By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) They live about 58 km from Port Blair on the North Sentinel island of the Andaman and Nicobar. But the pre-neolithic Sentinelese tribe is far removed from…
Ottawa, Aug 9 (IANS) A zoo worker has suffered serious injuries after being mauled by a lion at the Granby Zoo in the Canadian city of Montreal, the media reported. The lion on Monday attacked…
Lucknow, Aug 9 (IANS) Several villages in Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh have been flooded and dozens more are threatened following the breaching of Elgin-Charsari embankment by the swollen Ghaghra river, officials said on Tuesday….
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) It was a sunny Tuesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 28 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average. The Met has forecast light…
Mexico City, Aug 9 (IANS) The death toll from tropical storm Earl has risen to 42 in Mexico, authorities said. “We have an official figure of 29 people that have lost their lives in Puebla…
Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) A teenager got electrocuted and harried commuters had to negotiate waterlogged streets and traffic snarls as life was thrown out of gear in the city following heavy monsoon showers on Monday…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The city experienced a hot and humid day on Monday with the maximum temperature settling at 36.7 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, the Met office said. It…
Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) It’s the same old story of rain, waterlogged streets and traffic snarls, as life was thrown out of gear in the city following heavy monsoon showers on Monday evening. The off-and-on…
New York, Aug 8 (IANS) Ominous background music present in shark documentaries may affect viewers’ attitude and could thus hamper people’s willingness to participate in conservation efforts, reveal researchers. For the study, the team recruited…
Dehradun, Aug 8 (IANS) Uttarakhand has been experiencing very heavy rains, with rivers flowing near the danger mark and more downpours forecast. The Regional Meteorological Department has forecast very heavy rains in Uttarakhand over the…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 8 (IANS) The Odisha cabinet on Monday approved setting up of the Odisha Mineral Exploration Corporation Ltd (OMECL) to tap virgin mining fields and streamline procedures for mineral exploration. The objective of the…
Tokyo, Aug 8 (IANS) Researchers have found that the spontaneous smiles seen in hominoids are also common in Japanese macaques, revealing that the origin of smiles goes back at least 30 million years, when old…
Lucknow, Aug 8 (IANS) The authorities have begun the process of shifting out of Lucknow city 500 factories located in densely populated areas in violation of safety norms, an official said on Monday. The Lucknow…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Monday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 28.6 degrees celsius, two notches above the season’s average. The Met has forecast…
Mexico City, Aug 8 (IANS) The death toll due to tropical storm Earl that battered Mexico over the weekend has risen to 38, authorities said. On Sunday afternoon, the authorities reported at least 28 deaths…
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) It was a warm and sunny Sunday here as the maximum temperature of the day rose two notches above the season’s average to settled at 36.5 degrees Celsius, the weather…
Shimla, Aug 7 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh, with a quarter of its geographical area under forest cover, has been undertaking measures to expand its green cover in what its forest department calls the country’s mega micro-level…
Islamabad, Aug 7 (IANS) At least 29 people were killed and scores went missing as heavy rains lashed Pakistan’s Sindh and Balochistan provinces, the media reported on Sunday. Karachi was badly and at least 14…
Hyderabad, Aug 7 (IANS) AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi must show in action what he said in words on cow vigilantism. Questioning the prime minister over the delay in…
By Frederick Noronha Chandigarh, Aug 7 (IANS) V.R. Vinayraj is not fascinated by the piles of money sitting close to him but is instead mesmerized by nature’s bounty located not far from the bank in…