Sydney, May 24 (IANS) Unlike the declining populations of many fish species, the number of cephalopods – octopus, cuttlefish and squid — has increased in the world’s oceans over the past 60 years, new research…
Lucknow, May 24 (IANS) A dust storm in Uttar Pradesh in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday claimed at least five lives, uprooted trees, and caused heavy damage to mango crop, electric poles and…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) It was a cloudy Tuesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 23.1 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average, as rains bring respite for denizens the previous…
Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) Two people died and another was injured as a balcony and a bus shelter gave way in the city on Monday following heavy rains, police said. A 70-year-old woman died when…
Hyderabad, May 23 (IANS) A man, who jumped into the lions enclosure at Jawaharlal Nehru Zoological Park here to shake hands with the big cats, was on Monday sent by a court here to two…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) A four year old female ‘striped hyena’, wandering in the fields for food and water and beaten by a mob in an Agra village, was on Monday rescued by the…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Presenting “compliance” as the roadmap for the next three years, union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday said that soon a strong civil penalty law would be bought in to…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh on Monday favoured an increase in the number of tourist vehicles going to Rohtang Pass from Manali, while the Him Aanchal Taxi Operators Union told the Supreme Court…
Ahmedabad, May 23 (IANS) The Gujarat Forest Department has trapped and caged 13 of a 16-member pride of Asiatic Lions in Amreli district in Saurashtra region, falling under the eastern range of Gir forests, following…
Imphal, May 23 (IANS) Scores of vehicles were stranded on different state and national highways near Kohima, the state capital of Nagaland, due to landslides following incessant rains, authorities said on Monday. More rains are…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) After having consulted the states affected by drought this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to shortly announce several long-term measures to…
Shimla, May 23 (IANS) After days of abnormally high temperatures, rain in Himachal Pradesh on Monday brought cheers to thousands of tourists who have thronged the hill stations to escape the heat in the northern…
Colombo, May 23 (IANS) Rescue troops on Monday recovered at least seven more bodies from a landslide site in Sri Lanka’s central Kegalle district, bringing the deaths from flash floods and landslides to 92, the…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) People of Delhi on Monday got a surprise respite from the intense, scorching heat of the past few days as dark clouds loomed over the national capital in the afternoon,…
Three kinds of bread. Isolated over white New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Most of the breads made by Indian companies are laced with chemicals such as potassium bromate or iodate that damage human health, a…
Mumbai, May 23 (IANS) India is confident of conserving its rich biodiversity while ensuring the country’s all-round development, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said here. Addressing an event here on Sunday night marking the International…
By Fakir Balaji Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), May 23 (IANS) India on Monday successfully tested its home-grown winged reusable launch vehicle (RLV), demonstrating its space technology prowess, a senior official said. “We have successfully accomplished the…
London, May 23 (IANS) A team of international researchers has evaluated the pivotal relationship that exists between mankind and fire, hoping it would help policymakers “reassess their attitudes” towards how to deal with fire in…
By Fakir Balaji Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), May 23 (IANS) India on Monday successfully tested its home-grown winged reusable launch vehicle (RLV), demonstrating its space technology prowess, a senior official said. “We have successfully accomplished the…
New York, May 23 (IANS) A study into the significance of the plant microbiomes has found the first direct evidence that nitrogen fixation can occur in the branches of trees with no root nodule required….