Climate change and multilateralism figure high on first day of UN General Assembly debate

Sep 26, 2018, at 11:20 am

New York, Sept 26 (IBNS): If there was one issue that was a recurrent theme on Tuesday on the first day of the United Nations General Assembly's annual general debate, it was the potentially catastrophic impact of climate change , from Secretary-General António Guterres’s opening address warning global Heads of State and Government  that “its speed has provoked a sonic boom SOS across the world”, to individual leaders highlighting their individual vulnerabilities.

Two mild intensity earthquakes hit Assam

Sep 25, 2018, at 10:29 am

Guwahati, Sep 25 (IBNS): Two mild intensity earthquakes rocked Assam on Tuesday morning.

Conflicts and extreme climate change threatens access to food in 39 countries – UN agriculture report

Sep 21, 2018, at 08:31 am

New York, Sept 21 (IBNS): Unrelenting conflict and rapid climate change is continuing to reshape agriculture across the world, and contributing to major food shortages across 39 countries, which continue to rely on help from the United Nations to meet their food needs, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday.

UN chief concerned over havoc of Typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines

Sep 18, 2018, at 08:35 am

New York, Sept 18 (IBNS): Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday that he was saddened by the “loss of life and extensive destruction” caused by Typhoon Mangkhut across the Philippines

More than 65 million ‘low-carbon jobs’ can be created by 2030: UN-backed Climate Summit urges action ‘to the next level’

Sep 17, 2018, at 10:00 am

New York, Sept 17 (IBNS): New UN-backed commitments to take action against the damaging effects of climate change, could result in $26 trillion in economic benefits worldwide, and help create 65 million new “low-carbon jobs” by 2030 – the deadline for the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Now is a ‘pivotal time for climate action’ says UN chief, looking to ozone layer gains

Sep 17, 2018, at 09:48 am

New York, Sept 17 (IBNS): With record-breaking heat once again enveloping the earth this year, United Nations Secretary-GeneralAntónio Guterres said it was also “a pivotal time for climate action”, marking  the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, on Sunday.

Mahindra Group to go Carbon Neutral by 2040

Sep 14, 2018, at 05:46 pm

California Sept 14 (IBNS):Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), India’s leading manufacturer of utility vehicles and part of the USD 20.7 billion Mahindra Group, on Friday announced its commitment to become a carbon neutral company by 2040.

Arunachal flood : Six people die, several houses-vehicles washed away

Sep 14, 2018, at 05:40 pm

Itanagar, Sept 14 (IBNS): Floods wreaked havoc in Arunachal Pradesh after flood water washed away at least six people and several houses in the capital complex area on Friday morning. 

Arunachal flood : Four people, several houses wash away

Sep 14, 2018, at 01:40 pm

Itanagar, Sep 14 (IBNS): Floods wreaked havoc in Arunachal Pradesh as at least four people and several houses were washed away in the capital complex area on Friday morning.

Philippines: Typhoon Mangkhut to make landfall on Saturday; thousands evacuate homes

Sep 14, 2018, at 11:28 am

Manila, Sept 14 (IBNS): Thousands of people have evacuated their homes in Philippines as the country is bracing for a super storm this weekend.

West Bengal: Youth dies after falling down stairs during earthquake evacuation

Sep 12, 2018, at 03:44 pm

Kolkata/Siliguri, Sep 12 (IBNS): A 22-year-old man died after falling down stairs while evacuating his house at Santinagar area in Siliguri city in northern West Bengal's Darjeeling district on Wednesday morning, during a mild earthquake that shook Assam, Sikkim and parts of West Bengal, reports said.

Multiple tremors in different parts of India

Sep 12, 2018, at 12:24 pm

New Delhi, Sept 12 (IBNS) : Mild to low intensity of earthquakes shook different parts of north eastern, eastern and northern India on Wednesday morning, triggering panic among the people, reports said.

4.6 earthquake hits Jammu and Kashmir, no casualty

Sep 12, 2018, at 09:51 am

Srinagar, Sept 12 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter Scale hit Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday,  as per India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Devastating storms like Hurricane Florence ‘unusual this far north’: UN weather agency

Sep 12, 2018, at 08:55 am

New York, Sept 12 (IBNS): In another manifestation of extreme weather conditions, hurricanes as strong as the Category 4 storm Florence - barreling towards the coast of the Carolinas in the United States - are rarely seen so far north, the United Nation’s weather agency (WMO) confirmed on Tuesday.

‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ clean-up project launches trial run: UN Environment

Sep 11, 2018, at 08:39 am

New York, Sept 11 (IBNS): A trial run of an innovative system designed to clean up the world’s seas and oceans, founded by UN Environment Programme (UNEP)  “Champion of the Earth” laureate Boyan Slat, has set off from San Francisco, in a bid to begin the removal of the so-called Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

‘Direct existential threat’ of climate change nears point of no return, warns UN chief

Sep 11, 2018, at 08:36 am

New York, Sept 11 (IBNS): The world risks crossing the point of no return on climate change, with disastrous consequences for people across the planet and the natural systems that sustain them, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday, calling for more leadership and greater ambition for climate action, to reverse course.

Uneven progress on climate action at Bangkok conference

Sep 10, 2018, at 03:17 pm

New York, Sept 10 (IBNS): Climate change talks wrapped up in Bangkok today, leaving several issues still to be resolved.

3.8 earthquake hits Haryana, tremors felt in New Delhi

Sep 09, 2018, at 07:45 pm

New Delhi, Sept 9 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter Scale hit Haryana's Jhajjar district as tremors of it were felt in Delhi and the National Capital Region on Sunday, officials said.

Earthquake tremors hit Delhi, NCR, say reports

Sep 09, 2018, at 05:39 pm

New Delhi, Sept 9 (IBNS): Earthquake tremors were felt in New Delhi and  the National Capital Region on Sunday.

Backed by UN agency, countries set to take on deadly livestock-killing disease

Sep 08, 2018, at 08:48 am

New York, Sept 8 (IBNS): Gathered at a major United Nations agricultural conference, over 45 countries today pledged to eradicate by 2030 a highly contagious and devastating disease responsible for the death of millions of small farm animals, at cost of more than $2 billion each year.

Backed by UN agency, countries set to take on deadly livestock-killing disease

Sep 08, 2018, at 08:48 am

New York, Sept 8 (IBNS): Gathered at a major United Nations agricultural conference, over 45 countries today pledged to eradicate by 2030 a highly contagious and devastating disease responsible for the death of millions of small farm animals, at cost of more than $2 billion each year.

Infosys and Temasek announce Joint Venture in Singapore

Sep 07, 2018, at 08:10 pm

Singapore ,Sept 7 (IBNS): IT giant Infosys announced the formation of a joint venture with Temasek, the global investment company headquartered in Singapore.

Political party hoardings scarring Kolkata should be removed: Roopa Ganguly

Sep 06, 2018, at 06:55 pm

Kolkata, Sep 6 (IBNS): Hoardings of political parties are part of the collective garbage that ails Kolkata, said actor and BJP Rajya Sabha MP Roopa Ganguly while speaking at the second Behtar India Go Green City summit, presented by DHFL Pramerica Life Insurance, at Birla High School.

Powerful earthquake rocks Japan, triggers landslides, power outage; two killed, many injured and missing

Sep 06, 2018, at 12:58 pm

Tokyo, Sept 6 (IBNS) : A strong earthquake, measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale rocked Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido on early Thursday, triggering a series of landslides and  left at least two dead, 125 injured and many missing. 

Runaway climate change still “a real possibility”: UN Secretary-General

Sep 06, 2018, at 09:43 am

New York, Sept 6 (IBNS): Greater ambition, urgency and action are needed if we are to prevent ever greater climate-related crises, said UN Chief Antonió Guterres on Wednesday, at the launch of the 2018 New Climate Economy report, at UN Headquarters in New York

Three more die in Kerala rat fever disease

Sep 03, 2018, at 05:15 pm

Thiruvanthapuram, Sept 3 (IBNS) : Three more people have died of leptospirosis or 'rat fever' over Saturday and Sunday as Kerala limps back to normal after a devastating flood, media reports said.

Climate change increasing the prevalence of harmful parasite, warn scientists

Sep 02, 2018, at 06:49 pm

London, Sept 2 (IBNS): A rise in a parasite called liver fluke, which can significantly impact livestock production in farms in the UK and across the world, could now be helped by a new predictive model of the disease aimed at farmers.

Red alert in Arunachal Pradesh as water discharge by China threatens inundation

Aug 31, 2018, at 02:18 pm

Itanagar, Aug 31 (IBNS) : A red alert has been sounded in Arunachal Pradesh as high discharge of water from China, the highest in 50 years, threatens to submerge at least 12 villages along the river Siang.

Adapt, move or die: animals and plants react to climate change, reveals study

Aug 30, 2018, at 09:56 pm

Birmingham, Aug 30 (IBNS): Nature is on the move as plants and animals react to the threat of extinction from climate change by changing their location or behaviour – a critical review reveals.

6.2 earthquake hit Lombok Island, no casualty so far

Aug 28, 2018, at 04:01 pm

Jakarta, Aug 28 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale hit Indonesia's Lombok Island on Tuesday, as per United States Geological Survey website.