Overloaded commercial vehicles plying on the city roads are not only violating motor vehicle rules, but are also damaging environment and the roads. A study conducted by the Central Road Research Institute
Meghalaya coal miners, owners and dealers have called a 12-hour dawn-to-dusk bandh on August 6 in protest against the State Government’s failure to comply with the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) order
Collectors put on alert for exigencies, death toll 16 The flood situation has aggravated in 12 districts of north, central and coastal Odisha following rise in water levels of major rivers like Mahanadi,
People in Ambegaon tehsil are angry over the suggestion by the Geological Survey of India (GSI) that paddy cultivation contributed to the tragedy. "The preliminary report by the GSI pointing to land flattening
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday granted six weeks time to the Centre to set up an independent green regulator which will evaluate projects seeking green clearances, enforce conditions for approvals
The members of Clean Gurgaon, an environmental group working towards making Gurgaon a city with efficient waste management practices, have sent suggestions to the Ministry of Urban Development on its Draft
Disease spreads to south Bengal claiming two lives in Bankura, Murshidabad With over 200 deaths reported because of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in West Bengal, the
Though the city bus service has been stopped for the time being due to the “weak” financial condition of the Municipal Corporation, the High Court directions to the State Transport Department to issue
More than 70,000 people have been evacuated to safety camps after a flood alert in Bihar. “So far there is no rise in the water level of the Kosi river and there is no imminent danger but all precautionary
As part of its plans to increase solar energy production, the Centre is setting up a solar energy park in Karnataka which will be operational by 2019. The Centre has plans to set up five energy parks
BEIJING - About 155,000 people in China's Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi provinces were evacuated as of 9 a.m. Thursday after typhoon Matmo made landfall in Fujian Province Wednesday afternoon. More than
The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) announced on Tuesday it has donated 33.36 million yuan (5.4 million US dollars) to the quake-ravaged areas of southwest China's Yunnan Province. In addition to the
China's work safety authority reported on Tuesday cover-ups in two coal mining accidents that killed 11 people last month. On July 5, a roof collapse at Xingcheng Coal Mine in Heilongjiang province left
China, the world’s biggest supplier of solar panels, may announce policies as soon as this month to encourage solar-power installations at home. Under the policies, the National Energy Administration
Japan’s government is investigating whether solar power projects approved in fiscal 2013 are moving ahead as planned, signaling some of them may be canceled. In a previous investigation of projects
Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province are showing how they are using science and technology to address smog problems in their area. A total of 170 science and technology research projects aimed at tackling
Europe's forests have experienced increased disturbances throughout the 20th Century from wind, bark beetles and wildfires, a study has shown. A team of European-based scientists identified climatic
Singapore's parliament has passed a bill proposing to fine companies that cause haze pollution to the country's air, regardless of whether the companies operate on the island. The bill was drafted after
A 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit central South Africa on Tuesday, killing at least one man and trapping some miners underground, according to emergency services. The U.S. Geological Survey said the tremor
POKHARA: The ongoing dispute between crusher and sand mining entrepreneurs and Kaski DDC over contract for the extraction from Bharatpokhari and Nirmalpokhari in Kaski has worsened of late. While locals
