Environment
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
Delhi all set to implement odd-even scheme
29 Dec 2015
US south hit by severe tornadoes, 11 killed
26 Dec 2015
Humans began altering natural world 6,000 years ago
23 Dec 2015
New research finds that human activity had reached a tipping point 6,000 years ago, as hunting and farming had by then impacted the natural world in irreversible ways - changes that have continued to increase to this day
Life exploded on Earth after slow rise of oxygen
21 Dec 2015
Delhi pollution leading to underweight babies: study
17 Dec 2015
The study conducted in association with the London School of Hygiene found that toxic gases in the air were not only affecting foetus growth but also leading to premature death
Bottled mountain air sees runaway sales in China
16 Dec 2015
Canadian Moses Lam may just have an out-of-the-box solution for Delhi’s pollution – his air bottled in a ski resort is selling like hot cakes in China, which also has a smog problem