Himachal sees decline in rainfall
Shimla, July 5 (IANS) After days of heavy spells, the southwest monsoon on Thursday was subdued in Himachal Pradesh with no rainfall in most of the areas, the Met office here said. There could be…
Environment
Snake causes panic in university
Agra, July 5 (IANS) A five foot long rat snake on Thursday made its way through a class room to seek shelter in a science laboratory at the Dayalbagh Educational Institute, a deemed university, causing…
Mansarovar ordeal: Over 500 Indian pilgrims await rescue
Kathmandu, July 5 (IANS) The ordeal of Indian pilgrims returning from Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet is not over yet as more than 500 of them are still awaiting rescue flights in Nepal’s Hilsa and Simikot…
Hominins walked like modern humans, climbed like apes: Study
New York, July 5 (IANS) Our early hominin ancestors, including their toddlers, could stand on two feet and walk upright, but also had several ape-like foot characteristics that could have aided in climbing trees, a…
How waste management is helping Vietnamese women earn a living
By Vishal Gulati Hoi An (Vietnam), July 5 (IANS) With over 20 million tourists visiting per year, this port city — a UNESCO World Heritage Site — produces approximately 27,000 tonnes of urban waste per…
Approaching Chuck Russell to direct ‘Junglee’ was gradual process: Producer
Mumbai, July 5 (IANS) Roping in American filmmaker Chuck Russell to direct Bollywood film “Junglee” — on elephant poaching — was a gradual process as he has a knack for making movies around animals, says…
Great Barrier Reef bleaching could accelerate by 2034
Sydney, July 5 (IANS) Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral reef system, could suffer a bleaching event every two years by 2034 under the current level of greenhouse gas pollution, according to a…
Bad weather prevents Rajnath’s Amarnath visit
Srinagar, July 5 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh could not visit the Amarnath Cave Shrine due to inclement weather on Thursday. The Home Minister will take a review of various developmental projects, security and…
Partly cloudy sky in Delhi
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy sky in the national capital on Thursday with the minimum temperature recorded at 28.6 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average. “The sky will…
Amarnath Yatra remains suspended due to bad weather
Jammu, July 5 (IANS) No pilgrim on Thursday was allowed to move towards the Kashmir Valley from here as the Amarnath Yatra remained suspended due to inclement weather. According to the police no pilgrim has…
14 killed, 19 injured as rains wreak havoc in Pakistan
Islamabad, July 5 (IANS) At least 14 people were killed and 19 others injured as torrential rains wreaked havoc in Pakistan’s Punjab and northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, officials said. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)…
I’m very bad with cocktail parties: Bear Grylls
London, July 5 (IANS) “Man vs. Wild” host Bear Grylls says he finds cocktail parties more frightening than mountains or jungles. “I’m very bad with cocktail parties. Genuinely, I find those much more frightening than…
15 people dead as heat wave hits Canada
Ottawa, July 5 (IANS) A total of 15 people died from complications related to the hot and humid weather which has been rampaging in Eastern and Central Canada since last weekend, according to CTV on…
Rescue of Indian Mansarovar pilgrims continues on Day 2
Kathmandu, July 4 (IANS) Efforts to evacuate stranded Indian pilgrims in Simikot and Hilsa in Nepal’s Humla district due to incessant rain and bad weather continued for the second day on Wednesday as only 200…
‘Bengal to have 11 new automatic air pollution monitoring stations’
Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) In a bid to monitor the extent of air pollution on a real time basis, the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) will set up 11 new automatic air quality monitoring…
Japanese players, fans impress with tidiness in defeat
Tokyo, July 4 (IANS) Fans around the world on Wednesday were praising the impeccably polite behaviour shown by Japanese supporters at the World Cup in Russia, where they cleaned up the stands despite suffering a…
Gurugram to get CT scanner for pets
Gurugram, July 4 (IANS) Gurugram is all set for a computed tomography (CT) scanner and ophthalmology unit for pets at a hospital, an official said on Wednesday. At the price of Rs 2 crore, the…
Army rescues stranded passengers in J&K
Jammu, July 4 (IANS) The Army on Wednesday said it has rescued a large number of passengers stranded in 50 vehicles due to landslides on the Mughal Road connecting Jammu region with the Kashmir Valley….
Another road bridge on Mumbai railway line cracks up, repaired
Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) Adding to the ongoing monsoon woes, an important road bridge with two pedestrian walkways on Grant Road station in south Mumbai was closed after potentially dangerous cracks were noticed on Wednesday….
Scars still fresh Five years since the Uttarakhand floods
By Mayank Aggarwal Dehradun, July 4 (IANS/Mongabay) H.P. Upreti, an ex-serviceman lives in the Shakti Vihar locality of the Srinagar town of Uttarakhand. He vividly recalls the day, five years ago, when one of the…