Washington:Oregon's Bootleg wildfire, currently the largest active blaze in the US, has scorched over 390,000 acres in the US state's Lake and Klamath counties with 32 per cent containment, officials said.

NEW DELHI:The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday said that rainfall intensity over Northwest India is very likely to decrease and further slowdown in intensity and spread is likely from Thursday onwards.

Chamaajnagar (Karnataka):A 40-year-old female elephant died of electrocution at Alathuru village, in Gundlupet taluk, Chamarajanagar district, on Thursday.

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) data shows that the pollution level in the Yamuna has worsened this year.

BENGALURU: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy rain and strong winds for another two days in Bengaluru.

Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh):The carcass of a three-year-old elephant that was found in the Jaspur gate area of Amangarh Tiger Reserve by forest department, had actually died of a festering wound in the leg.

NEW DELHI: Thirty-one of the world's great cities, including Mumbai, will be significantly greener in the years ahead, as leading mayors have committed to further expand, restore and protect urban parks, trees, gardens, ponds, and lakes within their cities.

JAIPUR: Customs officials at the Foreign Post Office on Tuesday intercepted two parcels on the basis of suspicion, and on examination, found them to contain parts of wild birds, including ostrich feathers and a stuffed head of a Greater Bird of Paradise, official said.

HYDERABAD: After nearly 70 days, the Nehru Zoological Park (NZP) reopened to visitors on Sunday, duly following all the Covid-19 precautionary measures.

NEW YORK: The recent deadly heatwave that scorched Canada and parts of the western US would have been "virtually impossible" without the influence of climate change, local media reported.

NEW DELHI: Spelling a sigh of relief from the scorching heat, the monsoon is likely to advance over Delhi and neigbouring West Uttar Pradesh, some parts of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan from July 10.

BEIJING: Heavy rainfall in China's Anhui has affected some 137,000 people across the province's 19 counties, cities and districts, authorities said.

NEW YORK: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted Fiji region at 20:14:38 GMT on Friday, the US Geological Survey said.

CHENNAI: Seizing a parcel containing 107 plastic vials containing foreign spiders, Chennai Air Customs have asked the postal authorities to deport them back to Poland.

CHENNAI: The first test flight of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mk III (GSLV Mk III) that will carry the Indian astronauts to the space later will not happen this year owing to Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown, said a top official of Indian space agency.

SHIMLA: With the surge in demand for natural products, Himachal Pradesh, bestowed with rich biological diversity, has been advocating the cultivation of medicinal plants to supplement farmers' income who largely hold small landholdings, officials said on Monday.

NEW DELHI: Odisha has the singular distinction of being the only State in India to boast of three species of crocodiles. It has freshwater gharials (Gavialis gangeticus)at Satakosiya in Mahanadi, mugger crocodiles (Crocodylus palustris) in Similipal and saltwater crocodiles in Bhitarkanika National Park.

KINSHASA:Nearly 400,000 people have been from Goma, capital of North Kivu provinc in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to safer areas designated over fears of another eruption of the nearby Nyiragongo volcano, according to authorities.

GUWAHATI: The Assam government has taken determined and ambitious decisions and plans to curb poaching of rhinos and protect all animals in the UNESCO world heritage site Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNP & TR), which also faces the brunt of the annual floods.

NEW DELHI: The landfall process of very severe cyclonic storm Yaas has commenced and it would cross North Odisha-West Bengal coasts to the south of Balasore within next three hours with wind speed of 130-140 kmph gusting to 155 kmph.

KOLKATA: The much-dreaded landfall of very severe cyclonic storm Yaas began south of Balasore in Odisha at 9.15 am on Wednesday and it will take another 3 to 3.5 hours to complete the process.

NEW DELHI: Cyclone "Tauktae" is very likely to move north-eastwards and weaken gradually into a well-marked low-pressure area during next 12 hours, the India Meteorological Department said.

MUMBAI: The Indian Navy (IN) and Indian Coast Guard (ICG) continued their search for missing 89 personnel from a barge with 273 people which went adrift and later sank near the Bombay High Fields unable to withstand the fury of Cyclone Tauktae, officials said here on Wednesday.

MYSURU: An elephant calf, stuck in a mud puddle, was rescued by forest officials in the Maleyur range of the Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka.

NEW DELHI: Cyclonic storm "Tauktae" is very likely to reach Gujarat coast on Monday evening and cross Gujarat coast between Porbandar and Mahuva (Bhavnagar district) during early hours on Tuesday as a very severe cyclonic storm with a maximum sustained surface wind speed of 155-165 kmph gusting to 185 kmph.

HYDERABAD: A pair of wild cats were rescued from a poultry farm in Telangana by a team of veterinarians from the Nehru Zoological Park.

SRINAGAR: Thunder accompanied by hailstorm occurred at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday as farmers and orchardists continued to wail and weep watching their fruit and vegetable crops getting damaged, officials said on Sunday.

KANPUR: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)- Kanpur (IIT-K) will now study the impact of the immersion/burial of bodies in water and soil.

SRINAGAR: Erratic weather accompanied by thunder and hailstorm occurred in J&K during the last 24 hours as the meteorological (MET) department said isolated light rain is likely to occur during the next 24 hours.

FATEHPUR: Fear gripped the Laluganj area in Jahanabad police circle in Fatehpur district when snakes started coming out of a house.

LUCKNOW: Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP) Lucknow, Chiranjeev Nath Sinha, has been conferred the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India Award in appreciation of his efforts to feed animals during the lockdowns.

NEW YORK: Driven to extinction in the US 50 years ago, now is the time to talk about reintroducing jaguars there, a group of scientists say.

KATHMANDU: Kami Rita Sherpa, a Nepali mountain guide, broke his own record by climbing Mt. Everest for the 25th time on Friday.

NEW DELHI: The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) welcomed this week's announcement of a new joint strategy to achieve the designation of three new large-scale marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Antarctic, taking one step closer to securing the largest single act of ocean protection in history.

GUWAHATI: The Covid-19 pandemic, the resultant economic fallout and the ensuing restrictions could not foil the spirit of around two lakh tourists, including 570 foreigners, from visiting the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNP & TR), considered as one of the best conserved wildlife reserves in India.