DEHRADUN: There will be no respite from the heat as temperatures rose to 5-6 degrees above normal in the hills of Uttarakhand. “Normally, the temperature in the hill areas, especially at the altitude of 2,000 meters, remains at around 24-25 degrees. However, it is touching 29-30 nowadays. Hill stations like Mussoorie, Nainital, Mukteshwar, Tehri are […]
NEW DELHI: After a lull for almost three months, India recorded more than 5,000 COVID cases in the last 24 hours according to the Union Health ministry’s daily updates. On Tuesday 5,233 new cases were recorded in a single day spike in the last 24 hours. However, the trend shows an escalation in cases in […]
SHIMLA: Wear half-sleeve shirts, stay indoors in the afternoon and turn on the fan or the air-conditioner. It was an advisory usually seen for the Indian plains that scorched during the summer. But not anymore as the effects of global warming were seen on the alluring hill stations of Himachal Pradesh – that attract hordes […]
NANGLI (NOIDA): While we are very much aware of the dangers of cigarette smoke, very few of us are aware of the danger posed by the toxic butts of the light. “I am a non-smoker, I assume that cigarette buds are made of cotton and it will degrade itself in some time. But I learnt […]
NEW DELHI: Amid impending climate change and the earth’s rising temperature, a team of 150 experts from 35 countries went on a ‘carbon negative expedition’ to Antarctica to emphasise the preservation of the ocean and raise awareness. Policymakers, environmentalists, climatologists, entrepreneurs and students, including 18 Indians, commenced the 12-day journey on March 17 this year […]