New York, April 1 (IANS) What have clouds to do with conserving threatened species? A lot, say researchers, adding that cloud cover can help identify the size and location of key animal and plant habitats….
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh on Friday urged Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to make the odd-even traffic scheme permanent to tackle pollution in the national capital. Vijender, who has…
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) India needs to ensure the introduction and promotion of new technologies at an affordable cost to keep its commitment to the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) on climate change, The Energy…
By Devanik Saha Commuters in air-conditioned buses experience an average 25 percent drop in levels of fine, toxic particlescalled PM2.5than their counterparts in AC cars and a 76 percent drop compared to non-AC modes of…
Singapore, April 1 (IANS) A giant floral chandelier, which is believed to be the world’s largest of its kind, was put up ahead of the upcoming Singapore Garden Festival (SGF) on Friday. The floral chandelier,…
United Nations, April 1 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commended a joint China-US presidential statement that the world’s two major greenhouse gas emitters will sign the ambitious Paris climate agreement in April. The two countries…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Marking the onset of a warm summer, the capital on Friday recorded a minimum temperature of 21.6 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. The…
Toronto, April 1 (IANS) If power bills form a major chunk of your spending during the peak summer and winter months, researchers offer certain tips that can help you breathe easy. A study, published in…
New York, April 1 (IANS) Asia, the continent that houses roughly half the world’s population, will face a “high risk of severe water stress” by 2050 if the current environmental, economical and population growth persists,…
Jammu/Srinagar, April 1 (IANS) Light to moderate rainfall is expected in Jammu and Kashmir over the next three days, the Meteorological Office said on Friday. “A western disturbance is arriving here Friday evening, under its…
New York, April 1 (IANS) The stress of short-term nutritional deprivation as larvae actually makes honeybees — critical to the world’s food supply — more resilient to starvation as adults, a new study has found….
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) It was a warm sunny Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 21 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky would…
Tokyo, April 1 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of Japan’s Mie prefecture on Friday. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor was relatively shallow at…
Tokyo, April 1 (IANS) Japanese researchers have detected relatively high levels of radioactive substances in sediment in multiple rivers running through Fukushima prefecture, the media reported on Friday. The prefectural government in January surveyed the…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday launched the ‘Greening Delhi’ programme by planting trees, and promising that PWD roads will be vacuum cleaned in two months. “Apart from restoring…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday assured of full support in achieving the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations. Naidu’s assurance came as the Legislators…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) A third woman has levelled sexual harassment allegations against TERI executive vice chairman R.K. Pachauri through an open letter on Thursday. The letter was accessed by IANS from her lawyers…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday indicated that it may impose environment compensation charge (ECC) on registration of SUVs and luxury diesel cars in case it lifts its order banning registration…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday indicated that it may impose environment compensation charge (ECC) on registration of SUVs and luxury diesel cars in case it lifts its order banning registration…
+New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Vacuum cleaning and greening of roads began in the national capital on Thursday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal informed. “Congrats Delhi. Vacuum cleaning and greening of Public Works Department (PWD) roads…