 (IANS) A man committed suicide in Jharkhand’s Giridih district as a result of severe water crisis in the state, sources said on Wednesday. According to the sources, Dilip Yadav a resident of…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) It was a sunny Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 22.2 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky would remain…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The Delhi government on Tuesday decided to discontinue its special bus service for parliament members due to poor response from the lawmakers over two consecutive days. “Keeping in view today’s…
New Delhi: A view of that broke out at National Museum of Natural History in New Delhi, on April 26, 2016. (Photo: TV Grab/IANS) New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) If officials of the National Museum…
Ahmedabad, April 26 (IANS) The Gujarat Congress on Tuesday launched a three-day ‘Pani Yatra’ (march for water) across the state to give what it called a “wake-up call” to the BJP government for the severe…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Parliament’s key Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has lashed out at the railways for not according due importance to “serious environmental problems” of emissions from diesel locos and dealing with waste…
London, April 26 (IANS) Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration was the major driver behind the global climatic shifts that occurred in the “Eocene epoch” between 53 and 34 million years ago, says a new study….