Environment

Wildfires in Mount Abu: Indian Air Force comes to the rescue, pours 2.6 lakh litres of water to control flames

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has poured over 2.6 lakh litres of water in over 90 sorties to control a massive wildfire that broke out in Mount Abu in Rajasthan on Friday morning.

Apr 16, 2017

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Sumatra's Leuser Ecosystem is being destroyed leaving Orangutans and tigers on verge of extinction

The Leuser Ecosystem is the last place where different species of flora and fauna like elephants, tigers, rhinos, orangutans, insects, frogs and birds, can be found living together.

Apr 13, 2017

Art of Ruining: 10 years, Rs 13.29 crore to rehabilitate Yamuna floodplains in the wake of Sri Sri's 2016 event

The four-member committee had asked the AOL Foundation to pay reparations of Rs 100-120 crore for causing "extensive and severe damage" to the Yamuna floodplains.

Apr 12, 2017

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Russia devises early warning system for mysterious Arctic blasts that could damage oil and gas industry

A pingo is a mound of earth-covered ice found in the Arctic and subarctic region; these are also referred to as hydrolaccoliths and can be as big as 2,000 ft in diameter and 230 ft in depth.

Apr 12, 2017

Vinobot and Vinoculer for high-throughput phenotyping in the field

Futuristic agriculture: New robotic architecture may save the world from food supply shortage

A new robotic architecture for high-throughput phenotyping could help the world fight shortage of food supply in future.

Apr 12, 2017

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Greenpeace has busted Coca-Cola for producing more than 100 billion single-use plastic bottles annually!

The research showed a hike of 12 percent in Coca-Cola's single-use plastic bottles from 2008 to 2015, accounting for 60 percent of the company's global packaging

Apr 12, 2017

Karnataka in for a dry summer without monsoon: KRS, Kabini dams inch towards dead storage; minister advises water-rationing

Karnataka water resources minister MB Patil told farmers to stop using irrigation pump-sets as "the State cannot afford water for the second crop."

Apr 11, 2017

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End of the Great Barrier Reef? Second mass bleaching means Earth's greatest natural wonder may never recover

Researchers covered more than 8,000km of the Great Barrier Reef and found that only a third of its southern region was unaffected by the bleaching

Apr 10, 2017

Rhino charges elephants and a conservation truck on release in Nepal

A greater one-horned rhinoceros charged a truck and elephants after being released into Nepal’s Shuklaphanta National Park.Video from WWF Nepal shows the Indian rhino attacking a specially built truck used to transport him from Chitwan National Park to its new home in the far west of Nepal. The Nepali government and WWF Nepal plan to relocate five rhinos to the Shuklaphanta reserve to boost its existing population of 10 rhinos. WWF Nepal said in a statement that 250 people and 30 elephants were involved in the relocation.

Apr 6, 2017

Woman gives birth in helicopter after being rescued from Peru floods

A woman gave birth to a baby girl on 4 April as she was rescued from the flooded region of Piura, in northern Peru. Maria Pingo was rescued by troops and gave birth during the flight as she was being taken to the Lambayeque Regional Hospital in Chiclayo. Continuing floods and mudslides have killed more than 100 people and left tens of thousands homeless since the start of the year.

Apr 6, 2017

Colombian rescue workers continue search for survivors as death toll rises to 262

Rescue workers in the devastated Colombian town of Mocoa are working tirelessly after a landslide in the early hours of 1 April left at least 262 dead. The death toll may rise further as rescuers searched with dogs and machinery in the mud-choked rubble.

Apr 4, 2017

Watch Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen rap with local artist Dwagie

The president appeared as a featured artist on the song ‘Light Up Taiwan’, singing the worlds ‘Tsai Ing-Wen and Dwagie, we light up Taiwan’ among other phrases. The song pays tribute to the cultural history of Taiwan, and boasts about Taiwanese industry, healthcare and the island’s independence from China.

Apr 4, 2017

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Environment

Wildfires in Mount Abu: Indian Air Force comes to the rescue, pours 2.6 lakh litres of water to control flames

Sumatra's Leuser Ecosystem is being destroyed leaving Orangutans and tigers on verge of extinction

Art of Ruining: 10 years, Rs 13.29 crore to rehabilitate Yamuna floodplains in the wake of Sri Sri's 2016 event

Russia devises early warning system for mysterious Arctic blasts that could damage oil and gas industry

Futuristic agriculture: New robotic architecture may save the world from food supply shortage

Greenpeace has busted Coca-Cola for producing more than 100 billion single-use plastic bottles annually!

Karnataka in for a dry summer without monsoon: KRS, Kabini dams inch towards dead storage; minister advises water-rationing

End of the Great Barrier Reef? Second mass bleaching means Earth's greatest natural wonder may never recover

Rhino charges elephants and a conservation truck on release in Nepal

Woman gives birth in helicopter after being rescued from Peru floods

Colombian rescue workers continue search for survivors as death toll rises to 262

Watch Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen rap with local artist Dwagie

Tips for summer: How to keep your neighbourhood animals cool and refreshed

Uttarakhand HC declares Gangotri and Yamunotri glaciers as living entities

Trees are polluters too: Tree trunks release methane into the atmosphere

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

Dhanush's Captain Miller has no buyers in Telugu states? Here's why

Deepika Padukone is a sight to behold in velvet gown; attends Academy Museum Gala with Selena Gomez, Dua Lip [see pics]