New York, Oct 21 (IANS) Social hierarchy affects our health and uncertainty of staying at top in this hierarchy may increase the risk of chronic diseases, suggests new research. According to the study, the findings…
Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) Transformative measures, like offering alternative livelihoods and voluntary migration, as compared to curative support for forced migration, are needed to cope with climate change, says a new study. Such measures are…
Gwalior, Oct 21 (IANS) The death of 15 birds over the last three days in the local Gandhi Zoological Garden has created panic among the zoo authorities here. As a precautionary measure, the management has…
Moscow, Oct 21 (IANS) A Siberian tiger, roaming freely in a Russian city, was tranquilised on Friday after a driver on a busy road spotted the big cat and alerted the police. The tiger was…
By Chinmaya Dehury Bhubaneswar, Oct 21 (IANS) Odisha has seen terrible human-animal conflict in the last six years, resulting in the deaths of 454 people and 2,261 animals, including 388 elephants, a Forest Department report…
Agra, Oct 21 (IANS) Greens on Friday hailed a court ruling on a Yamuna beautification project in Vrindavan that was seen as a threat to heritage structures, ghats and ASI-protected temples. Despite protests from activists,…
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Even though the national capital continues to choke on smog and dust, experts say its air quality this October has improved a little, as compared to last…
Tokyo, Oct 21 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale jolted Japan’s Tottori prefecture on Friday, weather officials said. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the temblor was centred in the central part of…
Hong Kong, Oct 21 (IANS) Hong Kong was shut down on Friday due to the arrival of typhoon Haima, the most powerful tropical storm of the season that has already caused several deaths in the…
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) It was a clear Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 19 degrees Celsius, the season’s average, the weather office said. “It was a clear sky in the…
Agra, Oct 20 (IANS) A five feet long rock python created panic among villagers after it slithered through a village street here. A four member Wild Life SOS team rescued the python from Nagla Vindu…
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) With eight more birds succumbing to bird flu in Delhi, authorities on Thursday shut down the popular Deer Park and warned people not to touch any dead bird. Deaths of…
Wellington, Oct 20 (IANS) Fossilised leaves recovered from a crater lake in New Zealand provided insight on how climate changed and affected the Antarctic ice-sheet 23 million years ago, a scientist said on Thursday. The…
Mumbai, Oct 20 (IANS) The Russian makers of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu, on Thursday opened their regional centre here with an aim to boost the company’s market presence in India….
By Rajendra Shende Clayton Christensen, a professor at the Harvard Business School, wrote in the Harvard Business Review in 1995 about the concept of ‘disruptive innovation’. He described it as “a process that takes root…
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) It was a clear Thursday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 18.6 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average. “The sky will remain clear throughout the day….
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Delhi Zoo will remain shut for some more days, an official said on Wednesday, as tests confirmed that bird influenza had indeed killed two of the 10 migratory birds. “We…
Gurgaon, Oct 19 (IANS) Two men have been arrested here with 56 gram of dry tiger meat, police said on Wednesday. The arrests were made from a house in Surat Nagar. The accused were identified…
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Delhi Development Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday said that the government is taking all necessary measures to check the threat of bird flu in the city even though there is…
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) A 3.5 feet long cobra was spotted in the Delhi Secretariat on Wednesday and rescued by Wildlife SOS, an official said. The reptile was found in the Duty Officer’s room…