Goa’s popular Baga beach set for a facelift (Goa Newsletter)
byPanaji, May 11 (IANS) Encroachments, rapid erosion, garbage and over-exploitation had cast a dark shadow over the future of Baga beach, one of Goa’s…
Environment
Cloudy morning in Delhi
byNew Delhi, May 11 (IANS) It was a cloudy morning in the capital Saturday with the minimum temperature settling at 24.6 degrees Celsius, a…
Mercury soars to 46.3 degree in Odisha town
byBhubaneswar, May 10 (IANS) The heat wave condition intensified in Odisha with one of its towns Friday recording a maximum temperature of 46.3 degree…
Hot, cloudy day in Delhi, similar Saturday expected
byNew Delhi, May 10 (IANS) It was a hot, cloudy Friday in the capital with the maximum temperature settling a notch above average at…
Siberian bears ‘better behaved’ after hibernation
byMoscow, May 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Bears waking up after winter hibernation in Tomsk in Siberia are better behaved this year than last year, a…
8 killed, many injured; large damage in weather fury in Tripura, Mizoram
byAgartala/Aizawl, May 10 (IANS) Seasonal cyclonic storms accompanied by lightning and rain continued to create devastation in Tripura and Mizoram for the sixth day…
Varanasi citizens file FIRs against polluting Ganga
byLucknow, May 10 (IANS) In a first, citizens of Varanasi Friday lodged police complaints against “unknown” people for polluting the Ganga. The first information…
South Asian MPs to visit Britain for renewable energy dialogue
byNew Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Parliamentarians from India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will be in London next week to understand legislative options and challenges…
UNESCO chief visits two biosphere reserves in Nicaragua
byManagua, May 10 (IANS/EFE) UNESCO director-general Irina Bokova inspected two of the three biosphere reserves in Nicaragua to get a firsthand look at their…
Sunny Friday in Delhi
byNew Delhi, May 10 (IANS) It was a sunny morning in the capital Friday with the minimum temperature settling at 25.2 degrees Celsius, average…