WHO declares Rubella eliminated as a public health problem in Nepal
Aug 19, 2025, at 07:26 pm
Nepal has eliminated rubella as a public health problem, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Monday, hailing the breakthrough as a “remarkable achievement”.
Mumbai rain: Railway tracks submerged, flight services disrupted, schools and colleges closed
Aug 19, 2025, at 01:13 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Railway tracks are submerged while flight services have been disrupted as normal lives have been disrupted by heavy rain in Mumbai and its suburbs, media reports said.
Heavy rain batters Mumbai, schools and colleges shut, train and flight services affected
Aug 18, 2025, at 02:35 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Schools and colleges are shut, several areas are waterlogged as heavy rain battered Mumbai and its surrounding areas on Monday, media reports said.
Ranthambore scare: Tourists left stranded in tiger zone for 90 mins as guide flees safari
Aug 17, 2025, at 10:24 pm
Ranthambore: A safari at Rajasthan’s Ranthambore National Park turned into a nightmare when a group of tourists, including women and children, were left stranded in a tiger-infested forest for nearly 90 minutes after their safari canter broke down in zone 6.
Flash floods hit China, 9 dead
Aug 17, 2025, at 08:00 pm
At least nine people died, and three others went missing after flash floods hit a wild camping site in northern China, with heavy rains continuing to wreak havoc in the world's second-largest economy.
Scientists reveal new ways to predict course of chronic kidney disease
Aug 16, 2025, at 03:04 pm
Scientists from The University of Manchester and Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust have discovered a series of biological signals which can predict how chronic kidney disease is likely to progress.
Kishtwar cloudburst: Toll rises to 60, Army continues rescue ops
Aug 15, 2025, at 11:13 pm
The death toll in the flash flood triggered by a cloudburst in Chashoti village of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district rose to 60, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan: 60 die as heavy rains trigger flash floods in KP
Aug 15, 2025, at 04:51 pm
Flash floods battered various districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan, leaving at least 60 people dead, media reports said on Friday.
J&K: Kishtwar flash flood leaves at least 46 dead, 100 injured; Army joins rescue ops
Aug 14, 2025, at 10:06 pm
At least 46 people, including two CISF (Central Industrial Security Force) personnel, died and 100 were injured after a massive cloudburst unleashed a flash flood in the Chashoti village of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Thursday afternoon, media reports said.
Aug 14, 2025, at 04:42 pm
Kishtwar (J&K): At least 12 people lost their lives this afternoon after a massive cloudburst unleashed a flash flood in Chashoti village of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district.
From tiny rocket to 6,500 kg satellite: ISRO set to launch US-built payload in coming months
Aug 10, 2025, at 07:00 pm
Chennai: India’s space programme, which began modestly in 1963 with a small rocket provided by the United States, is now preparing to launch a 6,500 kg communication satellite built in America within the next two months, ISRO Chairman V Narayanan said on Sunday, PTI reported.
Parampara Ayurveda founder Dr. Debabrata Sen shares wellness strategies for desk-bound professionals
Aug 08, 2025, at 11:59 am
Dr Debabrata Sen, a third-generation Ayurvedic physician and founder of Parampara Ayurveda, offers a comprehensive guide to help working professionals navigate the challenges of desk-bound jobs.
UN weather agency says extreme weather is breaking records worldwide
Aug 08, 2025, at 09:28 am
Extreme heat is breaking records around the world, with wildfires and poor air quality compounding the crisis, according to a report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released Thursday.
Tamil Nadu: Mother saves lives of premature infants by donating 300 litres of breast milk
Aug 06, 2025, at 04:51 pm
A mother came out in support of hundreds of premature and critically ill infants whom she will never meet by donating more than 300 litres of breast milk.
Drinking coffee at night increases impulsive behaviour: Study
Aug 06, 2025, at 02:36 pm
A team of University of Texas at El Paso biologists have conducted a study which discovered that nighttime caffeine consumption can increase impulsive behaviour, potentially leading to reckless actions.
Uttarkashi cloudburst: Death toll rises to 5, rescue operation still underway
Aug 06, 2025, at 12:52 pm
Dehradun/IBNS: The death toll in the flash floods caused by cloudburst in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi rose to five while several others are still missing, media reports said.
Nine soldiers feared missing after flash floods hit Uttarakhand army camp in Harshil
Aug 06, 2025, at 01:22 am
Nine soldiers are missing after an army camp in Uttarakhand's Harshil was hit by flash floods on Tuesday, media reports said.
Delhi: Royal Bengal Tiger Aditi gives birth to six cubs in zoo
Aug 05, 2025, at 06:16 pm
Delhi Zoo is expected to attract more footfall after six Bengal Tiger cubs were born on Monday morning, the largest litter born at the facility in two decades.
Cloudburst triggers massive landslide in Uttarakhand, 4 dead, scores missing
Aug 05, 2025, at 04:22 pm
A cloud burst and resultant massive landslide in Uttarkashi’s Dharali village in Uttarakhand on Tuesday left at least four people dead and 50 others missing, media reports said.
Plastic pollution talks get underway in Geneva
Aug 05, 2025, at 10:08 am
Efforts are getting underway in Geneva to finalize a global agreement to tackle the staggering and growing amount of plastic waste and its impact on human health, marine life and the economy.
Agra-born Arvinder Bahal touches space aboard Jeff Bezos founded Blue Origin’s NS-34 mission
Aug 03, 2025, at 11:58 pm
Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by Jeff Bezos, completed its latest suborbital space tourism mission, NS-34, on Sunday.
Magnitude 3.0 earthquake felt across New York, no casualty
Aug 03, 2025, at 04:41 pm
An earthquake measuring 3.0 on the Richter Scale hit New York on Saturday, with no casualties reported due to the tremor that shook the American city.
Krasheninnikov Volcano in Russia's Kamchatka erupts for 1st time in 600 years
Aug 03, 2025, at 01:40 pm
The Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka has erupted for the first time in 600 years and experts have connected it to the huge earthquake that rocked Russia's Far East last week, Russia's RIA state news agency reported on Sunday.
Kolkata: Mega health camp transforms lives in Ultadanga slum with free multi-specialty services
Aug 02, 2025, at 06:46 pm
Kolkata: A large-scale mega health check-up camp was successfully organized in the heart of Basanti Colony, Ultadanga — one of the most densely populated urban slums in Kolkata — delivering free medical services to over 230 underprivileged individuals.
SonaSPEED motors power NASA–ISRO synthetic aperture radar mission
Aug 01, 2025, at 01:17 pm
Bengaluru/Salem: When the GSLV-F16 lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on the evening of July 30, scores of researchers at the SonaSPEED laboratories in Salem and Bengaluru rejoiced, as the Simplex Permanent Magnet Stepper Motors developed and built by them had successfully powered the first ISRO–NASA Earth Observation Mission.
Tsunami waves hit coasts of Japan, US after 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Russia
Jul 31, 2025, at 01:27 am
Strong tsunami waves hit across the Pacific Ocean in Japan and Hawaii following the 8.8 magnitude that struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, media reports said.
India-US space collaboration: ISRO successfully launches NISAR
Jul 30, 2025, at 06:30 pm
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday launched the NISAR satellite, marking the Indian space research organisation's maiden collaboration with NASA.
Tsunami hits Japan, Russia after strong 8.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Pacific
Jul 30, 2025, at 09:24 am
An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter Scale, one of the strongest recorded in recent times, hit Russia's Far East on Wednesday, triggering a tsunami in the northern Pacific region.
Jul 27, 2025, at 01:43 pm
The American space agency NASA is expected to lose around 20 percent of its workforce after it accepted the President Donald Trump-led administration's "deferred resignation" (DRP) option, media reports said.
Jul 26, 2025, at 09:40 am
A comprehensive new study analysing data from over 160,000 adults finds that walking approximately 7,000 steps per day is associated with reductions in the risk of several serious health outcomes, including all-cause mortality.