Conservative MPs are much more likely to oppose onshore windfarms than the national average of the public, a new poll has found. About four out of five Tory MPs are likely to oppose onshore windfarms
A major earthquake struck the western Iranian city of Abdanan on Monday, leaving 60 people injured, state news agency IRNA said. IRNA said the quake was magnitude 6.1 while the US Geological Survey
A whopping 20,716 government schools in Odisha do not have proper toilets for girls. According to the status of school toilets posted by Union Ministry of Human Resource Development, following emphasis
The swelling Babai River has claimed 51 lives, left hundreds missing and caused thousands to be displaced from their homes in different districts, including Dang. A total of 51 persons--23 from Surkhet,
GORKHA, Aug 18: As many as 50 houses at Karauja VDC in the northern belt of the district are at high risk of landslide. Locals are worried about the possible damage to their land and property as the
Power Clouds, a global renewable energy project that encourages citizens around the world to collectively build photovoltaic power plants, has released metrics for its first year of activity. Since its
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to establish a high-level National Food Security Council (NFSC) in order to develop national policy for long term sustainability of agriculture on profitable basis.
CHITRAL: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has allocated Rs8.6 billion for construction of six medium sized hydropower projects in Chitral, having 527 megawatt generation capacity. Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development
High iron railings on the central verge forcing the pedestrians to use the foot over-bridge (FOB), which is equipped with escalators on either side, seems to have made the FOB outside the Kashmere Gate
KARACHI: A total of 10 ‘high-risk’ districts in Sindh, including Karachi, have been identified vis-à-vis the consistent presence of wild poliovirus, it emerged on Sunday. Most of the districts that
The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) has embarked on a new project to construct a bio-gas plant in Matara expanding the scope of its “Pilisaru” national solid waste management program. The plant
The Bagmati river banks will soon witness greenery as a number of private and government entities have expressed interest to carry out plantation and maintenance work in the area. The High Power Committee
At least 98 people have been killed in incidents of flood and landslide across the county since Thursday, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs. The National Emergency Operations Centre stated on Sunday
The Punjab government has banned ‘junk food’ in and around schools. Instructions were issued by Director General of School Education cum state Project Director under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan programme a
Monday, August 18, 2014 - Srinagar—Concerned at the continued and sharp deterioration of general quality of environment and ecology of Jammu & Kashmir, Kashmir Centre for Social and Developmental Studies
Zhob—Congo fever claimed another life raising death toll to four persons in a week. Health official said on Sunday. Sultan 25, resident of Zhob city suffering from Congo hemorrhagic fever expired during
Twenty-eight persons have died so far in Uttar Pradesh in floods which have hit the state with several rivers flowing above the danger mark and posing a threat to more than 1,000 villages in the affected
HUNDREDS of protesters on Saturday asked the government to refrain from setting any garbage transfer or dumping station within the Panthakunja Park to the west of the Sonargaon Hotel in the city. From
BHOLA : Onrush of water from the upstream and heavy rainfall over the last couple of days flooded more than 50 villages in three upazilas in the district, leaving about 2 lakh people marooned, reports
The BARI chief acknowledged the issue and told the Dhaka Tribune that October-November would be the appropriate season for brinjal cultivation Despite an apparent failure in the pilot project last year,
