Vistara will stop giving plastic water bottles on board its flights, in a bid to reduce plastic usage. The airline, which had earlier banned chewing of gutka on its flights, on Wednesday said it “plans
New Delhi: Rich countries blame India and other developing nations for the world
New Delhi: Faced with resistance from within and outside to his advocacy for a dramatic change of stand on climate change negotiations, environment minister Jairam Ramesh was in damage control mode on Tuesday. Backtracking on many of his controversial propositions, the environment minister denied that he had strayed from the stance India had so far taken.
Chandigarh: The cold desert of Lahaul and Spiti, till now known to supply high quality potatoes and peas to the country when the crop in most parts is almost over, is slowly capturing the market with its apples. In its nascent stage yet, apples from this part of Himachal have already wrested a market share, which is growing with each passing year.
New Delhi: With Uttar Pradesh curtailing water supply to the Bhagirathi and Sonia Vihar plants for an additional eight days due to annual maintenance of the Ganga Canal, Delhi is likely to face a serious water crisis till the city makes alternative arrangements.
Against Target Of 135 Schemes, Only 17 Cleared Since Jan Dipak Kumar Dash | TNN New Delhi: This could be an indicator of how the ambitious highway development programme has been a nonstarter in UPA-2. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has awarded only 17 projects for 1,574 km since January against the plan of awarding 135 projects (14,384 km) in the current financial.
New Delhi: Faced with resistance from within and outside to his advocacy for a dramatic change of stand on climate change negotiations, environment minister Jairam Ramesh was in damage control mode on Tuesday. Backtracking on many of his controversial propositions, the environment minister denied that he had strayed from the stance India had so far taken.
Washington: A meteorite more than 40 kms wide and hurtling towards Earth at 58,000 miles per hour that killed dinosaurs 65 million years ago had actually crash-landed off India
New Delhi: In a move that will make travel between Delhi and national capital region cities like Noida and Ghaziabad a lot simpler and cheaper, taxis and radio cabs plying between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh will not be required to pay any tax at the border from Wednesday.
NEW DELHI: A day after Diwali, the city roads were littered with burnt crackers and extravagant wrappings in which gifts and sweet boxes were packed. According to Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the solid waste produced by the city increased by nearly 25-30% on the day after Diwali.
NEW DELHI: A soft drink company has been fined Rs 1 lakh and directed to pay Rs 50,000 compensation to a doctor who suffered food poisoning and had to be hospitalised after consuming a cola that reportedly contained fungus.
