Warm Sunday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) It was a warm and sunny Sunday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 28.8 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average. “The sky will…
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Hot smoke from Indonesia volcano eruption kills three
Jakarta, May 22 (IANS) Three people were killed and four others injured by hot smoke from the eruption of Mount Sinabung on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, officials said on Sunday. “The avalanche of hot smoke from…
Rains cause landslides, river swelling in Manipur
Imphal May 22 (IANS) Torrential rains in the past few days triggered landslides, swelling of rivers and inundated low lying areas in Manipur’s hill districts. Tamenglong district has been cut off since road communication has…
Two earthquakes hit Tibet
Lhasa, May 22 (IANS) Two earthquakes measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hit Tibet on Sunday. According to the China Earthquake Networks Centre,the first quake occurred at 9.48 a.m. in Dinggye county, Xigaze city, Xinhua…
Heat wave continues in Haryana, Punjab
Chandigarh, May 21 (IANS) Haryana’s Hisar town recorded the highest temperature of the season at 47.8 degrees Celsius as heat wave conditions continued in Haryana and Punjab on Saturday. Most places in both states recorded…
Mercury drops at some places but north still sizzles
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The national capital continued to face a heat wave at around 41.6 degrees Celsius on Saturday, even as various factors led to a dip in maximum temperatures from two to…
Twenty people die as cyclone hits Bangladesh
Dhaka, May 21 (IANS) At least 20 people have died since cyclone “Roanu” hit the Bangladesh coast, an official of Bangladesh’s National Disaster Response Coordination Centre (NDRCC) said on Saturday. Eleven people died in Chittagong,…
Himachal’s Una scorches at 41.8 degrees
Shimla, May 21 (IANS) The hills of Himachal Pradesh continued to sizzle on Saturday, with Una recording a maximum temperature of 41.8 degrees Celsius, the weatherman said. He said the state will get respite from…
Srinagar records hottest day of season
Jammu/Srinagar, May 21 (IANS) Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded the hottest day of the season on Saturday as temperature touched 41.7 degrees Celsius in Jammu, officials said. A Met official told…
Amazon India takes down animal specimens, snares
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Following a petition and moving wildlife crime stories like a sloth bear losing its limb to snares, Amazon India has dropped over 400 animal specimen and hunting equipment from its…
Heavy rains affect life in north-east India
Agartala/Aizawl, May 21 (IANS) Incessant downpour unleashed by cyclone ‘Roanu’ derailed normal life on Saturday in Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur and southern Assam. “The cyclonic effect and rains will continue till Sunday before ‘Roanu’ hits Bangladesh,”…
Rain, landslides disrupt road, rail traffic in north-east
Agartala/Silchar, May 21 (IANS) Road and rail traffic was disrupted in southern Assam, Tripura, Mizoram and western Manipur by incessant rain and landslides, officials said here on Saturday. Tripura has been cut off from the…
Lightning kills two rhinos in Bengal park
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Two rhinos, including an adult female, died from lightning strikes at the Gorumara National Park in northern West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district, officials said on Saturday. “One was an adult female and…
Too much sex can change genitals shape: Study
London, May 21 (IANS) Sexual conflict between males and females can lead to changes in the shape of their genitals, finds a new research conducted on burying beetles. The findings showed that beetles genitals change…
Amid water shortage, Agra observes ‘Water tragedy Day’
Agra, May 21 (IANS) Twenty-three years after Agra was struck by a ‘water tragedy’ that claimed 21 lives, nothing seems to have changed. Even in summer of 2016, the Taj city is parched as residents…
Cyclonic storm ‘Roanu’ likely to make landfall in Bangladesh by Friday
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Gangetic West Bengal and this metropolis, swathes of which were inundated by overnight showers, will continue to receive rains in the next 24 hours as cyclonic storm “Roanu” skirts the state’s…
Man-eating Nile crocodiles found in Florida
New York, May 21 (IANS) At least three man-eating Nile crocodiles that can grow to 18 feet long and weigh as much as a small car have been found living in the US Sunshine State…
Duststorm, rains brings respite to Lucknow
Lucknow, May 21 (IANS) Duststorm followed by heavy rains on Saturday brought respite to people suffering from the sweltering heat in and around Lucknow. The Regional Met Office predicted the maximum temperature to be three…
Animals in parched Indian Terai migrate to greener Nepal
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) They are migrating en masse — elephants, swamp deer, tigers and leopards — from the Indian Terai region into forests of Nepal. A severe drought on the…
One trillion species residing on Earth: Study
Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone; such hot pools often bubble with undiscovered microbes. Credit: NPS New York, May 21 (IANS) The Earth could contain nearly one trillion species, of which 99.999 percent are yet to…