Dehradun, March 14 (IANS) Moderate to heavy rains continued in many hill tracts of the state, leading to drop of temperatures on Monday. The regional Met office said the rains would continue and in some…
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Questioning the intentions of environmentalists who opposed the World Culture Festival, union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said the criticism was the craving of “some people’s negative thinking”. “How could an…
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is slated to pronounce on Monday on whether plastic packaging of products including polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers is safe or not. Uttarakhand-based NGO, Him Jagriti,…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday urged Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to take the initiative to clean…
Islamabad, March 13 (IANS) At least 31 people were killed and 47 injured in rain-related incidents in Pakistan in the last three days, the authorities said on Sunday. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in…
Jakarta, March 13 (IANS) A satellite observation on Sunday detected more hotspots on Indonesia’s Sumatra and Borneo Islands. On Sunday morning, the satellite detected 151 hot spots across the nation, comprising mostly of islands, significantly…
Kathmandu, March 13 (IANS) Senior forestry officials from India and Nepal are meeting in New Delhi from Monday to chalk out a joint strategy to save the tiger population along the trans-boundary corridor after 14…
Srinagar, March 13 (IANS) The higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir, including the tourist resorts of Gulmarg and Sonmarg, received fresh snow while Jammu region recorded intermittent rain on Sunday. There will be an overall…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, March 13 (IANS) In a crackdown against polluting industries, China shut down 20,000 plants and got $654 billion as fine from polluters in 2015. The amount is 34 percent more than…
Beijing, March 13 (IANS) Chinese courts have concluded 19,000 criminal cases involving environmental pollution and undermining resources in 2015, up 18.8 percent year on year, a report of the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) said Sunday….
Jammu, March 13 (IANS) Landslides in Ramban district of Jammu region on Sunday forced closure of the strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway which was briefly restored for traffic on Saturday, an official said. “Intending travellers should…
Chandigarh, March 13 (IANS) Standing wheat crop was damaged in hundreds of acres of agricultural fields in Punjab and Haryana due to unseasonal rainfall accompanied with high velocity winds over the past 24 hours. The…
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Sunday morning here with minimum temperature recorded at 16.8 degrees Celsius, a notch above season’s average. “There will be thundershowers with possibility of hail to…
New Delhi: A tree uprooted by storm at a Delhi road on March 12, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) A massive dust storm accompanied by strong winds lashed Delhi on Saturday evening…
Panaji, March 12 (IANS) The Opposition on Saturday collectively condemned Goa Governor Mridula Sinha’s decision to grant assent to the controversial amendment to the state tree Act that de-recognises the coconut palm as a tree….
Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) Prakash Javadekar (Photo: IANS/PIB) Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) Although India is responsible for only three percent of the global carbon emissions, it is…
By Aadil Mir Srinagar/New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) In a marketing initiative, Rahim Greens Srinagar on Saturday roped in budding cricketer, Amir Hussain Lone, who defied the odds after mastering the sport despite losing both…
London, March 12 (IANS) Researchers have discovered why more rapid warming at night compared to the day, which has been seen around the globe in recent decades, is likely to continue. Observations from the last…
Washington, March 12 (IANS) Using satellite data, researchers have found that shipwrecks near the coast can leave sediment plumes at the sea’s surface that help reveal their location. Using data from the NASA/USGS Landsat 8…
New York, March 12 (IANS) A team of scientists has discovered a new fossil reptile that lived 250 million years ago in Brazil. The discovery is important because the reptile lived just after the great…