Tag: Environment news

Srinagar, March 7 | Light rain lashed Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday as the Meteorological Department forecast light to moderate rain/snow during the...

San Diego, March 7 | Nine great apes at the San Diego Zoo have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus after some gorillas were...

New York, March 6 | Fine particles in wildfire smoke can be several times more harmful to human respiratory health than particulate matter from...

Wellington, March 6 | A day after three massive temblors jolted New Zealand, an aftershock measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck off the...

Solomon Islands, March 6 | Scientists have identified a widespread coral bleaching event on shallow, inshore reefs that had been previously thought to be...

Nairobi, March 5 | An estimated 931 million tonnes of food, or 17 per cent of the total food available to consumers in 2019,...

Ranchi, March 5 | Jharkhand is likely to literally feel the heat from next week as the mercury is expected to touch 40 degrees...

Kabul, March 5 | At least 14 people were killed following a major avalanche in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, officials said on Friday.The avalanche took...

Jakarta, March 5 | A 5.8-magnitude quake jolted Indonesia's West Sumatra province on Friday, the meteorology and geophysics agency said.The quake struck at 2.32...

Canberra, March 5 | A tsunami warning was issued for Australia' Norfolk Island on Friday, following three massive earthquakes that struck New Zealands North...

New Delhi, March 5 | The air quality of the national capital deteriorated to 'poor' category on Friday, but will improve sharply by Saturday...

Wellington, March 5 | The New Zealand government on Friday downgraded a tsunami warning andsaid that "all people who evacuated can now return" after...

Srinagar, March 5 | With both the minimum and maximum temperatures continuing to improve in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, several varieties of spring...

Washington, March 5 | White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy has said that the US can can achieve energy security together with climate...

By Sundeep PouranikBhopal, March 4 | Toote hue sapnon ki kaun sune siski (Who would listen to the sobbing of broken dreams?). This...

By Aakanksha KhajuriaNew Delhi, March 4 | A massive wildfire at the Simlipal National Park in Odisha, which was raging for around a week,...

BY VISHAL GULATINew Delhi, March 4 | High resolution satellite imagery indicates that mass movement activities are still occurring where the rock and ice...

Bengaluru, March 3 | The state-run Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) in this tech city celebrated 'World Wildlife...

By Sundeep PouranikIndore, March 3 | The word nullah (drain) conjures up images of filth and stench. But in Indore, the country's cleanest...

Canberra, March 3 | A tropical cyclone off Australia's northeast coast is forecast to intensify throughout Wednesday and overnight, with gale force winds impacting...

New Delhi, March 3 | The air quality of the national capital remained in the 'moderate' category on Wednesday due to high surface winds.This...

Beirut, March 3 | Lebanon's Foreign Ministry has filed a complaint to the UN, asking for investigations into an oil spill that reached the...

Jammu, March 3 | The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed for traffic on Wednesday due to a landslide that blocked the road near Banihal,...

New Delhi, March 3 | As World Wildlife Day is being observed, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday appealed...

Srinagar, March 3 | Minimum temperatures across Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh improved on Wednesday due to partial cloud cover as the meteorological department...

New Delhi, March 3 | Rattan Lal Kataria, Minister of State for Jal Shakti, on Tuesday said that a 100-day campaign called 'Catch the...

Jakarta, March 2 | Mount Sinabung located on the Indonesian island of Sumatra erupted again on Tuesday, spewing ash clouds as high as 5,000...

London, March 2 | London Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced that buses, coaches and heavy trucks will have to pay 300 pounds a day...

Berlin, March 2 | In the run-up to the German federal elections later this year, around 140 aid and climate organisations have urged all...

Srinagar, March 2 | The Met Department said on Tuesday that mainly dry weather is likely to continue in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh...

Amaravati, March 1 | Whale shark conservation along Andhra Pradesh coast and similar efforts on Asian elephants, tigers, olive ridley turtles and king cobras...

Beijing, March 1 | The Yangtze River conservation law took effect on Monday amid China's intensified efforts to protect its "mother river".With 96 provisions...

Srinagar, March 1 | Sun rays filtered out of clouds after six days in the Kashmir Valley on Monday as the MET office forecast...

By Sujit ChakrabortyGuwahati, Feb 28 | Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday during his monthly 'Mann Ki Baat' programme highlighted the increase in...

Lucknow, Feb 28 | A pair of Asiatic lions, named Pataudi and Maryam, have reached Gorakhpur zoo from the lion safari in Etawah.The lions...

London, Feb 27 | Almost a decade after scientists at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) first detected growth of vast cracks, a huge iceberg, more...

New Delhi, Feb 27 | The air quality of the national capital slightly improved on Saturday, with the hourly average air quality index at...

San Francisco, Feb 27 | A new law has forced Apple to add iPhone and MacBook repairability scores to its online store in France.The...

Srinagar, Feb 27 | Rains in plains and snowfall in higher reaches of J&K occurred on Saturday as the meteorological (MET) department forecast same...

Jammu, Feb 27 | Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was suspended on Saturday after heavy rains triggered landslides along the Ramban-Ramsoo stretch,...

BY VISHAL GULATINew Delhi, Feb 27 | A United Nations Climate Change report has warned that with all current climate pledges, global emissions in...

New Delhi, Feb 27 | The Additional Director General of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday that above normal temperatures are prevailing...

New Delhi, Feb 26 | The Supreme Court on Friday closed the contempt proceedings in the killing of tigress Avni in 2018, after it...

By Arul LouisUnited Nations, Feb 26 | Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Indian environment and economics expert Ligia Noronha as an assistant secretary-general ...

Itanagar, Feb 24 | Buddhist monks in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang have again strongly opposed the state government's fresh push for hydro power projects in...

New Delhi, Feb 24 | India is now one of the world's top markets for solar energy, a new report by the International Solar...

Chandigarh, Feb 24 | The Punjab Water Resources Department on Wednesday signed an agreement for the construction of powerhouses of the Shahpurkandi dam project.It...

Kochi, Feb 24 | In a major attempt that would pave the way for boosting India's seafood trade, the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute...

New Delhi, Feb 24 | The Indian government has produced a report detailing conservation initiatives for many species listed on the CMS Appendices, including...

Washington, Feb 24 | Through partnership with the industry, NASA wants to advance design and modelling tools pertinent to future aircraft products with an...