New York, July 16 (IANS) Turtles developed shells as a tool for burrowing underground to escape harsh climatic conditions, a study has found, contradicting the traditional belief that they used their shells for their protection….
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Delhi woke up to a rainy Saturday morning with the minimum temperature recorded at 24.3 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average, the weather office said. The city has…
Ahmedabad, July 15 (IANS) Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja on Friday recorded his official statement in the case where he allegedly flouted rules and took selfies with lions at Wildlife Sanctuary at Gir in Junagadh during his…
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Kerala is all set to become country’s second Open Defecation Free (ODF) state by November 1 this year, state Local Self Government Minister K.T. Jaleel said here on Friday. Speaking…
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachhan will be the face of the “City Compost Campaign” under Swachh Bharat Mission to encourage citizens to use compost produced from municipal solid waste, an official said….
Shillong, July 15 (IANS) Experts on rivers and rural development on Friday gathered here for the Nadi 2016 festival, intended to explore possibilities of enhancing cultural ties and amplifying the creative use of riverine connectivity…
Mumbai: Actor Amitabh Bachchan during the premiere of Aishwarya’s film Sarbjit in Mumbai on May 18, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachhan will be the face of the “City Compost…
Shimla, July 15 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh continued to experience moderate to heavy rainfall on Friday, causing landslides in some areas and blocking the highways, while major rivers and tributaries were swollen again, officials said. While…
Chennai, July 15 (IANS) Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said expanding the Green Corridor (a power transmission corridor for renewable power) is the central government mission and the per unit cost of solar…
Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) The Union government is on the right track to meet the target of generating one lakh MW of solar power by 2022 under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), a…
Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) Incessant rainfall inundated several areas of the eastern metropolis on Friday, triggering traffic snarls in arterial roads and crippling normal life. The Met Office on Friday forecast “very heavy rainfall” in…
New York, July 15 (IANS) American black bears may be able to recognise things they know in real life, such as pieces of food or humans, when looking at a photograph of the same thing…
New York, July 15 (IANS) The largest island in the Philippines may be home to the greatest concentration of mammal diversity in the world, say researchers who have been exploring the island for the past…
London, July 15 (IANS) Levels of global biodiversity loss are no longer within the safe limit and this may negatively impact the ecosystem function and the sustainability of human societies, a new study has revealed….
London, July 15 (IANS) Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have found that data from tropical Pacific Ocean can help provide an improved forecast of the summer monsoon in central India. The findings, published in the…
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 26 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky would…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Heavy rain in Delhi on Thursday brought a welcome drop in temperature with the maximum settling at the average for the season at 35.4 degrees Celsius, but also meant nightmare…
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) In a bid to resolve the Ganga water sharing issues between Bangladesh and India, the two governments should form an experts group to look at all the technical issues, a top…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday signed a $100 million loan agreement for strengthening irrigation, drainage and water management in the Vennar sub-basin of the Cauvery delta…
Kochi, July 14 (IANS) A new delicacy on dining tables in Kerala could well be African snails, millions of which have invaded many areas of the state. At a meeting called here last week to…