Illegal cross-border drug smuggling on the rise in Manipur
IMPHAL: Illegal cross-border smuggling of drugs from neighbouring Myanmar to Manipur is witnessing a rapid rise despite measures being undertaken by law enforcers to...
Priyanka slams govt over economic 'slowdown'
NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday hit out at the Modi government over an alleged economic slowdown in the country,...
Krishna, Godavari in spate in AP; Nearly 10,000 people shifted in 2 districts
AMARAVATI(AP): Close to 10,000 people have been moved to relief camps in Guntur and Krishna districts of Andhra Pradesh as inflow of about 8...
Delhi's air quality has been oscillating between good and satisfactory categories for the past one week, making it one of the longest spells of clean air in the national capital this year, authorities said on Friday.
NEW DELHI: Delhi's air quality has been oscillating between good and satisfactory categories for the past one week, making it one of the longest...
July 2019 hottest month on record for planet US agency
WASHINGTON: July 2019 temperatures were the hottest ever recorded globally, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Thursday, confirming earlier observations by...
Manipur's 9-yr-old green ambassador wants to create awareness on nature conservation
IMPHAL: A nine-year-old girl, who has been appointed as the state's green ambassador after a video showing her crying over felled trees won hearts...
World warned: change now or endanger food and climate
GENEVA: Humanity faces increasingly painful trade-offs between food security and rising temperatures within decades unless it curbs emissions and stops unsustainable farming and deforestation,...
India facing "extremely high" water stress: Report
WASHINGTON: India is among the 17 countries, which are home to a quarter of the world's population, facing "extremely high" water stress, close to...
822 mn suffer from chronic malnutrition, FAO says
ROME: Almost 822 million people suffered from chronic malnutrition and about 2,000 million had food insecurity in 2018, the Food and Agriculture Organization of...
Early menstruation linked to higher diabetes risk
NEW YORK: Early onset of menstruation is associated with a higher risk of Type-2 diabetes, but body mass index (BMI) may mediate this link,...