Central Europe reels under floods, 21
byBerlin, June 10 (IANS) Rivers in Germany, Hungary and the Czech Republic have reached record high levels, and after a week of rain an…
Environment
Shimla chosen for international project to lower greenhouse gases
byShimla: The Queen of the Hills, as Shimla was fondly called by the British, has been shortlisted for a global project to lower greenhouse…
Monsoon covers whole of Odisha
byBhubaneswar, June 10 (IANS) The southwest monsoon, which arrived in Odisha two days ago, advanced rapidly and covered the entire state Monday, an official…
Srinagar’s hot spell to continue
bySrinagar: This Jammu and Kashmir summer capital, which recorded the hottest day of the season at 34.1 degrees Celsius a day ago, is likely…
Environmentalist Erin Brockovich held for drunk boating
byLas Vegas, June 10 (IANS) Erin Brockovich, whose environmental saga was vividly chronicled in a motion picture, was arrested on suspicion of boating while…
Delhi to see partly cloudy Monday
byNew Delhi, June 10 (IANS) It was a clear morning in the capital Monday with the minimum temperature settling at 29.6 degrees Celsius, two…
Torrential rains disrupt Mumbai
byMumbai, June 10 (IANS) Heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai and coastal Maharashtra for the second consecutive day Monday, disrupting normal life in the…
Concretisation sending temperatures up in Ghaziabad: Experts
byGhaziabad, June 9 (IANS) Concretisation of open spaces in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, on the edge of the national capital, has been leading to considerable…
Another hot day in Delhi, similar weather Monday
byNew Delhi, June 9 (IANS) The week ended on a sunny, hot note in the national capital Sunday as the maximum temperature settled a…
Lawrence School students set Mount Everest record
byChandigarh: A team of teenage boys from Lawrence School Sanawar has set a new record as six of its members summitted the world’s highest peak Mount…