New delhi : The fierce winds on Sunday afternoon hit some areas of Central Delhi including Rashtrapati Bhawan, Teen Murti, Rajaji Marg, Talkatora, Shanker Road and Pusa Institute harder than the rest of the city. More than 100 trees were either broken or uprooted in these areas.

The geological history of planet Earth shows natural and continual 'warm-cold' phases. A leading scientist says there is no need to panic. Sanjay Pandey reports

In what comes as a contrarian view to popular perception, a leading environmental scientist has said that there was no cause for panic from the so-called threat to the earth from global warming.

CHENNAI: You can tend a garden, recycle materials, ride a bicycle more often than drive a car to contribute in a personal way to the cause of Planet Earth which was imperilled by climate change, Beth Middleton, research ecologist with the National Wetlands Research Center, Louisiana, US, said in her Earth Day lecture on Wednesday.

KOHIMA, April 20: Nikheli has been selling vegetables (indigenous to Nagaland) since 1989. After 20 years of good business, she

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Even a temperature rise of less than 2C has a discernible impact on the planet. The Earths energy balance will then change dramatically, writes Mark Lynas

So, global warming is here, and the world is facing the heat. Here

Climate change will affect basic needs and access to food resources...It will also have an impact on agriculture productivity and fresh water availability }

Ahmedabad : Parth Desai, 19, was playing tennis when he suddenly collapsed after getting spasms. He complained of severe muscle cramps, so much so that the youngster had tears in his eyes. Blame it on the heat wave that has started preying upon unsuspecting citizens.