The dust in the air could too trigger rain! And that is just what’s bringing rain over South Asia’s Tibetan Plateau, according to NASA. This is how it happens:
Very small dust particles called aerosols blow in from desert regions and collect in…
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The Indian state of Kerala has decided to celebrate the Wildlife Week next month by paying tribute to the legendary Australian crocodile hunter, Steve Irwin. The Kerala Forest Ministry will name the state-run crocodile breeding centre after the…
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‘It seemed like the world was ending’, Jesus Javier Quintero said defining the horrifying experience this Sunday on the Mexico’s Pacific coast!
Lashing through the region, the powerful Category 3 storm – Hurricane Lane left a trail of…
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It would really be mind-blowing for the tourists and a great achievement for ocean scientists. According to Terry Kirby, the discovery in a spectacular Indonesian seascape off the coast of Papua has been hailed as greater even than the Barrier Reef!..
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Rising ocean temperatures are responsible for boosting hurricane-growths. And when it happens in key hurricane breeding grounds of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, who can save the coastal countries fro its lash? And, it is we, — the human beings –.
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Durga Puja is the biggest festival of Bengali Hindus. It is the year’s most major Hindu festival mostly celebrated in Bengal, Orissa, Tripura, Assam and other parts of East India as well as in Bangladesh. Although a Hindu festival, people from many…
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Scientists think this is a male version of a new bird species discovered in India, called Bugun Liocichla Liocichla bugunorum. Photographs, tail feathers, and sound recordings were used to describe the bird. Credit: Ramana Athreya
It is really…
New multicolored bird found in India after more than 50 years! Read More »
After the Aussie Feminist icon Germaine Greer’s admonishment of the deceased Animal Planet Crocodile Hunter kicking up criticisms across the world for herself, it is now the animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) that..
Do you know how clean your country is?! A coalition of statistics on population density, water sanitation and hygiene for 100 countries throws up disturbing trends. Here it goes:
– There is a direct link between sanitation and infant mortality…
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If you really want to see government myopia in action, you only have to read the newspaper these days about sealing commercial establishments in india’s capital – Delhi. Without so much as a passing moment of doubt, the establishments included as…
Delhi to face environmental crisis, if seals recycled waste collecting shops! Read More »