Cape Town, March 20 (IANS) South Africans actively took part in the Earth Hour campaign by switching off lights from 8.30-9.30 p.m., saving an average of 515 mw electricity during the hour, authorities said on…
Bhubaneswar, March 20 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission has sought an Action Taken Report from the Odisha government over river pollution by certain industries in the state. Hearing a complaint filed by human rights…
Bhopal, March 20 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan observed Earth Hour 2016 by switching off electricity at his official residence and working in candle light on Saturday night. From 8.30 p.m. to…
Jammu, March 20 (IANS) Strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for traffic for the second day on Sunday as landslides occurred at a number of places on the road. “No traffic shall be allowed on…
Beijing, March 20 (IANS) China’s nature reserve Wudalianchi in Heilongjiang provincehas been awarded a top UNESCO — UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation — award, the media reported on Sunday. It received the Michel Batisse…
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy morning here with the minimum temperature settling at 22 degrees Celsius, the weather office said. The sky would remain partly cloudy in the day ahead…
Beijing, March 20 (IANS) China’s meteorological authority has issued a blue alert, the lowest level in a four-tier warning system, for rainstorms in southern parts of the country, the media reported on Sunday. Until March…
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The ongoing Amazon India Fashion Week (AIFW) Autumn-Winter 2016 here on Saturday observed Earth Hour 2016 by switching off some lights, even though it was not planned. Lights of several…
Hyderabad, March 19 (IANS) Environment conscious people in the Telugu-speaking states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh switched off lights for one hour on Saturday night to mark Earth Hour 2016. The India-Pakistan cricket match, however,…
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) Environment-conscious citizens and some hotels switched off non-essential lights to observe Earth Hour on Saturday even as the majority stayed glued to television sets for the high-profile India-Pakistan World Twenty 20…
New Delhi: Lights were deemed at India Gate during Earth Hour observed in New Delhi on March 19, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai/Shimla/Chennai, March 19 (IANS) Thousands of people across the country joined the global community…
Islamabad, March 19 (IANS) At least 79 people were killed and 97 injured in separate rain-triggered accidents in Pakistan over the past 10 days, authorities said on Saturday. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said…
Jammu, March 19 (IANS) A soldier is missing after an avalanche hit an army post on Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kargil on Thursday and search operations are on, an army official…
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Delhi experienced light rain at many places on Saturday evening followed by a partly cloudy sky, as the maximum temperature settled at 32.6 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s…
London, March 19 (IANS) Researchers have found that the blue tit, collared flycatcher and pied flycatcher have the fastest eyesight in the animal kingdom, with their vision being more than twice as fast as humans….
Islamabad, March 19 (IANS) At least eight people were killed overnight due to rains and landslides in Pakistani Kashmir, police said. A rockfall hit half a dozen of houses in Sarli Sacha Sharqi village on…
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) It was a sunny Saturday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature at 19 degree Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, a weather official said. “There is…
Srinagar, March 19 (IANS) Weather across Jammu and Kashmir will start improving on Saturday with decrease in overall rainfall activity, meteorological department said. “It is presently raining here, but from today (Saturday) onwards there would…
Beijing, March 19 (IANS) A Buddhist temple in Chinas Shaanxi province, was fined 3,000 yuan ($463) for the illegal possession of a lion within its premises, the media reported on Saturday. Officials confirmed that the…
(151225) — SHANGHAI, Dec. 25, 2015 (Xinhua) — Light rail trains run in heavy smog in east China’s Shanghai, Dec. 25, 2015. A yellow alarm has been issued to alert smog and air pollution by…