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Seeking cooler shades to beat Delhi's unpardonable heat

New Delhi, The unforgiving summer heat of the capital, with day temperatures touching a 62-year high of 47.4 degrees Celsius and even night temperatures touching 30 degrees, is ...more>>

Volcanoes beneath Antarctic ice sheet melting glaciers

New York, Not only climate change, subglacial volcanoes below the West Antarctic ice sheet are also contributing to the melting of Thwaites Glacier - a major river of ice that f...more>>

Urban noise can trigger obesity, heart disease

London, Are you living in the vicinity of a busy highway or an airport or even a hospital? Constant noise emanating from heavy city traffic, industrial machinery, aeroplanes and...more>>

The broom is out: Government offices on clean up drive

New Delhi, It required a new prime minister to shake up India's notoriously slothful 'babudom' (colloquial for bureaucracy) and clean up its shabby offices and workplaces. Th...more>>

Buyers have to wait for possession of Noida flats

New Delhi, Buyers of flats in some parts of Noida will have to mark time as the Supreme Court Tuesday declined to interfere with an NGT order restraining the New Okhla Industria...more>>

Another hot day in Delhi, similar weather expected Wednesday

New Delhi, The national capital witnessed yet another day of scorching sun and blistering heat as Tuesday's maximum temperature settled six notches above the season's average at...more>>

Silent river Beas turned into watery grave within seconds

Mandi (Himachal Pradesh), A survivor of the Beas river disaster in Himachal Pradesh Sunday, in which 26 students of a Hyderabad engineering college were washed away, Monday reca...more>>

Unsustainable use of natural resources a big challenge

Mexico City, Poverty and unsustainable use of natural resources are the biggest challenges facing the humanity in the 21st century, parliamentarians from across the world who ga...more>>

An infection that can prevent malaria

New York, Ever heard of an "infected" mosquito? Yes, mosquitoes do get infected, new research reveals. What is more interesting is that mosquitoes' infection can be used to t...more>>

Defence projects to get priority environment nod: Minister

New Delhi, Defence projects will be given priority in getting environmental clearance, and the ones in focus include the instillation of a radar station in the Andaman and Nicob...more>>