Новости за 02.02.2016

Environmentalist and Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) member Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal has criticized the working of the board for failing to meet its mandate on stopping flow of dirty water into natural water channel even several crores have been spent on sewage treatment plants (STPs).

Thirty four beagles stepped out of their cages to freedom from a testing laboratory in Bengaluru on Sunday. The dogs were used for breeding.

Punxsutawney Phil, the Pennsylvania groundhog renowned for his ability to forecast the onset of spring, did not see his shadow after emerging from his burrow on Tuesday morning, predicting an early spring.

The Congress sought answers from the PMO in the wake of a report by a Kolkata-based daily in which the Narendra Modi government is accused of offering freedom for two Italian marines in exchange for evidence linking Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her family to the AgustaWestland chopper scam.

UK's Cambridge University on Tuesday announced that written tests will now be part of the application process in one of the world's most renowned varsity.

Coalition aircraft struck ISIS's new radio station in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, part of Nato's escalating campaign to stop the jihadists in the country. A spokesman said the overnight raid also involved Afghan forces and destroyed an Islamic State broadcaster in Achin district.

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Union environment ministry and the Delhi government to initiate programmes to provide alternative modes of cremation of human remains, saying the traditional method of burning wood emitted hazardous pollutants in the environment.

Nearly 100,000 Lunar New Year travellers in China were stranded in the city of Guangzhou as snow and ice disrupted the world's largest annual human migration. Many trains to the capital of the southern province of Guangdong were delayed after north and central China were hit by the big freeze.

The International Maritime Bureau said in its annual piracy report released on Tuesday that 246 piracy incidents were recorded worldwide, one up from 2014. It said pirates hijacked 15 vessels and held 271 hostages, down from 21 ships and 442 hostages in 2014.

The International Maritime Bureau said in its annual piracy report released on Tuesday that 246 piracy incidents were recorded worldwide, one up from 2014. It said pirates hijacked 15 vessels and held 271 hostages, down from 21 ships and 442 hostages in 2014.

The actor's next release is Maheshinte Prathikaaram

The two actors met in Chennai recently

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed Delhi government to convene a meeting of authorities concerned to mull over the ways for better implementation of pollution control laws and asked it to devise a strategy in this regard.

Tiny bits of plastic that pollute the world's waters may also interfere with oysters' ability to reproduce and thrive, according to a study by researchers in France and Belgium.

India Meteorological Department director general Laxman Singh Rathore said Januray too saw above normal temperatures and the trend is likely to continue in February. Incidentally, 2015 was the hottest year on record. The hot temperatures last year were also observed in November and December and continued in January this year as well.

Britain has reached an agreement with European Union officials on a mechanism to block unwanted EU legislation, a source in Prime Minister David Cameron's office said on Tuesday, in a deal that meets one of Cameron's four main reform targets.

British and EU diplomats raced against time Monday to seal a deal on changes to Britain's membership of the bloc by the end of the day and allow Prime Minister David Cameron to hold a referendum as planned this summer.

For a man who has been helming Indian cricket for nearly nine years now, the short tour of Australia has breathed fresh life into MS Dhoni's captaincy.

For a man who has been helming Indian cricket for nearly nine years now, the short tour of Australia has breathed fresh life into MS Dhoni's captaincy.

For a man who has been helming Indian cricket for nearly nine years now, the short tour of Australia has breathed fresh life into MS Dhoni's captaincy.

Saroj Kumar Jha has been appointed has been tasked by World Bank president Jim Young Kim with providing strategic leadership to address the challenge of fragility, conflict and violence. He is an alumnus of IIT-Kanpur.

A 14-year-old girl from Mysuru paid the price of trusting a 21-year-old man she knew only for five days. Convinced that she will lead a happy married life, she agreed to elope with the truck driver from Rajasthan.