STRICT ANTI-POLLUTION DRIVE IN DELHI AMID DIP IN AIR QUALITY
NEW DELHI: Stricter pollution curbs are expected to kick in soon to tackle the worsening air quality in Delhi and nearby regions with the onset of winter. The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has revised its rules under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to prevent the air quality from deteriorating further. The new […]
INTENSIVE TREMOR FOR 30 SECONDS IN KOLKATA
NEW DELHI: An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck Bangladesh’s Narsingdi, with the tremors being felt in parts of West Bengal, including Kolkata. Many residents in Kolkata took to their social media accounts and said it was an “intense” earthquake. An X user claimed that his building “shook for 30 seconds”. “I think I just experienced […]
PUNJAB, HARYANA PULLED UP AS DELHI CONTINUES TO CHOKE
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Punjab and Haryana to submit detailed data on the steps taken to curb stubble burning, as air quality in Delhi continued to deteriorate, with residents waking up to a thick blanket of smog for a second consecutive day. Counsels representing the two states have been instructed to […]
SC URGED TO DECLARE NATIONAL HEALTH EMERGENCY TO CURB AIR POLLUTION
NEW DELHI: A public interest litigation has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking to curb rising air pollution levels across India. The PIL, filed by one Luke Christopher Countinho (wellness champion for Prime Minister of India’s, Fit India Movement), says that air pollution levels in the country have assumed proportions of a “public health […]
INDIA DELAYED DIGGING RARE EARTH RESERVES FOR 15 YEARS
NEW DELHI: India has the minerals, but not the momentum. Despite holding the world’s third-largest rare earth reserves, it still takes up to 15 years to turn discovery into production. It’s a delay that keeps India digging through paperwork while China digs the earth. In this deep-dive by Adithi Gurkar, geologist and explorer Channamallikarjun B. […]
GREEN CRACKERS ALLOWED IN DELHI-NCR ON DIWALI
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the bursting of green crackers in Delhi-NCR on the occasion of Diwali (October 20) but within a restricted time limit. As per the top court’s order, firecrackers will be allowed only between 6 am and 7 am, and then from 8 pm to 10 pm and will […]
SOLAR POWER ADDED IN TIBET
NEW DELHI: Renewables overtook coal as the globe’s biggest source of electricity in the first half of the year. One reason is that China added more solar and wind capacity than the rest of the world combined. Solar panels stretch to the horizon in Tibet and cover an area seven times the size of Manhattan. […]
CLOUD SEEDING IN DELHI LIKELY TO IMPROVE AIR QUALITY
NEW DELHI: Cloud seeding, GRAP, and green crackers – they might appear to be isolated orders, but the goal is one – curtail pollution in Delhi. Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Wednesday announced that if the weather conditions are favourable, the government will conduct cloud seeding or artificial rain in the coming two […]
DEATH OF DINOSAURS RE-ENGINEERED THE EARTH
NEW DELHI: New research shows how the death of dinosaurs re-engineered Earth. Dinosaurs had such an immense impact on Earth that their sudden extinction led to wide scale changes in landscapes—including the shape of rivers—and these changes are reflected in the geologic record, according to the new study. Scientists have long recognized the stark difference […]
2025 AUTUMN ARRIVES WITH THE SEPTEMBER EQUINOX
AUTUMN ARRIVES WITH THE SEPTEMBER EQUINOX 2025 NEW DELHI, Sept. 22 — The turning of the seasons takes place today with the arrival of the September equinox, when day and night balance almost equally across the planet. At precisely 18:19 UTC (11:49 p.m. IST, 2:19 p.m. EDT, 19:20 BST), the Sun will be positioned directly […]
