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U’khand govt okays building restrictions near Corbett Park
While they await orders which would see the area around Corbett National Park being declared an ecologically-sensitive zone, Uttarakhand forest officials have come up with a proposal to prohibit...
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Steria powers to the top in Environmental Sustainability with the highest CDP...
Noida : Steria, a leading provider of IT-enabled business services, today achieved a position on CDP’s SBF 250 Climate Change Performance Leadership Index (CPLI) and Climate Disclosure Leadership...
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14th Sanctuary Wildlife Awards announced.
Sanctuary Asia, supported by DSP Blackrock and Deutsche Bank, will present the 14th Sanctuary Wildlife Awards. The awards were constituted to recognise the best-in-the-field of wildlife conservation...
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ACREX India 2014 takes a stand for eco-friendly building services
When South Asia’s largest exhibition on Air Conditioning, Refrigeration & Building Services, ACREX India 2014, will open its doors February 27 to March 1, 2014 it will set an example for moving...
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Antarctica hits coldest temp ever recorded on Earth
A remote region in East Antarctica has set a new record for the coldest place on Earth, with temperatures dipping to a bone-chilling minus 93.2 degrees Celsius. The temperatures in several hollows of a...
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Cold digs in heels; Fog returns to disrupt normal life
Northern India shivered in the intense cold on Tuesday with snowfall and rain hitting the region where fog returned to affect normal life at several places. In Delhi, fog disrupted operations at IGI...
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Indonesia builds sanctuary to save world’s rarest rhino
On a leaf-covered dirt path overlooking lush paddy fields in western Indonesia, the world’s rarest rhino had left a trail of hoofprints in the soft mud and bite marks on foliage. For people seeking a...
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North India shivers, Kargil records coldest night
National capital Delhi and the whole of north India continues to reel under severe cold as the temperature plummeted further, claiming more lives in the past few days. The maximum temperature was at...
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India played vital role to reverse climate change: Prez
President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday inaugurate the 37th Indian Social Science Congress-2013 at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh. President Pranab Mukherjee called upon the...
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Snowfall hits Kashmir Valley, Himachal Pradesh; north reels under cold
Heavy snowfall brought New Year’s cheer to Kashmir Valley and Himachal Pradesh while rainfall elsewhere added to the chill on the last day of 2013 as the cold wave kept up its intensity in northern...
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Rare tree-hole breeding odonate found in Western Ghats
A rare odonate species, which is known to use tree holes as a larval habitat, has been found in the southern parts of Western Ghats, a biodiversity hotspot. Experts claim that it is for the first time...
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Fresh spell of snow in Himachal, cold conditions persist
Piercing cold wave conditions continued unabated in Himachal Pradesh as tribal areas and other higher hills had fresh spell of snowfall while the mid and lower hills received moderate rains. The sky...
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Leh reels at minus 17.4 C as Cold wave continues in Kashmir
The mercury continues to be in a free fall in Kashmir and Ladakh divisions as Leh was the coldest recorded place at minus 17.4 degrees Celsius in the state. Last night Leh recorded a plunge of almost...
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Snowfall prompts closure of NH in J&K, avalanche warning in HP
A moderate rise in temperatures on Wednesday did not translate into any great relief from the cold in northern India where fresh snowfall led to the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu...
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First-ever dinosaur fossils from Saudi Arabia discovered
Scientists have discovered the first-ever dinosaur fossils in Saudi Arabia, dating back to 72 million years. Dinosaur fossils are exceptionally rare in the Arabian Peninsula and the newly identified...
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Mercury dips in higher reaches, fog sweeps plains of north
Temperatures plummeted further in the hilly areas of northern India on Sunday even as fog affected normal life at several places in the plains under the unrelenting cold wave sweeping the region....
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Cold claims six lives in North; barring Delhi region shivers
Unabated cold wave claimed six lives in Northern plains on Thursday and temperature in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh hovered around freezing point throwing normal life out of gear. The mercury...
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World’s smallest water lily stolen from London
The tiny ‘Nymphaea Thermarum’ was stolen on Thursday from the Princess of Wales Conservatory, a giant glass house at the gardens in the southwest of the capital, a Scotland Yard statement said....
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Dimension Data Scores High For Its Carbon Emissions Disclosure
Dubai, UAE : Dimension Data, the USD 5.8 billion global IT services and solutions provider, said today that it has been awarded a score of 94 (out of 100) by CDP* for disclosure of its climate change...
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Minimum temperature rises in Punjab, Haryana Chandigarh
The cold conditions relented in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh with the minimum temperature rising up by four degrees Celsius above normal at some areas on Wednesday even as fog enveloped a few parts...
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