Srinagar, July 17 : The Meteorological department (MeT) on Sunday forecast generally cloudy sky with light rain during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir. “Generally cloudy sky with...

By Amita VermaVaranasi, July 17 : Potatoes and tomatoes are the almost essential ingredients of Indian cuisine, but did anyone ever believe that the two could be grown in one...

Beijing, July 17 : China’s national observatory on Sunday continued to issue a yellow alert for high temperatures as intense heat waves linger in many regions of the country. During...

By Nivedita KhandekarNew Delhi, July 17 : Little more than a week after the tragic death of 16 pilgrims near the holy cave shrine of Amarnath on July 8, hundreds...

By Sujit ChakrabortyImphal, July 17 : Experts have identified non-resistant soil condition, prevalence of micro-seismicity, besides changing land use patterns on the top of hills such as deforestation as the...

Nagpur, July 17 : Five villages were inundated with toxic fly ash slurry and a river from where Nagpur draws drinking water was contaminated after a fly ash bund of...

New Delhi, July 16 : With the depression over northeast Arabian Sea off the Saurashtra coast very likely to move north-northwestwards along and off Saurashtra and Kutch coasts and the...

Hyderabad, July 16 : Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan will visit flood-affected Bhadradri Kothagudem district while Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao will make an aerial survey of all affected districts along Godavari...

New Delhi, July 16 : Aimed at strengthening the government response at grassroots level, the Tamil Nadu government has set up District Climate Change Missions, a move welcomed by experts...

Chennai, July 16 : Tamil Nadu Water Resources officials are expecting the Kerala side will allow the Siruvani dam to touch the Full Reservoir Level (FRL) of 50 feet as...

New Delhi, July 16 : The Well Marked Low Pressure Area off Saurashtra Coast has turned into a Depression – a system that brings in heavy rainfall – and likely...

Amaravati, July 16 : With the flood situation in the state continuing to remain grim, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy held a review meeting with his officials on...

Hyderabad, July 16 : Rescue and relief operations in the flood-hit Bhadradri Kothagudem district of Telangana were in full swing while Godavari river continued to flow above danger mark on...

Washington, July 16 : NASA has launched a probe to analyse airborne mineral dust and see how it might affect climate and environment. Called the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source...

Hong Kong, July 16 : An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted 230 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga at 03:25:50 GMT on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said. The...

Madrid, July 16 : Eighty-four people are known to have died from the heatwave that has struck Spain, the Carlos III Health Institute, which reports to the Spanish Health Ministry,...

Budapest, July 16 : The Hungarian government defended its decision to cap fuel prices by citing the need to protect its security of supply in response to the launch of...

Kiev, July 16 : Ukraine has accumulated 11.3 billion cubic metres of natural gas in its storage, or 59.5 per cent of the country’s needs for powering its heating facilities...

New Delhi, July 16 : The current spatial and temporal extremes of southwest monsoon have perplexed many, with central and southern peninsular India receiving far excess rains and Indo-Gangetic belt...

Bhopal, July 15 : The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday issued an orange alert warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall in Narmadapuram division of Madhya Pradesh. This area...

New Delhi, July 15 : With barely 77.3 mm rainfall between June 1 and July 15, Uttar Pradesh has registered a “large deficient” rainfall as of Friday but the IMD...

By Nivedita KhandekarNew Delhi, July 15 : In continuation of its efforts at bringing “ease of doing business”, the Centre on Friday brought changes to the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)...

London, July 15 : The Met Office of the United Kingdom (UK), the country’s national weather service, on Friday issued a red warning for extreme heat, the highest-level alert, that...

New Delhi, July 15 : The National Green Tribunal has said it needs to be ascertained whether pollution in Haryana’s Gurugram is responsible for the recent mass deaths of fish...

Chennai, July 15 : The Coimbatore district administration in Tamil Nadu has issued flood alerts following heavy rain.Water flow in the Bhavani, Noyyal, and Amaravathi rivers has increased due to...

Hyderabad, July 15 : A journalist, who went missing after the car in which he was travelling was washed away in flood waters in Telangana’s Jagtial district three days ago,...

Srinagar, July 15 : Weather was generally cloudy in J&K during the last 24 hours as the Meteorological (MeT) department said on Friday that partly cloudy sky with very light...

Suva, July 15 : The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) has launched the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent (2050 Strategy), which sets the vision and direction for the region...

Tashkent, July 15 : Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and visiting Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedov held talks to discuss expanding cooperation, especially in the energy sector, between the two neighbouring Central...

New Delhi, July 15 : Did you know that 9-14 million tonnes of plastic ended up in oceans by 2016, forming 60-90 per cent of marine litter, and the number...

Guwahati, July 15 : After heavy downpour, floods and landslides that battered Northeast India for the last two months, almost the whole region is now reeling under heat, India Meteorological...

By Nivedita KhandekarNew Delhi, July 14 : La Nina conditions prevailing over the equatorial Pacific region are likely to continue up to the end of the year, the India Meteorological...

Jaipur, July 14 : Five people were badly injured in a leopard attack in a village near Jaipur city early on Thursday, officials said. Such was the gravity of the...

Amaravati, July 14 : Several villages along Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh were marooned as the river continued to be in spate. As the heavy inflows continued from upstream, the...

Hyderabad, July 14 : With the Godavari river flowing above danger mark and water level rising further, authorities in Telangana’s Bhadrachalam town on Thursday closed the famous bridge for traffic...

Thiruvananthapuram, July 14 : Residents of the Aralam farm near Kerala’s Kannur are up in arms since Thursday morning when one of them was trampled to death by a wild...

Ahmedabad, July 14 : Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel announced Rs 17.10 crore as financial assistance for the municipalities in state to tackle the flood situation caused due to heavy...

Bengaluru, July 14 : The Indian Meteorological Department has predicted rains for another two days across Karnataka.Coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada and Udupi, that suffered heavy losses due...

Hyderabad, July 14 : Two rescue personnel, who were reported missing in a flood-hit village in Telangana’s Komaram Bheem Asifabad district on Wednesday, have been found dead. Their bodies were...

Beijing, July 14 : China’s national observatory on Thursday issued a blue alert for rainstorms in some regions of the country. Heavy rainfall and rainstorms are expected in parts of...

United Nations, July 14 : UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid has proposed action in five areas to bring the world back on track toward sustainable development. The volume, magnitude,...

Ahmedabad, July 14 : Gujarat is witnessing heavy rain since the onset of the monsoon season and the rainfall has wreaked havoc in several parts of the state, including Ahmedabad...

Bengaluru, July 13 : The classification of 56,826 square km of Western Ghats region including the area in Karnataka and other states as per the report of the Kasturirangan Committee...

New Delhi, July 13 : With the monsoon trough active and continuing to be at a position south of its normal, very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is likely over...

New Delhi, July 13 : The comprehensive policy to deal with the menace of air pollution in Delhi-NCR, as announced by the Commission for Air Quality Management for Delhi NCR...

New Delhi, July 13 : The National Green Tribunal has sought the response of the Environment Ministry regarding the decentralising power of appraisal of large projects, as proposed through an...

Mumbai, July 13 : At least 8 persons perished in different rain-related incidents as torrential rains continued to lash large parts of Maharashtra, Disaster Management officials said here on Wednesday....

Ahmedabad, July 13 : Although the incessant rainfall witnessed across Gujarat in the past one week has receded in many parts of the state and relief work is underway, some...

Hyderabad, July 13 : The Telangana government on Wednesday extended holidays for all educational institutions in the state till July 16 in view of continuing heavy rains. The government had...

New Delhi, July 13 : The Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR & Adjoining Areas (CAQM) has formulated a comprehensive policy to abate the menace of air pollution in...

Udupi, July 13 : Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said that 32 people have been killed in rain-related incidents in the recent past in the state. He said...

Hyderabad, July 13 : A journalist working for a Telugu news channel went missing after the car in which he was travelling along with his colleague was washed away in...

Tehran, July 13 : Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has slammed Western countries for having played a major role in global environmental destruction over the past centuries. “The hegemonic approach of...

Addis Ababa, July 13 : The soaring price of fuel is impacting transportation service in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital where commuters are seen waiting for hours before they could get...

Mysuru, July 13 : A man has been arrested on charges of raising peacocks at his residence in Kamegowdanahalli village in this Karnataka district, the forest department said on Wednesday....

Srinagar, July 13 : The Meteorological Department (MeT) on Wednesday forecast a cloudy weather with widespread light to moderate rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. “Widespread...

London, July 13 : Plans in Europe to place a small number of coal plants on temporary standby would add 1.3 per cent to EU emissions annually, even in the...

Guwahati, July 12 : The rail connectivity that got disrupted due to rainfall and landslides in the four northeastern states of Assam, Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur will resume soon, an...

Ahmedabad, July 12 : Gujarat has been experiencing incessant rainfall since the past one week during which more than 27,000 people have been evacuated. A meeting to take stock of...

New Delhi, July 12 : After moderate to heavy rainfall at some stations across the city for the 24 hours ending at 8.30 a.m.on Tuesday, Delhi had negligible rainfall during...

Bhopal, July 12 : At least 47 people in Madhya Pradesh have been killed due to lightning strikes in a span of just a week, while 111 others lost lives...

New Delhi, July 12 : Pay parity across states and facilities on par with paramilitary forces for the frontline forest staff, especially those who are martyred in line of duty,...

Hyderabad, July 12 : The Safari Park in Hyderabad’s Nehru Zoological Park is flooded after water from the Mir Alam Tank entered the premises, Zoo officials said on Tuesday. Following...

New Delhi, July 12 : The National Green Tribunal (NGT), in a suo motu action, has formed a joint committee of pollution and others officials and the District Magistrate to...

Amaravati, July 12 : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.Jagan Mohan alerted District Collectors to be vigilant as IMD predicts heavy rain in the next two days during a video conference...

Thiruvananthapuram, July 12 : An orange alert has been issued in Kerala’s Wayanad, Kasargod, and Kannur districts of Kerala for the next 24 hours as the India Meteorological Department (IMD)...

Ahmedabad, July 12 : Six persons died in lightning strikes while scores have been displaced as heavy rain lashed Gujarat for the past three days.The meteorological department has forecast heavy...

Mumbai, July 12 : Heavy rains lashed large parts of Maharashtra on Tuesday for the fifth consecutive day, playing havoc with routine life while the state’s toll in rain-related incidents...

Panaji, July 12 : Goa Congress MLA Kedar Naik has expressed concern over European tourists no longer visiting the popular Coco beach in the coastal state due to sand erosion,...

Panaji, July 12 : Goa Water Resource Department Minister Subhash Shirodkar on Tuesday said that floods are being caused due to climate change, recent rain pattern and other issues. However,...

Kolkata, July 12 : Acute rainfall shortage in the farming belts of Gangetic West Bengal is posing a major threat to crop production in the state. According to statistics of...

New Delhi, July 12 : There is a dominant global focus on short term profits and economic growth, often excluding the consideration of multiple values of nature in policy decisions...

Los Angeles, July 12 : Authorities have said that more than 500 firefighters are battling a fast-moving wildfire to protect some of world’s oldest and largest trees in the Yosemite...

Bengaluru, July 12 : A woman and her daughter were killed in a wall collapse incident in Markawada village of Uttara Kannada district as heavy rain continued to lash Karnataka...

Houston, July 12 : The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has asked residents and businesses to reduce their power use as the heat index exceeded 27.77 degrees celsius in...

Hyderabad, July 12 : Hyderabad and suburbs continued to receive rain for the fifth consecutive day on Tuesday, affecting the normal life and almost filling Hussain Sagar lake in the...

Lisbon, July 12 : Portugal has issued a “red warning,” the highest on the scale, with hot and dry weather forecast for the coming days. As of Tuesday, Portugal will...

Madrid, July 12 : Spain is sweltering in its second heatwave, with scorching temperatures expected, risks of wildfires raised and low water levels recorded. All of Spain’s 17 autonomous communities,...

Srinagar, July 12 : The MeT department on Tuesday forecast mainly dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. “Partly cloudy and dry weather is likely in...

Berlin, July 12 : The flow of gas from Russia to Germany through Nord Stream 1 stopped for maintenance until July 21, severely reducing the country’s gas imports, the pipeline...

New Delhi, July 12 : The 75-day ‘Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar’ campaign harps on behavioural change in order to drive home the concept of cleanliness and focuses on three underlying...

Los Angeles, July 12 : Four large wildfires burning in the US’ Utah have scorched tens of thousands of acres of land as of Monday and forced evacuations from homes...

Ahmedabad, July 12 : As many as 63 people have lost their lives in rain-related incidents in Gujarat since June 1, of these maximum 33 died due to lightning strikes....

New Delhi, July 11 : Continuing the spree of public notices for amendments to its various acts at a pre-draft stage, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has...

New Delhi, July 11 : At a time when the absence of a Doppler radar at Banihal in Jammu and Kashmir made a massive difference in proper forecast ahead of...

Bengaluru, July 11 : Mild tremors were been felt in Karnataka’s Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada districts on Monday, leaving people panicked. The people of Chembu, Peraje, and Goonadka regions in...

New Delhi, July 11 : After a weeklong wait, the much-awaited monsoon instalment finally arrived at Delhi on Monday but with a wide ranging variations – from 0 mm to...

Hyderabad, July 11 : The Godavari river crossed the third level flood warning at Bhadrachalam in Telangana on Monday, prompting authorities to sound alert across the course of the river....

Kolkata, July 11 : Raja, one of the oldest tigers of India, died at Khairibari Tiger & Leopard Rescue Centre at Jaldapara in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district on Monday. The...

New Delhi, July 11 : Three days after the devastating Amarnath Yatra tragedy in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the top official from the Ministry of Earth Sciences...

Chandigarh, July 11 : Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announced on Monday that no industrial unit will be set up at the proposed site near the Mattewara forest in Ludhiana...

New Delhi, July 11 : The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Noida Commissioner of Police to look into the alleged encroachment by police for parking vehicles at the...

New Delhi, July 11 : The National Green Tribunal has observed “inadequate action” on encroachment near Mansa Devi Temple complex in Rajaji Tiger Reserve area of Uttarakhand. The principal bench...

Lucknow, July 11 : The Uttar Pradesh government is formulating a new eco-tourism policy and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has given the necessary instructions for setting up of an EcoTourism...

New Delhi, July 11 : ‘The Pride Kingdom’, giving a stunning insider account of lions’ lives in Gir (Gujarat), filmed for the first time ever in a 12-episode series, was...

Ahmedabad, July 11 : Heavy rains continue to lash several parts of Gujarat for the last two days affecting normal life in the state.Bodeli taluka of Chhota Udepur district has...

Ahmedabad, July 10 : Since the last two days, heavy rain has lashed parts of Gujarat, specially Valsad, Dangs, Navsari where authorities have evacuated of hundreds after their homes were...

Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh), July 11 : An angry elephant barged into a village in Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh and pulled down the walls of a house. The incident took...

Ahmedabad, July 11 : Heavy rains lashed out Ahmedabad city on Sunday evening, causing huge traffic jams, water logging, and sending drainage water flowing back into houses in some parts...

Hyderabad, July 9 : The Telangana government on Saturday asked all departments to be on alert as heavy rains continued in many parts of the state. Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao...

New Delhi, July 9 : The National Green Tribunal has directed a joint committee to look into the water quality and legality of construction near Kala Talab in Rajasthan’s Kota,...

New Delhi, July 9 : After a break of almost a week, the national capital is likely to get moderate rain/thundershowers on Sunday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on...

Chennai, July 9 : Tamil Nadu’s Water Resources Department has commenced inspection of dams in the state, following the state government’s directive. Tamil Nadu has 90 dams and a combined...

New Delhi, July 9 : The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has passed directions for the constitution of a joint committee to verify allegations of illegal groundwater extraction in Noida Extension...

New Delhi, July 9 : In a major intervention, ahead of the monsoon, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted a joint committee, to submit an action-taken report on the...

New Delhi, July 9 : Dealing with a plea against an ‘offroad sports club’ allegedly causing noise and air pollution in green pasture areas of Kashmir Valley, the National Green...

Bengaluru, July 9 : Heavy rain continued to batter Karnataka on Saturday throwing life out of gear. Along with coastal and hilly districts, north Karnataka districts are also bearing the...

Bengaluru, July 9 : Mild tremors were felt in Karnataka’s Viayapura and Bagalkot districts on Saturday, triggering panic among residents. The tremors were felt at 6.21 a.m.in Vijayapura city, Nagathana,...

Panaji, July 8 : The Congress on Friday alleged that Goa government is using the Mooring Dolphin berth at the MPT for coal handling, instead of tourism activities, thus creating...

New Delhi, July 8 : The Environment Ministry on Friday notified yet another draft for demarking 46,832 sq km areas across five states sans Kerala as the Ecologically Sensitive Areas...

Srinagar, July 8 : At least 10 yatris were killed, five others injured and many missing after a cloudburst near the Amarnath cave shrine on Friday evening caused flash floods,...

Hyderabad, July 8 : Heavy rains lashed parts of Telangana on Friday even as the India Meteorological Department has issued a red warning for some districts for the next two...

Srinagar, July 8 : Four yatris were killed and four others injured in a cloudburst near the Amarnath cave shrine on Friday evening, officials said. “Four Yatris killed, 4 injured...

Srinagar, July 8 : At least two people were killed in a cloudburst near the Amarnath shrine on Friday, officials said. Some langars and tents were hit by gushing flash...

Ahmedabad, July 8 : Heavy rainfall lashed Ahmedabad on Friday with the city receiving four inches of rain in a span of three hours, the Met Office said. The Met...

New Delhi, July 8 : Believing it’s a major achievement by India in its crusade against single-use plastic pollution, former UN Environment chief Erik Solheim on Friday said four years...

Washington, July 8 : A huge hole in the Earth’s ozone layer, seven times larger than the Antarctic ozone hole, may increase the risk of skin cancers, and cataracts among...

Beijing, July 8 : China has intensified its efforts at flood control and disaster relief in response to heavy downpours that have triggered severe floods in parts of the country,...

Bengaluru, July 8 : Heavy rain continued to batter most parts of Karnataka on Friday.A red alert was issued for seven districts and people were facing the threat of landslides...

Thiruvananthapuram, July 8 : Locals at Dhoni near Palakkad staged a protest in front of the district forest officer’s office against the callous attitude of the officials after a 60-year-old...

Hyderabad, July 8 : At least 25 schoolchildren had a narrow escape after a bus carrying them was caught in floods in Telangana’s Mahabubnagar district on Friday. The students were...

Srinagar, July 8 : The Meteorological department on Friday forecast generally cloudy sky with rain and thundershowers at scattered places in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. “Generally...

Tel Aviv, July 8 : The latest Israeli State of Nature Report found an alarming increase in the loss of open landscapes and in the frequency and scale of wildfires...

New Delhi, July 8 : Dismayed by several recent changes in school syllabus related to the weather, climate change, and even the Indian monsoon, a teachers’ body has urged the...

Jammu, July 8 : The strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway was blocked by landslides and mud slush triggered by rain at many places on Friday. Traffic department officials said the Srinagar-Jammu...

Panaji, July 7 : Amid a red alert issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Goa government has declared a two-day holiday for schools up to eighth standard. In view...

New Delhi, July 7 : India has an opportunity to establish itself as a climate leader by excluding gas and nuclear as part of its green taxonomy on the lines...

New Delhi, July 7 : While extreme heat waves in the states of the northwest draw maximum public attention, the increase in overall anomalous temperature in other regions of the...

Bengaluru, July 7 : Three labourers from Kerala were killed in a landslip in Dakshina Kannada as heavy rain pummeled most parts of Karnataka leaving behind a trail of destruction....

Chennai, July 7 : In a crackdown on fortune tellers, the Chengalpattu Forest Department officials has seized seven parakeets in the Thiruporur forest range in a special raid this week....

Srinagar, July 7 : The MeT department on Thursday forecast partly cloudy sky with light rain at scattered places in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. “Weather is...

Paris, July 7 : France has banned entry and fieldwork in the mountain forests in the southern city of Toulon over fire concerns, local authorities have said. The mountain forests...

Brussels, July 7 : European Union (EU) lawmakers on Wednesday voted down an objection to labeling gas and nuclear power as sustainable energy sources. The controversial decision was taken when...

New Delhi, July 6 : After a record breaking entry ahead of its scheduled date, the monsoon has gone missing from the national capital, leaving the residents sizzling at temperatures...

New Delhi, July 6 : Data from 10 cities across India has shown that monthly PM2.5 and PM10 levels during the summer months breached the annual CPCB safe limits of...

Guwahati, July 6 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday assured the people of Assam that the Central and state governments are working together to reduce their difficulties in the...

New Delhi, July 6 : Close on the current heat wave over Europe, a new study has found that the heat waves over Europe have increased three to four times...

Shimla, July 6 : A woman was killed while two others were injured due to landslides following heavy rain in the last 24 hours in Himachal Pradesh.Since Tuesday night, incidents...

Islamabad, July 6 : Pakistan Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman on Wednesday said current monsson rainfall has claimed 77 lives, with the highest 39 deaths reported from Balochistan province. Addressing...

Ahmedabad, July 6 : The Meteorological Department has forecast extremely very heavy rains in three districts of south Gujarat — Valsad, Navsari and Surat and issued an orange alert for...

Chennai, July 6 : A farmer, Mallanayakkar, 68, was killed by a wild elephant at his farm in Talavadi, Erode district on Wednesday.The farmer was trying to drive the elephant...

Bengaluru, July 6 : Incessant and heavy rains continued to batter Karnataka districts especially the coastal region on Wednesday.The search operation taken up for fishing out a schoolgirl’s body continued...

New Delhi, July 6 : The Union Environment Ministry has now mandated the use of Aadhaar for compensation under the Project Elephant in cases such as human-elephant conflicts, among others....

Islamabad, July 6 : Twenty-five people were killed in separate rain-related accidents in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province, the director-general of the provincial disaster management authority (PDMA) has said. The torrential...

Srinagar, July 6 : Authorities announced on Wednesday that due to inclement weather along both the routes, Amarnath Yatra will remain suspended for the day. Due to inclement weather along...

Nairobi, July 6 : A global charity has announced $28.5 million to help families in 19 countries, mostly in Africa, facing the worst global hunger crisis in decades. “The combined...

United Nations, July 6 : The United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) commenced Tuesday to determine the best way forward to revive the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)....

Mumbai, July 5 : Torrential rains pounded the country’s commercial capital Mumbai, coastal Konkan and other parts of Maharashtra since last night, inundating many towns, and villages in different areas,...

Mumbai, July 5 : Against the backdrop of heavy rains in several parts of Maharashtra, the state government is fully geared to tackle the situation by deploying 24 teams of...

Lucknow/Chitrakoot, July 5 : Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Tuesday, launched the mega plantation drive in Uttar Pradesh by planting a sapling in Chitrakoot. Nearly 35 crore saplings will be...

Bengaluru, July 5 : Heavy and incessant rainfall on Tuesday disrupted normal life in several regions of Karnataka with holidays announced for educational institutions. Meanwhile, search for a schoolgirl, who...

Mumbai, July 5 : Heavy rains clobbered the country’s commercial capital Mumbai, the coastal Konkan and other parts of the state since last night, inundating many towns, villages in different...

New Delhi, July 5 : The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a cost of Rs 153.50 crore on Ansal Properties & Infrastructure Ltd (APIL) for various environmental violations by...

Srinagar, July 5 : The Meteorological (MeT) department on Tuesday predicted widespread light to moderate rain in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. “Widespread light to moderate rain...

Tokyo, July 5 : A typhoon made landfall in Japan’s southwestern prefecture of Nagasaki on Tuesday morning, bringing with it torrential downpours and thunder amid unstable atmospheric pressure in eastern...

New Delhi, July 4 : With the month of June witnessing erratic rainfall resulting in many states receiving deficit rains from the southwest monsoon, over 30 large reservoirs across India...

New Delhi, July 4 : Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places is very likely over east Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Konkan area of Maharashtra, Goa, coastal Karnataka, and...

Mumbai, July 4 : Following heavy to very heavy rainfall since Sunday, several rivers across Konkan coast in Maharashtra, especially in Ratnagiri district, have been flowing above danger mark, leading...

Bhopal, July 4 : Moderate to heavy rainfall is likely to continue in parts of Madhya Pradesh for the next two days, India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted.Bhopal division of...

Panaji, July 4 : Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday convened a special meeting with officials and directed them to take immediate action in view of the flooding in...

Agra, July 4 : Copious rains in last few days have forced reptiles to slither out of their holes, to safer and drier areas.Snake catchers have had a busy time...

New Delhi, July 4 : Even as Monday witnessed a sultry weather in the national capital, the rain from the previous day washed off much of the pollutants in the...

Tokyo, July 4 : The Japan Metropolitan Agency (JMA) on Monday said a slow-moving typhoon Aere is expected to make landfall on the country’s main island of Kyushu later in...

Srinagar, July 4 : A light intensity earthquake measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale struck Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, although there was no immediate reports of any casualty or...

Srinagar, July 4 : Mainly clear to partly cloudy weather is likely during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir, the Meteorological (MeT) department said on Monday. “Weather is...

Lucknow, July 4 : Lucknow will soon have four dedicated ‘monkey forests’ on its outskirts to check the growing monkey menace within the city limits. As a pilot project, the...

Amman, July 4 : An investigation showed the main cause of the gas leak incident in Aqaba port was the lack of conformity of the metallic cable to the weight...

Rome, July 4 : A huge block of ice has collapsed from the Marmolada mountain in Italy, leaving at least five dead and 10 wounded, local media reported. All the...

Mumbai, July 3 : International Plastic Free Day (July 3) is a global initiative to eliminate the use of plastic bags and spread awareness about plastic pollution.TV actors talk about...

Vadodara, July 3 : The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has deployed six teams in various parts of Gujarat after the Meteorological Department forecast that there will be heavy to...

Thiruvananthapuram, July 3 : The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued an alert predicting heavy rain in Kerala for the next five days. A yellow alert has been issued...

Fernley, July 3 : The latest data released by the US Drought Monitor (USDM) showed that California remained mired in extreme drought conditions when the most populous state in the...

Srinagar, July 3 : Weather remained dry and hot in Kashmir division, wet and humid in Jammu division during the last 24 hours as the Meteorological (MeT) department said on...

Beirut, July 3 : Hezbollah announced in a statement that it launched three unarmed drones on a reconnaissance mission toward the Karish gas field in Eastern Mediterranean. Earlier on Saturday,...

Athens, July 3 : A group of 28 Romanian firefighters was welcomed by Greek authorities in Athens during the launch of a European pilot programme for forest protection against fire...

New Delhi, July 2 : Due to a likely formation of a low pressure area over north Odisha and adjoining areas during next 48 hours, the IMD has warned of...

Silchar (Assam), July 2 : Two persons have been arrested in Assam’s Cachar district in connection with the breach of an embankment of Barak river which eventually led to a...

New Delhi, July 2 : Groundwater users from across the country have yet again been warned of registering themselves for continued usage of the precious resource, sending many of the...

By Nivedita KhandekarNew Delhi, July 2 : A day after the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change announced its intention to bring about amendments to the Environment, Water and...

New Delhi, July 2 : A 15-year study led by the Carnegie Institution for Science details the origins and diversity of every known mineral on the Earth, a landmark body...

Seoul, July 2 : South Korea on Saturday issued the third-highest alert against a scorching heatwave on Saturday, 18 days earlier compared to last year. The Ministry of the Interior...

Tehran, July 2 : At least five people were killed and 49 others injured as three earthquakes measuring above 6 on the Richter scale jolted Iran’s southern Hormuzgan province on...

Beijing, July 2 : Chaba, the third typhoon of the year, made landfall in the coastal area of Maoming city in China’s Guangdong province on Saturday. According to the provincial...

Chennai, July 2 : The Tamil Nadu Water resources department has commenced apre-feasibility study to increase the depth of Poondi reservoir. The reservoir is the drinking water source for Chennai...

New Delhi, July 2 : The southwest monsoon covered the entire country on Saturday, six days ahead of its scheduled date, as per the India Meteorological Department (IMD). “The southwest...

Lisbon, July 2 : More than 150 countries reached an agreement and proclaimed the “Lisbon Declaration” aiming to scale up science-based and innovative actions to address the ocean emergency at...

Lisbon, July 2 : The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has published a flagship report on the state of the world’s oceans. The first edition of UNESCO’s...

Dubai, July 2 : Dubai has started imposing a 25-fils (6 US cents) tariff for each single-use plastic bag, which is part of the UAE’s plan to gradually ban the...

Tokyo, July 2 : The Japanese government for the first time in seven years has requested that businesses and households begin a three-month period of conserving electricity to avoid a...

New Delhi, July 1 : As the ban on identified single use plastic (SUP) items kicked in, the Environment Ministry on Friday said that it hoped the cost of alternative...

New Delhi, July 1 : Amid the multiple risks that climate change poses to industry, the fossil fuel industry has to now worry about a very different risk – of...

London, July 1 : The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai submarine volcano on January 15, was one of the most explosive volcanic events of the modern era, creating waves...

New Delhi, July 1 : After a “normal” June, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday predicted “normal to above normal” rainfall over some parts of north and central India...

Mumbai, July 1 : Actress Saiyami Kher recently took out time for a dive during her Thailand trip.She will be seen alongside Abhishek Bachchan in an R.Balki’s directorial sports drama,...

Sydney, July 1 : Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) on Friday warned of heavy rainfall across the state of New South Wales (NSW) from Saturday, with potential to cause major...

Srinagar, July 1 : The Meteorological (MeT) department on Friday forecast mainly dry weather in Kashmir and moderate rain in Jammu division during the next 24 hours. “Light to moderate...

Beijing, July 1 : China’s meteorological authority on Friday renewed an alert for Chaba, the third typhoon of the year, as it was gaining strength and moving towards Guangdong and...

Bengaluru, July 1 : Mild tremors were felt in Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka on Friday morning. Local people of Chembu, Peraje, Karike of Kodagu and Sullia, Sampaje...

Manila, July 1 : An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted Cagayan province in northern Philippines on Friday, authorities said. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said...

Seoul, July 1 : Heavy rain that pounded South Korea this week have killed at least three people, and flooded houses and farmland nationwide, officials said on Friday. A man...