Draft action plan readied to conserve Ganges dolphins
June 5th, 2010 - 4:17 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 5 (IANS) In the wake of several Ganges River Dolphins being killed, a committee set up by the environment ministry has submitted to the central government a draft action plan ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Dolphin found dead in Patna
June 3rd, 2010 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 3 (IANS) A Ganges river dolphin, an endangered species, was killed by suspected poachers on the banks of Ganga river here, forest officials said Thursday.
The dolphin's body was found floating ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Sajid Nadiadwala disembarks Salman’s private flight
May 29th, 2010 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, May 29 (IANS) A chartered flight carrying Salman Khan's friends and family - including Arbaaz, Sohail and David Dhawan - to Dubai for his 'Being Human' concert ... Read more...
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Emergency Grounding: Sajid Nadiadwala De-Boards Salman’s Private Flight
May 29th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
May 29, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): A chartered flight carrying Salman Khan's friends and family including Arbaaz, Sohail and David Dhawan to Dubai on Thursday for his "Being Human' concert had to ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Top Indian Army Commanders’ to discuss Naxal violence
May 18th, 2010 - 12:02 pm ICT by ANI
By Praful Kumar SinghNew Delhi, May 18 (ANI): The Naxal violence, which is spreading at an alarming rate and is regarded as the biggest internal challenge to the country's security, ... Read more...
Posted in National |
World’s Too Hot For Lizards To Handle
May 14th, 2010 - 6:58 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
May 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Global warming is getting all the more alarming by the day, and now not only the humans, but also the cold-blooded lizards are feeling the heat, ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Naxal violence to be focus of Army Commanders’ Conference
May 14th, 2010 - 6:52 pm ICT by ANI
By Praful Kumar SinghNew Delhi, May 14 (ANI): The Naxal violence, which is spreading at an alarming rate and is regarded as the biggest internal challenge to the country's security, ... Read more...
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Wal-Mart To Donate $2 Billion To Feed The US
May 13th, 2010 - 7:21 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
May 13, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Wal-Mart, the largest retail chain in the world, has announced that it has set up a new foundation, called the 'Fighting Hunger Together.' The initiative has ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
BP To Clear Oil Spill, Cost Too Heavy
May 4th, 2010 - 7:30 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
May 4, (THAINDIAN NEWS) BP has declared that it is going to take complete responsibility for the oil spill that has been affecting huge regions of the Gulf Coast. Initially, ... Read more...
Posted in Business, Environment |
Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Grows
May 3rd, 2010 - 6:28 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Louisiana, May 3, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Apr 20 explosion, according to estimation, is leaking around 200,000 gallons of oil per day into the sea in the Gulf of Mexico and ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Climate professor to sue makers of YouTube video for defamation
April 27th, 2010 - 4:48 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Apr 27 (ANI): Penn State climate professor Michael Mann is suing the makers of a wildly popular YouTube video parodying his work on global warming.The video titled 'Hide the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Nitrogen dioxide level exceeds limit in 10 cities
April 22nd, 2010 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Air pollution is increasing at an alarming rate in the country with the national capital being one of the 10 cities where nitrogen dioxide levels have exceeded ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Officials seize a tiger skin from poachers in Tamil Nadu
April 15th, 2010 - 10:53 pm ICT by ANI
Mudumalai (Tamil Nadu), Apr 15 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu Forest Department officials recovered a tiger skin from a seven-member gang on Thursday in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve of the state's Niligiri District.The ... Read more...
Posted in National |
More Glaciers Gone In Glacier National Park
April 8th, 2010 - 9:02 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Montana, Apr 8, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The impact of global warming is being felt all the more each day with more and more alarming news reaching the world almost every other ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Mumbai businessman spreads anti-suicide message with catchy t-shirts
April 8th, 2010 - 6:53 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Apr 8 (ANI): In an attempt to curb the alarming rate of teenage suicide, a Mumbai businessman has started selling t-shirts emblazoned with quirky slogans.The businessman Manmohan Singh said academic ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
‘Marriages are breaking up at an alarming rate’
April 4th, 2010 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
By Azera Rahman
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Be they arranged marriages or those out of love, breakups are on the rise in India. Marriage counselling, therefore, is becoming a necessity before one ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Jamnagar’s animal activists celebrate World House Sparrow Day
March 20th, 2010 - 10:40 pm ICT by ANI
Jamnagar (Gujarat), Mar 20 (ANI): Animal activists and environmentalists of Gujarat's Jamnagar observed World House Sparrow Day on Saturday to create awareness about their declining population.Initiated by a voluntary organization "Nature Club," ... Read more...
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Japan Holds Record Of Maximum Internet Crimes
March 8th, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Tokyo, Mar 8, (THAINDIAN NEWS) In an age when the population is spending more time over the internet than anywhere else, it comes as no surprise that the rate of ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
India’s groundwater resource depletion alarming: World Bank
March 5th, 2010 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) A World Bank report Friday called for immediate action to save India's groundwater resources - the largest user of ground water in the world - and said ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Alarming rate of divorce among non-Malays in Malaysia
February 25th, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 25 (IANS) The divorce rate among non-Malays increased from two percent to eight percent in the first five years since 2000 and was expected to reach 13 percent this ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Haryana warns of water shortage in coming months
February 24th, 2010 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 24 (IANS) Haryana's Chief Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture and Panchayat Dharambir Singh Wednesday said the threat of water shortage is looming large due to continuous consumption of ground water, increase ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
President Obama Speaks Of “Pay As You Go Law” In “State Of The Union” Speech
January 28th, 2010 - 8:05 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Washington, Jan 28, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The president of the United States, Barack Obama has called for a new move that would be one of his first moves to cut down ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Kashmiris worried about ‘faster melting’ glacier
January 22nd, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
By Sarwar Kashani
Pahalgam (Jammu and Kashmir), Jan 22 (IANS) The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is under fire for having said glaciers in the Himalayas will disappear by 2035, but farmers in ... Read more...
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Destruction of Sindh’s wetlands in Pakistan affecting general ecology
January 2nd, 2010 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, January 2 (ANI): An offshoot of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has expressed grave concern over the worsening situation of the wetlands and Indus eco-region sites of Sindh in ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Black carbon deposits on Himalayas threaten Earth’s ‘Third Pole’
December 15th, 2009 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 15 (ANI): A new research by scientists from NASA and the Chinese Academy of Sciences has determined that black soot deposited on Tibetan glaciers in the Himalayas is threatening the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Heavy restriction on treks to Gomukh
November 29th, 2009 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 28 (IANS) The Uttarakhand government has clamped heavy restrictions on the number of people undertaking the popular 18-km trek to Gomukh - the source of the Ganga, a river revered ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
National Institutes Of Health Declares Swine Flu Vaccine Safe
October 26th, 2009 - 6:49 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Oct.26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The chief of the National Institutes of Health has declared that the H1N1 virus that is responsible for causing swine flu is completely safe. The institute has ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Ancient burial chambers in Jordan Valley threatened by quarrying
October 13th, 2009 - 3:40 pm ICT by ANI
Amman (Jordan), October 13 (ANI): An international report has indicated that ancient burial chambers in the Jordan Valley are being threatened by modern development and may be demolished.According to a report in ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
India’s neighbours debunk myths on reducing child mortality
October 5th, 2009 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Poverty is the biggest threat to children's lives and the main reason why babies are dying at an alarming rate everyday, most of the respondents of a ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Swine flu outbreak brings life to standstill in Pune
August 10th, 2009 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Aug 10 (IANS) In a drastic measure to curb the swine flu pandemic that has already killed three people in this city, the Maharashtra government Monday decided to shut down schools ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Little Kiran plays Little Amitabh
August 8th, 2009 - 2:55 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Kiran Shah, a 53 year old actor of Indian origin who has acted in several Hollywood films since the 1970s, has been chosen to play the five-year old Amitabh Bachchan in ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
NGO launches ‘Love Condom’ campaign to stop HIV infection
July 18th, 2009 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) With 2.5 million people living with HIV infection in India, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) Saturday launched a 'Love Condom and Stay Negative' campaign to make people aware ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Varsity in Haryana begins course in defence journalism
July 15th, 2009 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Hisar, July 15 (IANS) The Guru Jambeshwar Science and Technology University, Hisar, (GJSTU) Wednesday launched a course in defence journalism. The varsity claimed to be the second university in the world after ... Read more...
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Middle-aged men ‘twice as likely to have diabetes’
July 13th, 2009 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 13 (ANI): Middle-aged men are almost twice as likely to have diabetes compared to their female counterparts, according to a new study.A report from the health charity Diabetes UK ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
The mystery of woman’s 200-pound legs continues
July 8th, 2009 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 8 (ANI): Doctors are still scratching their heads over a woman's rare condition that has caused her legs to grow at an alarming rate, leaving them to weigh more than ... Read more...
Posted in World |