Heavy snowfall in Uttarkashi brings normal life to standstill

Amid rising environmental problems, over 300 children from India presented their recommendations on the draft of UN General Comment 26 (GC 26) to Mikiko Otani, the United Nations Chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Annually the date December 2 is observed as National Pollution Control Day to commemorate the lives lost in the Bhopal Gas tragedy of 1984.

New Delhi [India], November 24 (ANI): Renewable energy startup Ohmium International, through its Indian subsidiary, has shipped its first unit of electrolyzer from India to the United States, as a first step towards establishing India as a global hub for green hydrogen generation, said the company on Wednesday.

New Delhi [India], October 4 (ANI): On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, child Earth Pro-Activists' from 52 countries including Australia, UK, Mozambique, Chile, Peru, Canada, Bahrain, USA, Nepal, Pakistan, Sierra Leone and many more came under one virtual roof on the culmination day of ERth Summit to honour the 152nd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): A new study by a team of scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur shows a significant reduction of heavy metal pollution during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Ganga water, informed the Ministry of Science and Technology on Monday.

New Delhi [India], November 21 (ANI): India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted depression over Southwest Bay of Bengal during the next 48 hours.

New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): Meghalaya along some other north-eastern states are likely to be battered by heavy downpour on Sunday, predicted India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 19 (ANI): Large volcanic eruptions can help to forecast the monsoon over India - the seasonal rainfall that is key for the country's agriculture and thus for feeding one billion people. As erratic as they are, volcanic eruptions improve the predictability, an Indian-German research team finds.

New Delhi [India], September 11 (ANI): Some isolated places over Goa are likely to receive rainfall in the next few hours, predicted India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday.

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 6 (ANI): Coastal Karnataka is likely to receive widespread rainfall from September 6 to September 10, predicted CS Patil, Director, India Meteorological Department (IMD), Bengaluru.