Harsh Vardhan unveils India's National Biotechnology Development Strategy 2015-2020
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IBNS) – The National Biotechnology Development Strategy 2015-20, aimed at making India a world-class bio-manufacturing hub, was unveiled Wednesday by Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, and his junior minister of same department YS Chowdary.
Poachers kill a rhino in Kaziranga
Guwahati, Dec 27 (IBNS) : Poachers killed an one horned rhinoceros in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park (KNP) on Saturday night, officials said.
CSE welcomes govt's move to tighten pollution norms for coal-based power sector
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IBNS): Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the steps taken by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to tighten the pollution norms for coal-based power sector, which is one of the most polluting sectors of the Indian industry in India.
Chilling weather freezes Kashmir
Srinagar, Dec 23 (IBNS) Cold wave continued to intensify its grip over the Kashmir Valley as its residents prepared themselves for ‘Chillai Kalan’, the harshest 40-day period of winter, which started from Monday.
Impact of El Nino could be worst in 18 years in southern Africa, warns UN 'special alert'
New York, Dec 23 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Crop and livestock production prospects in southern Africa have been weakened by this year’s powerful El Nino, while the phenomenon is also impacting agricultural sectors in northern Australia, parts of Indonesia and a wide swathe of Central America and Brazil, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday.
NASA orders second Boeing Crew Mission to International Space Station
California, Dec 19 (IBNS) NASA on Saturday said it took an important step Friday to establish regular crew missions that will launch from the United States to the International Space Station with the order of its second post-certification mission from Boeing Space Exploration of Houston.
NASA astronauts to conduct spacewalk as early as Monday
California, Dec 19 (IBNS) Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA are preparing for a previously unscheduled spacewalk outside the International Space Station on either Monday or Tuesday.
CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer passes the baton to Fabiola Gianotti
Geneva, Dec 19 (IBNS) The 178th session of the CERN Council witnessed the handover ceremony from Rolf Heuer, CERN’s Director-General for the past seven years, to Fabiola Gianotti, who will take up her functions at the head of the Organization on Jan 1, 2016.
As wars, floods and droughts displace millions, UN refugee agency urges tackling root causes
New York, Dec 17 (Just Earth News/IBNS) With conflicts in the Middle East and Africa driving unprecedented numbers of people from their homes while floods and droughts wreak havoc with lives and livelihoods in Asia, the United Nations refugee agency on Wednesday brought together Governments and civil society to address the root causes of displacement.
CSE welcomes SC judgment over Delhi pollution issue
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IBNS): Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the landmark judgment from the Chief Justice bench of the Supreme Court of India that has stopped registration of all luxury diesel cars and SUVs with engine size of 2,000 cc in the entire national capital region of Delhi until March 2016.
India successfully launches six Singaporean satellites: ISRO
Chennai, Dec 16 (IBNS) India's PSLV rocket on Wednesday successfully launched six Singaporean satellites, officials said.
New York, Dec 16 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Citing remarkable achievement of the information and communication technologies (ICT) for development, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that the focus now lies on bridging the digital divide to facilitate inclusive Internet access for all in order to enable the implementation of Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development.
New York, Dec 16 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The President of the 193-member United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday vowed to begin the hard work of carrying out the Paris Agreement on climate change, reminding the world that at a time of great division, the unity, leadership and collective responsibility demonstrated in the French capital should not be forgotten.
NASA examines Global Impacts of the 2015 El Nino
California, Dec 16 (Just Earth News/IBNS) People the world over are feeling, or soon will feel, the effects of the strongest El Nino event since 1997-98, currently unfolding in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. New satellite observations are beginning to show scientists its impact on the distribution of rain, tropospheric ozone and wildfires around the globe.
COP21: a 'green' UN climate change conference, from electric cars to the power of human energy
New York, Dec 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS): With countries reaching a new agreement at the United Nations climate change conference (COP21), the global meeting has been qualified as a "monumental triumph" by top UN officials. While many continued to hail the outcome document as the walls of COP21 were torn down on Sunday, the UN News Centre looked back on other aspects that contributed "positive energy" to the two-week event.