User friendly Earthquake Hazard Zoning Maps with Tehsil level details released
Sep 21, 2016, at 12:08 am
New Delhi, Sept 20 (IBNS): To enable earthquake resistant construction, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Building Materials Technology Promotion Council (BMPTC) have come out with ‘easy to use’ Earthquake Hazard Zoning Maps at the Country, State and District level incorporating Tehsil level features.
Climate change means land use will need to change to keep up with global food demand, say scientists
Sep 20, 2016, at 09:43 pm
London, Sept 20 (IBNS): A team of researchers led by the University of Birmingham warns that without significant improvements in technology, global crop yields are likely to fall in the areas currently used for production of the world’s three major cereal crops, forcing production to move to new areas.
Sep 15, 2016, at 03:16 pm
Beijing, Sept 15 (IBNS): A powerful typhoon Meranti made landfall in Xiang'an district of China's Xiamen City on Thursday,media reports said.
3.7 earthquake hits Manipur, no casualty
Sep 15, 2016, at 12:40 am
Imphal, Sept 14 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter Scale hit Manipur on Wednesday, officials said.
Sikkim cleanest Indian state: Ministry
Sep 13, 2016, at 05:51 pm
New Delhi, Sept 13 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Sikkim has been adjudged the cleanest state in the country among 26 states on the condition of sanitation in rural areas and its four districts have been ranked among top ten districts in the country in sanitations and cleanliness, according to latest report "Swachh Survekshan Gramin 2016 " released by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
Slight earthquake hits Haryana, tremors felt in Delhi
Sep 11, 2016, at 03:38 am
New Delhi, Sept 10 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter Scale hit Jhajjar in Haryana as tremors were felt in Delhi,Noida and Gurgaon, officials said.
India participates in massive multi-national Tsunami drill to evacuate 40,000 people
Sep 07, 2016, at 06:36 pm
New Delhi, Sept 7 (IBNS) : A large scale evacuation of 40,000 people in three hours is underway in some coastal areas as India coordinates with the UNESCO in a massive Tsunami drill, in which 23 countries are participating.
Greenpeace India urges power sector to think beyond coal
Sep 07, 2016, at 01:07 am
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS): As the who's who of the coal and power ministry attended a conference themed 'Indian Coal: Sustaining the Momentum' in the capital on Tuesday, Greenpeace India hosted a parallel press conference at the same venue, questioning the wisdom behind sustaining an obsolete polluting industry that plays such a large role in worsening global climate change.
'Slight' earthquake hits Nepal
Sep 05, 2016, at 02:43 pm
Kathmandu, Sept 5 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter Scale hit Nepal on Monday.
IUCN-led panel warns critically endangered whales in Russia still under threat
Sep 04, 2016, at 05:38 pm
Hawaii, Sep 4 (IBNS): The critically endangered western gray whale population that feeds in Russia’s Far East waters is slowly showing signs of recovery, but their numbers and range are still at risk from industry activity in the region, according to a new report titled Stories of Influence, released on Saturday at the IUCN World Conservation Congress.
IUCN Congress: New partnership to conserve key biodiversity areas
Sep 04, 2016, at 05:03 pm
Hawaii, Sep 4 (IBNS): Eleven of the world’s leading conservation organisations, on Saturday,announced a new partnership to identify, map, monitor and conserve Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) – places that include vital habitats for threatened species – with more than US$15 million committed over the next five years.
Jupiter's North Pole unlike anything encountered in Solar System
Sep 03, 2016, at 02:04 pm
California, Sept 3 (IBNS): NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent back the first-ever images of Jupiter’s north pole, taken during the spacecraft’s first flyby of the planet with its instruments switched on. The images show storm systems and weather activity unlike anything previously seen on any of our solar system’s gas-giant planets.
Twelve at risk aquatic species under new protection Act of Canada
Sep 03, 2016, at 05:53 am
Ottawa Sept 3 (IBNS): Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, had announced in a news release by Fisheries & Oceans Canada that twelve aquatic species are being proposed for listing under the Species at Risk Act.
Advisory Forecast for Flood in Barak Basin
Sep 02, 2016, at 08:46 pm
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IBNS): The Union Ministry of Water Resources, on Friday, issued an advisory forecast to Assam, Meghalaya and Manipur regarding floods in the Barak Basin..
Air pollution kills over 50,000 a year in Britain, finds study
Aug 31, 2016, at 02:56 pm
London, Aug 31 (IBNS): UK transport planning is not sufficiently taking into account the environmental impacts of transport choices according to researchers from the Centre for Transport and Society and Air Quality Management Resource Centre at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol).
Aug 25, 2016, at 02:07 am
Rome, Aug 24 (IBNS): The earthquake, which rocked Italy on Wednesday, has killed at least 73 people, media reports said.
Aug 24, 2016, at 03:11 pm
Rome, Aug 24 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale hit central Italy on Wednesday.
5.5 earthquake hits Myanmar, no casualty
Aug 23, 2016, at 02:59 pm
Nay Pyi Taw, Aug 23 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter Scale hit Myanmar on Tuesday.
Flood rescue and relief operations by NDRF
Aug 22, 2016, at 08:58 pm
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS): Rescue and relief operations by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in the flood affected districts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh are in full swing, reported the Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday.
Govt forecast for flood in Ken, Betwa Basins
Aug 21, 2016, at 02:05 am
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IBNS): In view of heavy to very heavy rainfall in the States of UP and MP in association with a deep depression centered near Satna on Saturday morning and heavy to very heavy rainfall forecast in East MP and other catchment areas of rivers Ken and Betwa and its tributaries.
6 earthquake hits Japan, no tsunami warning issued
Aug 20, 2016, at 10:19 pm
Tokyo, Aug 20 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6 at the Richter Scale hit Japan's Sanriku Oki region on Saturday, officials said.
Aug 19, 2016, at 09:54 pm
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IBNS) Canal and dam-based rooftop plants can not only produce power but can also potentially save 25 per cent of water evaporation losses in India where water is a critical infrastructure, a recent ASSOCHAM-EY joint study said today.
NASA analysis finds July 2016 is warmest on record
Aug 18, 2016, at 02:14 am
California, Aug 17 (IBNS): July 2016 was the warmest July in 136 years of modern record-keeping, according to a monthly analysis of global temperatures by scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York.
Expert panel confirms Sri Sri's programme damaged Yamuna floodplains
Aug 17, 2016, at 10:19 pm
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS): The Yamuna riverbed near Delhi has been completely destroyed during the World Culture Festival organised here by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in March 2016 , a group of experts informed the National Green Tribunal, India's top environmental court, according to media reports.
Peru: 5.4M quake kills at least 9, 52 others injured
Aug 16, 2016, at 04:31 pm
Lima, Peru, Aug 16 (IBNS): At least nine people were killed and 52 others injured by a 5.4 magnitude earthquake, which struck Peru on Sunday night, reports said.
Greenpeace celebrates Bihar's first solar powered cold storage in Kedia
Aug 14, 2016, at 05:41 pm
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IBNS): Greenpeace volunteers celebrated alongside farmers in Kedia, as the Bihar Labour Resources Minister Vijay Prakash inaugurated the state's first ever solar powered cold storage at Kedia in Jamui on Saturday.
Smart Ganga City scheme launcehd in ten cities
Aug 14, 2016, at 02:00 am
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IBNS): Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti and Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu launched Smart Ganga City Scheme on Saturday in ten important cities through video conference.
MCL conducts plantation drive in Meghalaya
Aug 14, 2016, at 01:29 am
Guwahati, Aug 13 (IBNS) : A plantation drive was organized by Meghalaya Cement Limited (MCL) to protect environment by planting 40,000 saplings of 53 species on Saturday in the industrial premise of MCL in Meghalaya.
PMUY launched at several districts of Odisha today
Aug 12, 2016, at 01:44 am
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IBNS): Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan confirmed the launch of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna (PMUY) at Cuttack, Koraput and Gajapati districts of Odhisha on Thursday.
Petroleum Minister to launch Pradhan Mantari Ujjawala Yojana in Kolkata on Sunday
Aug 12, 2016, at 12:15 am
Kolkata, Aug 11 (IBNS): Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will launch Pradhan Mantari Ujjawala Yojana (PMUY) at Nazrul Manch in Kolkata on Aug 14, 2016, an official release stated.