What is deadly hantavirus, and how does its human to human transmission occurs? WHO flags suspected cruise ship spreadWhat is deadly hantavirus, and how does its human to human transmission occurs? The WHO said suspected human to human hantavirus transmissi...
05 May, 2026, 10.30 PM IST
Hantavirus scare: Evacuations planned as suspected outbreak traps 150 on ship off Cape VerdeMedics are working to evacuate two individuals with hantavirus symptoms from a luxury cruise ship off West Africa after an outbreak claimed...
05 May, 2026, 07.01 AM IST
India-UAE Polar Cooperation in action as Emirati scientists join India's Antarctic missionIndian and Emirati scientists are collaborating in Antarctica. Researchers from Khalifa University joined India's 45th Antarctic Expedition...
07 Jan, 2026, 03.24 PM IST
China's new Antarctica expedition to conduct drilling experimentsChina on Saturday launched its 42nd Antarctic expedition to conduct deep drilling experiments aimed at studying the continent’s evolution a...
01 Nov, 2025, 11.53 AM IST
China dispatches new expedition to establish fifth station in AntarcticaThe new station building will have a floor space of 5,244 square meters. It will be able to support 80 expedition team members during summe...
01 Nov, 2023, 07.21 PM IST
Parliament passes bill to extend domestic laws to Indian research stations in Antarctic regionThe Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022, piloted in the Upper House by Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh, was passed with a voice vote after a...
01 Aug, 2022, 03.53 PM IST
China to build first permanent airport at South PoleChinese scientists built a 4-kilometer-long, 50-meter-wide runway for fixed-wing aircraft in 2009 during the 25th expedition in the Antarct...
30 Oct, 2018, 01.20 PM IST
Soon, explore Antarctic life in 360 degree virtual realityScientists will for the first time document an entire Antarctic expedition in 360 degree virtual reality so that the general public can get...
30 Oct, 2017, 05.47 PM IST
China's 32nd Antarctic expedition to set off this weekThe icebreaker, carrying a 277-member expedition team, will cover about 30,000 nautical miles in the 159-day expedition, the team's deputy ...
05 Nov, 2015, 03.40 PM IST
Harsh Vardhan asks corporates to join Antarctic expeditionUnion minister Harsh Vardhan has appealed to corporates and "private parties" to join hands with government in Antarctic expedition to expa...
12 Jul, 2015, 11.10 PM IST
13 Indians take the harshest route in the world to save AntarcticaThe expedition, which started on March 16, will see the group travel from Drake Passage near Cape Horn, the southern-most point to America.
16 Mar, 2015, 05.09 PM IST
- Ocean warming melting one of largest Antarctica glaciers
One of the largest glaciers on the planet, Totten, is melting due to ocean warming, a phenomenon that demonstrates the vulnerability of Eas...
27 Jan, 2015, 03.30 PM IST
US names mountain after an Indian-American scientistThe mountain was named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) and the US Geological Survey.
01 Jul, 2014, 11.54 AM IST
Last great expedition left on earth is to survive on Earth: Robert SwanGHE is an expedition that is focused on creating a sustainable impact in the region of its operation, whether the Himalayas or the plains o...
29 May, 2014, 06.34 AM IST
China opens fourth Antarctic research baseChina has opened its fourth research base in Antarctica with a host of facilities including a runway for a fixed wing aircraft to land.
08 Feb, 2014, 02.53 PM IST
Global warming effect on Antarctica, ice cover disappears from King George IslandCould anyone imagine the islands on the South Pole (Antarctica) without its proverbial ice? It seems unthinkable as the man’s flirtation wi...
17 Mar, 2013, 06.08 PM IST
- No global warning processes in Antarctic: Explorer
Allegations about global warming processes in the Antarctic have nothing to do with real facts, a Russian polar explorer has said.
30 May, 2010, 08.32 PM IST