Nearly 150 million year old Dinosaur footprints discovered in Rajasthan
Jaisalmer, Jun 13 (IBNS): Indian geologists have discovered footprints of the Eubrontes Gleneronsensis Theropod dinosaur in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan, according to media reports.
Kolkata, June 13 (IBNS): After reeling under intense heat and humidity for past few days, Kolkata and its adjacent areas, including several parts of Howrah, North and South 24 Parganas and Hooghly, received a heavy downpour with thunder squall on Monday.
Bengaluru: Residents team up to plant saplings
Bengaluru, June 12 (Just Earth News): With the thought and vision of a greener and more sustainable city, the residents of Ranka Colony Road, Bannerghatta Road here came together to plant saplings on Sunday.
Study links 2015 melting Greenland ice to faster Arctic warming
Athens, June 12 (IBNS): A new study provides the first evidence that links melting ice in Greenland to a phenomenon known as Arctic amplification-faster warming of the Arctic compared to the rest of the Northern Hemisphere as sea ice disappears.
Monsoon likely to hit UP, surrounding areas by June 20
Kanpur, June 11 (IBNS): After monsoon commenced in coastal states of Kerala and Goa earlier this month, northern and central-northern states of Uttar Pradesh and its surrounding areas are likely to experience rainfall from June 20, according to reports.
Hubble uncovers a mysterious Hermit
Washington, June 11 (IBNS): The drizzle of stars scattered across this image forms a galaxy known as UGC 4879. UGC 4879 is an irregular dwarf galaxy — as the name suggests, galaxies of this type are a little smaller and messier than their cosmic cousins, lacking the majestic swirl of a spiral or the coherence of an elliptical.
Managua, June 10 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale hit Nicaragua on Friday, USGS website said.
Vodafone celebrates World Environment Week
New Delhi, June 10 (IBNS): Vodafone India is celebrating World Environment Week (June 6th – 11th) through an interesting ‘Green Initiative,’ aimed at encouraging the use of e-bills or Green Bills, thereby reducing the use of paper.
IG Wildlife explains departmental stance on human-wildlife conflict
New Delhi, June 10 (IBNS): In the wake of the controversy that erupted from the killing of almost 200 nilgai or blue bulls in Bihar, Inspector General Wildlife, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. S. K Khanduri, issued a formal statement on human-wildlife conflicts, on Thursday.
The jagged shores of Pluto’s highlands
Washington, June 10 (IBNS) This enhanced color view from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft zooms in on the southeastern portion of Pluto’s great ice plains, where at lower right the plains border rugged, dark highlands informally named Krun Macula. (Krun is the lord of the underworld in the Mandaean religion, and a ‘macula’ is a dark feature on a planetary surface).
Asteroseismologists listen to the relics of the Milky Way: Study
Birmingham, Jun 9 (IBNS): Astrophysicists from the University of Birmingham have captured the sounds of some of the oldest stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way, according to research published in the Royal Astronomical Society journal Monthly Notices on Thursday.
Coal revenues suffer Rs 2,400 cr loss in 2016 due to drought:Greenpeace analysis
Mumbai, Jun 9 (IBNS): The water scarcity crippling large parts of India has already cost coal power companies nearly 7 billion units in lost electricity generation, with an estimated revenue loss of Rs. 2,400 crore in the first five months of 2016 alone, according to an analysis by Greenpeace India presented at a press conference in Mumbai on Thursday.
Maneka Gandhi and Prakash Javadekar locked in debate over nilgai culling
New Delhi, Jun 9 (IBNS): Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and Union Women and Child Welfare Minister Maneka Gandhi are locked in debate over the culling of nilgais that have been identified as crop depredators, according to media reports.
Much awaited southwest monsoon arrives in Kerala
New Delhi, Jun 8 (IBNS): India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that the southwest monsoon has finally arrived over Kerala on Wednesday and is expected to spread over a wider region in the next 48 hours.
US-based Westinghouse to build six nuclear reactors in India
New Delhi, Jun 8 (IBNS): Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and US-based Westinghouse have agreed to begin engineering and site design work immediately for six nuclear power plant reactors in India and conclude contractual arrangements by June 2017, the media reported.