Maneka Gandhi and Prakash Javadekar locked in debate over nilgai culling
Jun 09, 2016, at 06:21 pm
New Delhi, Jun 9 (IBNS): Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and Union Women and Child Welfare Minister Maneka Gandhi are locked in debate over the culling of nilgais that have been identified as crop depredators, according to media reports.
Mobile laboratories help track Zika spread across Brazil
Jun 09, 2016, at 01:24 am
New York, June 8 (IBNS) Researchers from the University of Birmingham are working with health partners in Brazil to combat the spread of Zika virus by deploying a pair of mobile DNA sequencing laboratories on a medical ‘road trip’ through the worst-hit areas of the country.
Mentaid celebrates World Down Syndrome Day
Jun 08, 2016, at 10:13 pm
Kolkata, June 8 (IBNS) Mentaid, Down Syndrome Support Group, Kolkata, South Kolkata Parasmani, Anwesha and Behala Bodhayan (all parents’ organisations) recently organised a unique celebration featuring talented young people with Down Syndrome on World Down Syndrome Day. Over fifty children participated along with their parents, teachers and well-wishers.
Much awaited southwest monsoon arrives in Kerala
Jun 08, 2016, at 09:27 pm
New Delhi, Jun 8 (IBNS): India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that the southwest monsoon has finally arrived over Kerala on Wednesday and is expected to spread over a wider region in the next 48 hours.
US-based Westinghouse to build six nuclear reactors in India
Jun 08, 2016, at 07:01 pm
New Delhi, Jun 8 (IBNS): Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and US-based Westinghouse have agreed to begin engineering and site design work immediately for six nuclear power plant reactors in India and conclude contractual arrangements by June 2017, the media reported.
World Oceans Day 2016 focuses on preventing plastic pollution
Jun 08, 2016, at 06:15 pm
New Delhi, Jun 8 (IBNS): To emphasise on the importance of oceans in our lives, the United Nations has selected "Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet" as the theme for the World Oceans Day which is being celebrated across the globe on Wednesday.
Rhino poached in Kaziranga during Ministers' visit
Jun 08, 2016, at 05:38 pm
Guwahati, June 8 (IBNS) : Poachers killed another one-horned rhino in Assam's Kaziranga National Park (KNP) on Tuesday night when the state forest minister and two of his cabinet colleagues were present in the sanctuary.
Delhi: Apollo Hospital sets up inquiry committee into organ sale racket
Jun 08, 2016, at 04:19 am
New Delhi, Jun 7 (IBNS): In light of the investigation into the alleged organ sale racket in Delhi, Indraprastha Medical Corporation Limited (Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals) has constituted an independent inquiry committee to look into the matter.
Jun 07, 2016, at 11:01 pm
Mexico City, June 7 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale hit Mexico on Tuesday, officials said.
Monsoon likely to hit Kerala on June 9
Jun 07, 2016, at 07:39 pm
New Delhi, June 7 (IBNS) Monsoon is likely to set over Kerala, its first destination in India, on June 9 heralding its advent in the country.
NASA's GPM sees tropical storm Colin take aim at Florida
Jun 07, 2016, at 06:37 am
Washington, June 7 (IBNS) Although hurricane season officially began on June 1, we already have the third named storm of the season with the arrival of Tropical Storm Colin in the Gulf of Mexico.
Music stars marketing unhealthy food , beverage products majority of the time, says study
Jun 07, 2016, at 06:25 am
New York, June 7 (IBNS) Recording artists are frequently the face of commercial products—and children and adolescents are frequently their target audience. Now, a new study by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center finds that the vast majority of the food and beverage products marketed by some of the most popular music stars are unhealthy.
Tata Power plants nearly 25,000 saplings on World Environment Day
Jun 07, 2016, at 02:40 am
Kolkata, June 6 (IBNS): Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power company strongly believes in the importance of environmental conservation and is committed to the sustainable growth, protection and conservation of nature.
The teenage brain on social media,says study
Jun 05, 2016, at 11:43 pm
Washington, June 5 (IBNS) The same brain circuits that are activated by eating chocolate and winning money are activated when teenagers see large numbers of “likes†on their own photos or the photos of peers in a social network, according to a first-of-its-kind UCLA study that scanned teens’ brains while using social media.
Bangalore students turn green ambassadors for World Environment Day
Jun 05, 2016, at 08:41 pm
Bangalore, Jun 5 (IBNS) As part of the activities marking this year's World Environment Day, students at Greenwood High International School pledged to paint the town green.
Study finds that our level of wisdom varies depending on the situation
Jun 05, 2016, at 05:41 am
Toronto , June 4 (IBNS) While we may think some people are consistently wise, we actually demonstrate different levels of wisdom from one situation to the next, and factors such as whether we are alone or with friends can affect it, according to research from the University of Waterloo.
AIDS epidemic still driven by human rights violations, UN experts warn
Jun 04, 2016, at 03:19 pm
New York, June 4 (Just Earth News): Ahead of next week’s high-level meeting on ending AIDS by 2030, United Nations independent experts are warning that the epidemic is still being driven by human rights violations, urging all Governments to remove punitive laws, policies and practices.
UN reiterates need to tackle illegal wildlife trade after tiger cub bodies found in Thailand
Jun 04, 2016, at 03:02 pm
New York, June 4 (Just Earth News): Following the discovery earlier this week of 70 dead tiger cubs, as well as tiger skins, talismans and other wildlife parts, in a Buddhist temple in Thailand, two United Nations agencies have said those circumstances represent only a “tiny proportion†of the extent of an illegal trade in wildlife that is pushing species to the brink of extinction.
Clouds and Sea Ice: What satellites show about Arctic climate change
Jun 04, 2016, at 02:43 pm
Washington, June 4 (IBNS) It is not news that Earth has been warming rapidly over the last 100 years as greenhouse gases accumulate in the atmosphere.
World's space agencies unite to face climate challenge
Jun 04, 2016, at 01:48 am
New Delhi, June 3 (IBNS): For the first time, under the impetus of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the French Space Agency (CNES), space agencies of more than 60 countries have agreed to engage their satellites, to coordinate their methods and their data to monitor human-induced greenhouse gas emissions.
NASA Satellite finds unreported sources of toxic air pollution
Jun 03, 2016, at 11:46 pm
Washington, June 3 (IBNS) Using a new satellite-based method, scientists at NASA, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and two universities have located 39 unreported and major human-made sources of toxic sulfur dioxide emissions.
NASA studies details of a greening Arctic
Jun 03, 2016, at 11:41 pm
Washington, June 2 (IBNS) The northern reaches of North America are getting greener, according to a NASA study that provides the most detailed look yet at plant life across Alaska and Canada. In a changing climate, almost a third of the land cover – much of it Arctic tundra – is looking more like landscapes found in warmer ecosystems.
Cutting down on truck pollution alone will not improve Delhi's environment says CSE
Jun 03, 2016, at 10:35 pm
New Delhi, Jun 3 (IBNS) Despite the stringent action against trucks and the odd-and-even experiment, a new analysis by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) suggests Delhi’s pollution-congestion battle can get more difficult if it fails to contain motorisation within the city as well as the daily influx from outside
Coal dependence worsens drought impact: Greenpeace Analysis
Jun 03, 2016, at 09:54 pm
New Delhi , June 3 (IBNS) Greenpeace India on Friday released data on the water consumption patterns of coal power plants in seven drought affected states – Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh.
Thailand: 30 more tiger cubs found dead, toll reaches 70
Jun 03, 2016, at 05:01 pm
Bangkok, Jun 3 (IBNS) A day after wildlife officers found carcasses of 40 tiger cubs in a freezer in Thailand's Tiger Temple, they recovered 30 more along with two tiger pelts and talismans made from the animal's body parts, on Friday, according to reports.
Secrets revealed from Pluto's 'Twilight Zone'
Jun 03, 2016, at 02:54 pm
Washington, June 3 (IBNS) NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft took this stunning image of Pluto only a few minutes after closest approach on July 14, 2015.
IMD issues operational long range forecasts for the southwest monsoon season
Jun 03, 2016, at 12:41 am
New Delhi, June 2 (IBNS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD), Ministry of Earth Sciences, issues the operational long range forecasts for the southwest monsoon season (June-September) rainfall over the country as a whole in two stages in April and in June.
Forty dead tiger cubs recovered from freezer in Thailand temple
Jun 02, 2016, at 06:21 pm
Bangkok, June 2 (IBNS) Wildlife officials have found 40 tiger cub carcasses in a freezer in Thailand’s Tiger Temple during a raid to remove live animals, The Guardian has reported.
Pluto’s Heart: Like a Cosmic ‘Lava Lamp’
Jun 02, 2016, at 05:39 pm
Washington, June 2 (IBNS) Combining computer models with topographic and compositional data gathered by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft last summer, New Horizons team members have determined the depth of this layer of solid nitrogen ice within Pluto's distinctive "heart" feature – a large plain informally known as Sputnik Planum – and how fast that ice is flowing. The study is published in the June 2 issue of the journal Nature.
Jun 02, 2016, at 05:09 pm
Padang, June 2 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter Scale hit Indonesia on Thursday, reports said.