Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) Celebrities, including John Abraham, Jacqueline Fernandez, Arjun Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, Raveena Tandon, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane, have signed a new petition by People for the Ethical Treatment of…
Panaji, Aug 5 (IANS) Goa will form special squads to stop Plaster of Paris Ganesh idols from coming in from Maharashtra, cabinet minister Rajendra Arlekar said on Friday. Arlekar also told the assembly that special…
Toronto, Aug 5 (IANS) Climate change is threatening to release hazardous radioactive waste from an abandoned camp thought to be buried forever in the Greenland Ice Sheet, new research has found. Camp Century, a US…
New York, Aug 5 (IANS) Stress experienced by birds as a result of their continent-spanning annual migrations is leading to faster ageing as well as potentially earlier death, a study has found. Migration lets birds…
Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) Heavy rains since Friday morning flooded many parts of Mumbai, disrupting rail and road traffic as well as flights, officials said. The downpour led to waterlogging in parts of south and…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) It was a warm and sunny Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.5 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average. According to the weather office, humidity…
Bengaluru, Aug 4 (IANS) In a shocking case, Karnataka wildlife officials found poachers used “explosive device” to hunt after finding a critically injured sloth bear from outskirts of the state capital on Thursday, officials said….
Bhubaneswar, Aug 4 (IANS) While incessant rains have thrown normal life out of gear in several parts of Odisha, the Met department on Thursday forecast that the state will receive more rainfall over the next…
New York, Aug 4 (IANS) Desert elephants pass on their unique knowledge and survival skills to future generations to help them adapt to extreme environmental conditions, says an interesting study conducted on Namibian elephants. The…
London, Aug 4 (IANS) Researchers have discovered that birds can sleep in flight without colliding with obstacles or falling from the sky. Measuring the brain activity of frigatebirds, the researchers found that they sleep in…
Toronto, Aug 4 (IANS) Paving the way for cheaper consumer electronics that are easier on the environment, researchers have created a battery that uses a compound from vitamin B2 as the cathode — the part…
Raigad (Maharashtra), Aug 4 (IANS) Rescuers on Thursday recovered three bodies, including that of the driver of one of the two state transport buses washed away in the Savitri river in Raigad district after a…
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) It was a sunny Thursday morning with minimum temperature settling at 28.5 degree Celsius, two notches above the season’s average. According to the weather office, at 8.30 a.m., humidity was…
Perth, Aug 4 (IANS) Discovery of microscopic species of desert-dwelling crustaceans have thwarted plans to build one of Australia’s biggest uranium mines. The proposed Yeelirrie uranium mine in Western Australia (WA), 650 km northeast of…
Bhopal, Aug 3 (IANS) A 26-year-old lion, Anthony, died of old age on Wednesday at Bhopal’s Van Vihar National Park. A lion on an average has a life span of 15 years. According to zoo…
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…