By Jaideep Sarin New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) At least 22 people were missing when two buses carrying them on the Mumbai-Goa highway were washed away after a British-era bridge collapsed on Wednesday following incessant…
Shimla, Aug 3 (IANS) After days of heavy rainfall, the monsoon will remain largely subdued in Himachal Pradesh till August 5, the Met office said on Wednesday. Despite 26 per cent deficit rain, 20 lives…
Guwahati, Aug 3 (IANS) A one-horned rhino cow and her calf were killed by poachers inside the Kaziranga National Park, said park official on Wednesday. Park officials recovered the carcasses of the female rhino and…
Lucknow, Aug 3 (IANS) It is not just the opposition which is out to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s emotive connect with the river Ganga. Statistics show that very little has been done in the…
London, Aug 3 (IANS) Bats observe and remember surroundings to form a mental map of their environment which, with their excellent spatial memory, enables them to navigate with ease to important locations including roosts and…
Sydney, Aug 3 (IANS) Australia’s Perth zoo has been mourning the death a Sumatran tiger named Setia that had to be killed after a health check revealed a tumour growing in her abdomen. The decision…
By Manupriya As floods ravage eastern and northern India, agriculture in 115 districts across 15 states is “highly vulnerable” to climate change, according to a study published in the Indian Academy of Science journal Current…
New York, Aug 3 (IANS) The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) animal rights organisation has filed an appeal to the US Court of Appeals for justice to Naruto — a now-famous monkey…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) It was a warm, humid Wednesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.2 degrees celsius, a notch below the season’s average. The Met Office has…
Photo by visvaghose Washington, Aug 3 (IANS) Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io has a thin atmosphere that collapses in the shadow of the planet condensing as ice, say NASA-funded researchers, revealing the freezing effects of its…
Beijing, Aug 3 (IANS) Typhoon Nida made landfall at 3.35 a.m. in the city of Shenzhen in China’s Guangdong Province on Tuesday, and has caused direct economic losses estimated at $43 million, according to provincial…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Speaker’s Research Initiative (SRI), conceptualised by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, on Tuesday organised a workshop on sustainable development goals (SDGs) for members of Parliament in the Parliament Library….
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) In a prediction that will being cheer to farmers, the IMD said on Tuesday that rainfall in the second half of the monsoon from August to September is likely to…
Shimla, Aug 2 (IANS) The water level in Himachal Pradesh’s Pong Dam – one of the state’s major water reservoirs – was still 40 ft short lower on Tuesday compared to the last year due…
Mathura, Aug 2 (IANS) The army will plant 12,000 saplings in the Mathura Cantonment area, military officials said on Tuesday. The green drive will be undertaken by soldiers of the Strike 1 formation, beginning Wednesday….
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Union Environment Minister Anil Dave on Tuesday said he will meet 60 parliamentarians from states in the Western Ghat region following Kasturirangan Committee recommendations on declaring certain areas as ecologically…
By Mohit Dubey Lucknow, Aug 2 (IANS) It is not just the opposition which is out to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s emotive connect with the river Ganga. Statistics show that very little has been…
Shimla, Aug 2 (IANS) Shimla was on Tuesday colder than Keylong, which is located in Lahaul Valley at elevations ranging from 15,000 to 20,000 feet above sea level. Manmohan Singh, Director of Shimla’s meteorological department,…
New York, Aug 2 (IANS) Taking a cue from the mechanism that trees use to convert carbon dioxide into sugars, researchers have found a similar way to turn the gas produced by the burning of…
Beijing, Aug 2 (IANS) Typhoon Nida made landfall on Tuesday in China’s Guangdong province, weather authorities said. The strong typhoon packing winds up to 151.2 km per hour is moving northwest at 25 km per…