Heavy downpour lashes Kolkata, impede Navami celebrations
Oct 11, 2016, at 02:47 am
Kolkata, Oct 10 (IBNS): A heavy rainfall lashed Kolkata and its outskirts on Monday, impeding pandal hopping on the penultimate day of this year's Durga Puja.
At least 330 die as Hurricane Matthew tears through Haiti
Oct 07, 2016, at 04:33 pm
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct 7 (IBNS): The number of people killed in Haiti by Hurricane Matthew, which hit the nation on Thursday, has touched 330, according to The Guardian.
Hurricane Matthew: Death toll touches 264 in Haiti
Oct 07, 2016, at 03:11 pm
Washington, Oct 7 (IBNS): The death toll due to Hurricane Matthew, which hit Haiti , has touched 264, media reports said.
ASI-protected historical monuments and archaeological sites in India declared polythene free zones
Oct 06, 2016, at 10:54 pm
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IBNS): All ASI-protected historical monuments and archaeological sites in India have been declared polythene free zones, the Union Minsitry of Culture announced on Thursday.
Steel Minister visits SAIL on second anniversary of Swachh Bharat
Oct 02, 2016, at 10:06 pm
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IBNS): Union Minister of Steel Birender Singh visited Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) head quarters on Sunday and reviewed the cleanliness activities undertaken by the company on second anniversary of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
Cabinet approves ratification of the Paris Agreement
Sep 28, 2016, at 10:27 pm
New Delhi, Sept 28 (IBNS): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday given its approval to ratify the Paris Agreement (on Climate Change) on Oct 2, the day of Gandhi Jayanti.
WHO releases country estimates on air pollution exposure and health impact
Sep 28, 2016, at 04:30 am
Geneva, Sept 27 (IBNS): A new WHO air quality model confirms that 92% of the world’s population lives in places where air quality levels exceed WHO limits*. Information is presented via interactive maps, highlighting areas within countries that exceed WHO limits.
U.S. Consulate organises Kolkata Air Quality workshop and round-table meet
Sep 27, 2016, at 04:45 pm
Kolkata, Sept 27 (IBNS): U.S. Consulate organized a workshop on ‘air quality issues’ in Kolkata and the action plan was shared at a round-table meet on Saturday in Kolkata.
UN chief lauds India's decision to ratify Paris climate agreement
Sep 26, 2016, at 08:37 pm
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IBNS): Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, lauded India for the swift decision to ratify the Paris climate change agreement, COP21, media reported on Monday.
Sep 25, 2016, at 10:14 pm
Suva, Sept 25 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter Scale hit Fiji on Sunday, officials said.
Army alerted as more rain forecast for Hyderabad
Sep 24, 2016, at 07:55 pm
Hyderabad, Sep 24 (IBNS): The Army has been alerted and a 60-member strong NDRF force is in Hyderabad after severe rains resulted in flooding in the city and elsewhere in Andhra and Telangana, according to media reports on Saturday.
6.3 earthquake hits Philippines' Mindanao island
Sep 24, 2016, at 01:49 pm
Davao, Sept 24 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck off the Philippine’s Mindanao island on Saturday, USGS confirmed.
Sep 23, 2016, at 03:01 pm
Tokyo, Sept 23 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter Scale hit Japan on Friday, officials said.
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.