The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has been working on the solid waste management quite hard ever since the city slipped in its ranking from top to 21in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The UT’s solid
Panaji: Doctors at the Goa Medical College (GMC) and Hospital, Bambolim, will now have to take prior permissions - administrative and financial - from competent authority before conducting clinical trials,
The influence of El Nino will probably push temperatures in Europe above seasonal norms this month, increasing the bearish outlook for natural gas prices already near their lowest since 2009. Temperatures
Forecasters say this year’s El Niño promises to be one of the strongest ever, with the potential to unleash a devastating wave of flash floods and mudslides upon drought-stricken California in coming months.
TO reduce threats to wildlife, ecological and natural disasters, Ondo State Government has doubled up its efforts through the Ministry of Natural Resources to combat the persistent encroachment on the
Researchers in Japan have created an unbreakable new glass that is reportedly as strong as steel. This breakthrough could see the new material revolutionise the use of glass in buildings, cars and technology,
Parts of the US state of Texas have suffered severe flooding following a weekend of storms that left at least six people dead. Aerial footage of Liberty County, northeast of Houston, showed properties
Most of the multi storey buildings in Rawalpindi are not designed according to buildings code, and may collapse if city was to be hit by a severe earthquake in future. According to a survey 99.9 %
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Monday released more than Rs 2.83 billion for the victims of earthquake. According to Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) sources, initially, the KP
Beijing said on Monday that it will further strengthen supervision and promote clean energy for heating in an effort to reduce winter air pollution. The announcement came on the same day that public heating
A very odd atmospheric event has been unfolding in the Arabian Sea for the past several days — although as with many stories involving tropical cyclones (what we call hurricanes in the United States),
One hundred and fifty beach clean-ups are being organised along the UK coastline, starting on 2 November and continuing through the week. This is the fifth annual beach clean-up series organised by environmental
Scientists in Australia are set to try out a "radical new procedure" where they regrow skulls using stem cells and 3D printers. The team from Western Australia plan to carry out the technique on patients
Police officers may soon be able to identify wildlife poachers by retrieving fingerprints from smuggled ivory, new research has revealed. Around 50,000 African elephants are thought to be poached each
The 10th African Economic Conference (AEC) has laid emphasis on better application of national tax policies to reduce the income gap between the rich and the poor, and the need to expand economic growth
Poor harvest of summer crops triggered by scanty rainfall has worsened food security situation in Mugu district. Around 90 percent people in the district are involved in agriculture, and they are worried
Consumption of junk food distributed by various government and non-government organisations as relief materials after the April 25 earthquake has caused malnutrition among the children of Okhaldhunga,
Donors are not responding fast enough to urgent calls for more aid to drought-stricken Ethiopia where record-breaking numbers of children are suffering malnutrition, the United Nations said on Monday.
Uganda has finally signed the Greater Virunga Trans-boundary Collaboration treaty that operationalizes joint efforts with Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to protect gorillas.Uganda’s
The U.S. House of Representatives passed an anti-poaching bill Monday night by voice vote, according to a news release. The Global Anti-Poaching Act is co-sponsored by 43 Republicans and 64 Democrats.
