New York, Oct 23 (IANS) Researchers from the University of Kansas have found the earliest evidence for right-handedness in the fossil record by examining striations on teeth of a Homo habilis fossil. The scientists studied…
London, Oct 23 (IANS) Climate change is disrupting the sensory systems of fish and can even make them swim towards predators, instead of away from them, say researchers. These abnormal behaviours are linked to the…
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) It was a clear Sunday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 19.2 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “Thy sky was clear…
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Seventeen more ducks died on Saturday due to bird flu in the now closed Deer Park here, the highest number so far in a day. Six birds had died on…
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) A large number of people from different parts of the country will assemble here at Jantar Matar on October 25 to protest against GM mustard and other such Genetically Modified…
Manila, Oct 22 (IANS) At least 16 persons were killed in the Philippines due to super typhoon Haima, locally named as Lawin, an official said on Saturday. According to National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management…
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Parag Madhukar Dhakate, the forest officer who led one of India’s largest and most modern operations to kill a man-eating tigress on the periphery of Jim Corbett…
Kolkata, Oct 22 (IANS) To bolster public trust in clean energy using environment friendly transport, an international team of a journalist and a filmmaker will set sail down the Ganga in a solar powered boat….
Rabat, Oct 22 (IANS) Morocco’s state-owned Office Cherifien de Phosphate (OCP) and the Indian firm KRIBHCO have announced the construction of a new $230 million fertilizer plant in Andhra Pradesh, the media reported on Saturday….
New York, Oct 22 (IANS) Contradicting the prevailing notion that the African continent has been getting progressively drier over time, a new study has found that drought in the continent has actually decreased over the…
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) It was a clear Saturday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 25 degrees Celsius, the season’s average, officials said. An official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said…
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Two men were arrested by the Special Task Force of Uttarakhand with two leopard skins and parts on Friday at Rishikesh. Officials said that the skin seemed to be old,…
Washington, Oct 21 (IANS) Strange clouds forming above the Bermuda Triangle could explain why dozens of ships and planes have mysteriously vanished in the notorious patch of sea. The remarkable new theory suggests the clouds…
Panaji, Oct 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship Swachh Bharat campaign will now feature in the upcoming 47th edition of the IFFI in Goa, with 20 award-winning short films on the nationwide cleanliness campaign…
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday dubbed as “alarming” the pile-up of garbage up to 45 metres at Delhi’s landfills in Okhla, Ghazipur and Bhalsawa and called for urgent steps to…
Guwahati, Oct 21 (IANS) Poachers have killed yet another one-horned rhino in Assam’s famous Kaziranga National Park, park officials said on Friday. The guards of the park spotted the carcass during a routine patrolling on…
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Six more birds died at the now shut Deer Park here on Friday, taking the total reported death count of migratory birds in the capital due to bird flu to…
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), a Supreme Court-appointed pollution watchdog, on Friday launched a mobile app “Hawa Badlo”, aiming to improve air quality with public participation. Jointly developed by…
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Six more birds died at the now shut Deer Park here on Friday, taking the total reported death count of migratory birds in the capital due to bird flu to…
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The University of Chicago and the Delhi government on Friday announced three winners in the first-of-a-kind crowdsourcing competition “Urban Labs Innovation Challenge: Delhi” that looked for innovative ways to reduce…