New York, March 2 (IANS) Modern penguins’ brains look different than their ancestors’ brains, but the changes were not caused by their loss of flight, says a new study. Leaving the sky for the ground…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) It was a warm Wednesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 17.2 degrees Celsius, the Met Office said. The sky would remain partly cloudy in…
Patna, March 1 (IANS) In an effort to address Nepals post-earthquake housing crisis, a new initiative is underway to harness the Himalayan countrys abundant bamboo resource to rebuild its devastated communities and promote sustainable livelihoods….
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) In the wake of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley proposing raising the clean energy cess, the Indian Met Coke Manufacturers Association (IMCOM) on Tuesday appealed for the abolition of the cess on…
Tokyo, March 1 (IANS) Japanese researchers have identified the development of behavioural laterality or left- or right-handedness and attack side preference in a scale-eating cichlid called Perissodus microlepis from Africa’s Lake Tanganyika. The study found…
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) The toll in an outbreak of water-borne and food shortage diseases has reached 165 in a district of Pakistan’s Sindh province since this January. People in Tharparkar district, largely from the…
New York, March 1 (IANS) Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have identified a new and more reliable source of acoustic-gravity waves that may help scientists detect an upcoming tsunami early. Acoustic-gravity waves are…
Tel Aviv, March 1 (IANS) An animal rights activist in Israel has launched the nation’s first fruit bat shelter out of her apartment in capital Tel Aviv, where she now hosts up to 70 wounded…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday adjourned till Wednesday the hearing on a plea against an event being organised by the Art of Living foundation, headed by Sri Sri…
Tokyo, March 1 (IANS) The Japanese government will stipulate a long-term goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050 from current levels. The move follows the international climate agreement reached in Paris…
Beijing, March 1 (IANS) A pair of giant pandas will leave China for their new home in South Korea on Thursday on a 15-year lease, the media reported on Tuesday. Yuan Xin and Hua Ni…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) It was a hazy morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 15.1 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky would remain partly…
Gurgaon, Feb 29 (IANS) The residents of Gurgaon have been facing a water crisis for last few days, first due to the Jat stir for quotas and now due to the cleaning of the supply…
Rome, Feb 29 (IANS/AKI) A woman died in northwest Italy when a slab of ice and rocks than fell from a roof, bringing to at least six the number of people killed in severe storms…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The government on Monday said it has launched two important schemes to increase crop yield in rain-fed areas, including India’s north eastern states. “To increase crop yields in the rain-fed…
Beijing, Feb 29 (IANS) Ten trees believed to be over 100 years old were found on a demolition site in the Chinese capital Beijing, the media reported on Monday. Spotted and reported by a person…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Going the green way, the central government decided not to hand out hard copies of General Budget 2016-17 on Monday, making a departure from tradition. The general budget, an exhaustive…
London, Feb 29 (IANS) With the rise in sea levels, costs of climatic damages like floods are also increasing constantly at a higher rate, impacting the coastal regions of the world, says a study. “When…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The central government on Monday announced allocation of Rs.9,000 crore for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Campaign) in the country. “The concept of Swachh Bharat was very close to…
Washington, Feb 29 (IANS) A Mars-like laboratory in the driest place on Earth is helping NASA scientists study the limits of life and test drilling and life-detection technologies that might be sent to Red Planet…