Heavy rainfall disrupts normal life in Mumbai, CM urges people to stay indoors

Aug 29, 2017, at 10:47 pm

Mumbai, Aug 29 (IBNS): Normal life in Mumbai was disrupted badly as continuous downpour for the past three days hit the city and left several low-lying areas inundated.

Climate change one of the biggest threats to global prosperity and stability: British High Commissioner

Aug 25, 2017, at 02:43 am

Kolkata, Aug 24 (IBNS): British High Commissioner to India, Dominic Asquith, said climate change is one of the biggest threats to global prosperity and stability at the ‘Environment and Energy Conclave’ organised by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry here on Thursday.

Typhoon Hato: At least 12 dead in Macau and Hong Kong

Aug 24, 2017, at 03:51 pm

Victoria, Aug 24 (IBNS): At least 12 people have died in Hong Kong and Macau after Typhoon Hato battered these areas on Wednesday, reports said.

Warmer waters from climate change will leave fish shrinking, gasping for air, finds study

Aug 24, 2017, at 02:47 am

Toronto, Aug 23 (IBNS): Fish are expected to shrink in size by 20 to 30 per cent if ocean temperatures continue to climb due to climate change.

Powerful typhoon barrels into Hong Kong, forces a closure

Aug 23, 2017, at 07:38 pm

Victoria, Aug 23 (IBNS): A powerful typhoon barrelled into Hong Kong on Wednesday morning, forcing schools and offices to remain shut, while inundated streets and damaged properties remained a common sight, reports said.

Water Activists call for setting up a National Water Literacy Mission

Aug 20, 2017, at 07:11 pm

Vijayapura, Karnataka, Aug 20 (IBNS): At a time when a large part of India is inundated with floods and states like Karnataka face acute drought condition, water activists from 101 river basins and sub-basins of the 30 states of the country unanimously adopted the Vijayapura Declaration to “ensure water, food and livelihood security and climate resilience through a drought and flood free India”, here on Friday last.

Assam flood situation improves, death toll mounts to 60

Aug 19, 2017, at 01:52 am

Guwahati, Aug 18 (IBNS) : The critical situation of Assam flood has been gradually improved but still over 25.93 lakh people of 20 districts remain homeless in the second wave devasting flood in the state.

Bengaluru lakes spewing toxic foams, CM assures to solve problem in one or two years

Aug 18, 2017, at 12:09 am

Bengaluru, Aug 17 (IBNS) : Bengaluru two giant lakes-Bellandur and Varthur- are spewing toxic foam onto its streets after the city's heaviest August rain, media reports said.

While rescue operations continue in HP, more landslide news comes in from Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh

Aug 14, 2017, at 06:56 pm

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IBNS): While rescue teams continued with their search operations on Monday at the site of the landslide in Himachal Pradesh, two areas in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand were also affected by landslides, according to media reports.

National Mission for Clean Ganga approves 10 Namami Gange projects worth Rs. 2,000 crore

Aug 10, 2017, at 09:35 pm

New Delhi, Aug 10 (IBNS): National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved ten projects in Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh to the tune of about Rs 2,033 crore, the Union Ministry of Water Resources announced on Thursday.

Union Minister Pradhan says India to have Biofuel Policy soon

Aug 10, 2017, at 09:08 pm

New Delhi, Aug 10 (IBNS): The objective of “World Biofuel Day” is to sensitize youths, farmers and other stakeholders about the benefits of biofuel and seek their involvement in Biofuel programme run by the Government, said Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday.

US tells UN about Paris Climate Change walkout

Aug 05, 2017, at 05:47 pm

Washington/New York, Aug 5 (IBNS): The United States has formally written to the United Nation about their decision to pull out of the Paris climate deal, though it said that it will continue to be involved in talks, reports said.

Climate change could put rare bat species at greater risk

Aug 03, 2017, at 02:33 am

London, Aug 2 (IBNS): An endangered bat species with a UK population of less than 1,000 could be further threatened by the effects of global warming, according to a new study led by the University of Southampton.

Forecast for rapid rise in water levels of rivers of several Indian states

Jul 28, 2017, at 06:41 pm

New Delhi, July 28 (IBNS) Rainfall Forecast issued by India Meteorological Department for the next two days indicate that heavy to very heavy with extremely heavy downpour very likely in East Madhya Pradesh, North Chhattisgarh, East Rajasthan and heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places in West Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, north Madhya Maharashtra, Gujarat on July 28 and 29,

Met office issues severe weather warning for July 27 to 31

Jul 27, 2017, at 09:56 pm

New Delhi, Jul 27 (IBNS): The India Meteorological Department has issued severe weather warning for the period of July 27-31, 2017.

Indian monsoons have strengthened over past 15 years, says MIT study

Jul 25, 2017, at 11:15 pm

New York, July 25 (IBNS): An MIT study published today in Nature Climate Change finds that the Indian summer monsoons, which bring rainfall to the country each year between June and September, have strengthened in the last 15 years over north central India.

Buried alive: Aquatic plants survive in ‘ghost ponds’ under agricultural fields, says study

Jul 22, 2017, at 02:07 am

London, July 21 (IBNS): Aquatic plants in ‘ghost ponds’ are able to survive more than 100 years buried beneath cropped agricultural fields, according to new UCL research.

Strong quake rocks Greece and Turkey, kills 2

Jul 21, 2017, at 03:13 pm

Athens/Ankara, Jul 21 (IBNS): A strong earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter Scale hit Turkey and Greece on Friday morning, killing at least two people and injuring 200 others, reports said.

Six killed in Doda cloudburst in Jammu

Jul 20, 2017, at 06:05 pm

Srinagar, Jul 20 (IBNS) : Six people were killed in cloudburst and heavy rain in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday night, media reports said.

Three killed in cloudburst in Jammu

Jul 20, 2017, at 05:44 pm

Srinagar, Jul 20 (IBNS) : Three people were killed in cloudburst and heavy rain in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday night, media reports said.

Major event aims to tackle climate change in Bangladesh

Jul 19, 2017, at 09:30 pm

London, July 19 (IBNS): A major international event aimed at transforming how environmental and conservation issues are tackled in Bangladesh will be held in the UK on Thursday.

Over a thousand Delhiites renew hope for a greener planet and pledge to Go Solar

Jul 18, 2017, at 11:40 pm

New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS): After a month long campaign to spread awareness about rooftop solar, Greenpeace India found that 1,043 residents of Delhi want to solarise their rooftops.

Surging heat may limit aircraft takeoffs globally, says study

Jul 15, 2017, at 02:51 am

New York, July 14 (IBNS): Rising temperatures due to global warming will make it harder for many aircraft around the world to take off in coming decades, says a new study.

Why mosquitoes should not be eliminated, feels study

Jul 15, 2017, at 02:12 am

London, July 14 (IBNS): A Purdue researcher and a team of scientists working on a new insecticide argue that mosquitoes should not simply be made extinct due to their role in various ecosystems.

14,000 people evacuated in British Columbia Wildfire, Williams Lake under high alert

Jul 14, 2017, at 03:09 am

Ottawa, July 13 (IBNS): Almost 14,000 people were evacuated from their homes following a wildfire in British Columbia's Interior which raged since last Friday.

Giant Antarctica iceberg twice the size of Luxembourg breaks off

Jul 13, 2017, at 08:49 pm

London, Jul 13 (IBNS) : A giant iceberg twice the size of Luxembourg and one of the largest ever recorded, has broken off an ice shelf on the Antarctic peninsula and is now adrift in the Weddell Sea, media reports said.

Union Minister Rijiju arrives in Assam to take stock of flood situation

Jul 13, 2017, at 07:59 pm

Guwahati, July 13 : While Assam is still struggling with a devastating flood.which has already claimed 45 lives and affected over 1.7 million people of 24 districts out of 32, Union Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju, arrived on Thursday in the state, to take stock of the situation and submit a report to the Centre.

Rescue operations in full swing in landslide-hit village near Sagalee in Arunachal Pradesh

Jul 12, 2017, at 07:42 pm

Itanagar, Jul 12 (IBNS): Rescue operations are in full swing to retrieve bodies of those killed in a massive landslide at Laptap village in Sagalee, Arunachal Pradesh, according to media reports on Wednesday.

Congestion on Delhi roads has worsened says new analysis by CSE

Jul 11, 2017, at 10:08 pm

New Delhi, Jul 11 (IBNS): An assessment of travel time and traffic speed in Delhi by the city-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has revealed that India's capital is in the grip of a worsening congestion and pollution crisis.

Tree plantation drive conducted by RWWCO

Jul 08, 2017, at 03:12 am

New Delhi, July 7 (IBNS): In view of Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu’s continued efforts on Tree Plantation in railway areas, the Railway Women’s Welfare Central Organisation (RWWCO) has undertaken Tree Plantation Drive on Thursday at railway premises in New Delhi.