Bhopal, April 19 (IANS) As part of efforts to give a boost to the 'Cheetah Project', the first four of the eight cheetahs to be brought to India from southern Africa will arrive in the country in May. The eight big cats will be brought to India from Botswana in two phases, media reports quoted officials as saying on Saturday.
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in Delhi has issued a public advisory cautioning passengers about possible flight delays on Friday afternoon due to shifting wind patterns in its surrounding areas.
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has reflected upon the challenges related to her high-voltage assignment, claiming that the 'decay' in the city due to the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government is likely to take some time for reversal.
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Thursday inspected the Ghazipur landfill site in east Delhi and reviewed the progress of remediation work and assessed the current environmental and infrastructural conditions.
Islamabad, April 17 (IANS) A destructive hailstorm ripped through parts of Pakistan's capital Islamabad and provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), claiming lives of at least five people and damaging properties and standing crops worth millions.
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Cleantech company Attero on Wednesday said it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), an autonomous institute under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), to advance solar panel recycling in India.
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The seasonal rainfall during the Southwest Monsoon (June to September) over the country as a whole this year is most likely to be above normal, at over 104 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA), the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced on Tuesday.
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) have found different climatic drivers behind back-to-back extreme heat events experienced by South Asian countries including India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
New Delhi: Every winter, Delhi makes headlines for all the wrong reasons. Thick smog covers the city, pollution levels skyrocket, and air quality drops to hazardous levels. It’s a crisis that returns year after year, and while the government takes action during these peak months, the bigger question remains: are we doing enough, and more importantly, are we doing it all year round?
New Delhi: India's economic growth story has been defined by its ambitious national programmes, from MGNREGA to Skill India, which have strengthened rural livelihoods and lifted millions out of poverty. But for truly inclusive development, top-down policies must be complemented by bottom-up innovation.
