Environment
Taiwan quake kills 7, leaves dozens hurt or missing
06 Feb 2016
Rescuers pulled 247 survivors from the rubble in the worst-hit Tainan city that left seven dead and several dozens hurt or missing
Government shuts 150 polluting units along Ganga
21 Jan 2016
2015 hottest year since 1880; easily beats 2014 record
21 Jan 2016
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the average temperature across the globe was 0.9 Celsius above the 20th century average. Corroborating the findings, space agency NASA said the change was largely human-made
After VW, Renault to cut diesel emissions
19 Jan 2016
Renault’s sales have suffered after the French government named the company among auto makers that sold cars in violation of pollution standards – but authorities added that it hasn’t actually cheated on emission tests
Can Mumbai have odd-even car scheme, asks HC
16 Jan 2016
SC slams pleas against Delhi’s odd-even scheme
14 Jan 2016
81 whales stranded, over 45 die on Tamil coast
13 Jan 2016
Experts blame undersea activity for the beaching of the short-finned pilot whales on the shore of a village in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin district. Local fishermen and wildlife authorities managed to tow 36 of the whales back to sea
India sitting on earthquake of Himalayan proportions
08 Jan 2016
The home ministry’s disaster management experts have warned that the recent earthquakes in Sikkim, Manipur and Nepal have created tectonic strains that could result in quakes larger than 8.2 on the Richter scale
India to jump from BS-IV to BS-VI fuel from 2020
07 Jan 2016
Global warming likely cause of Siberia’s mystery craters
07 Jan 2016
Images of the giant craters in Siberia, around 1 km in diameter, have gone viral on the social media, attributed to everything from meteorite strikes to aliens. But latest investigations say they are due to global warming and the release of greenhouse gas methane
At least 6 killed as 6.7 magnitude quake hits northeast
04 Jan 2016
Apart from reports of six deaths so far, dozens were injured in the scramble to escape buildings in India and Bangladesh after they were woken by the early morning tremor
Cabinet approves Rs5,000-cr subsidy for solar rooftops
31 Dec 2015
The cabinet decision will help provide subsidies for residential and institutional solar rooftop power generation and ensure speedy payment by power distribution companies to roof-top power suppliers