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Musket balls and a burnt hull: First shipwrecks linked to Pirates of the Caribbean discovered in Nassau Harbor, The BahamasNassau, Bahamas, once a pirate haven, has yielded six shipwrecks. Three wrecks are linked to the Golden Age of Piracy. These discoveries ar...- Mining turns India's heat-shield hills to dustDizzyingly deep pits from large-scale mining scar India's ancient Aravalli mountains, threatening the future of a forested buffer that New ...
- Heatwave drives early rush to hill stations, bookings surgeIndia's heatwave is causing a surge in demand for hill stations like Dehradun and Munnar. Travel firms report increased bookings for cooler...
- Scientists develop model to forecast timing of Indian monsoonScientists, including those of Indian-origin, have developed a new system which they say can provide farmers in India early forecasts of ex...
- India may suffer devastating climate change impact in 80 years: StudyThe study, published in the journal Earth Systems and Environment last month, suggests that northwestern India is at "particularly high ris...
- DMK Cadre outside Kauvery hospital become easy targets for pickpocketsAs Chennai police received complaints of purse snatching and missing cell phones, a team was formed just to nab the gang targeting the emot...
- National Green Tribunal suggests 500 metres buffer zone on banks of GangaNGT came out with an idea of evolving a 500 m buffer zone on the banks of river Ganga like in Western countries to ban constructions for pr...
- Aircraft likely to be used for mapping Ganga basins to rid it of pollutionSources at the National Mission for Clean Ganga said Special Purpose Aircraft would be used for mapping the river to closely capture pictur...
- Aircraft likely to be used for mapping the GangaFitted with powerful cameras, Special Purpose Aircraft may soon fly over the Ganga to survey the river as it courses through five states fo...
- Earthquake in Himalayan region: A catastrophe waiting to happen?Earthquakes are inevitable in almost the entire cross-section of the Himalayas and a population of more than 50 million is at risk, says a ...
- A catastrophe waiting to happen in cross-section of the Himalayas and adjoining plains?The study, Himalayan Seismic Hazard, published says the longer the time interval between the last big earthquake in the region the higher t...
- Germany keen to share know-how, funds for Ganges clean-upThe Modi government has taken up plan to clean up the Ganges which has become heavily polluted due to industrial and human waste.
- Magical realismIf you come to India with some grand, predetermined strategy or master plan, prepare to be deterred, even demoralised.
- Not 5, poachers kill 9 tigers in 2 monthsA day after TOI reported that five tigers were killed by organized gangs of tiger poachers belonging to the notorious Baheliya community fr...
- Indian dolphin, elephant among top 100 mammals facing extinction: Zoological society of LondonThe Zoological Society of London have for the first time scored the world's mammals according to how Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally E...
- Encounter at Delhi's Green Park gurudwaraDelhi Police claim to have captured members of Uttar Pradesh’s Satya Prakash gang after an encounter in south Delhi’s Green Park gurudwara.
- Bad Luck Govind: Movie ReviewGovind brings bad luck to anyone in his close proximity (audience inclusive). Better luck next time!
- Himalayan glaciers receding at a faster rateGlaciers in the Himalayas are receding faster than in any other part of the world and if this continues, there is likelihood of their disap...
- Taming the Kosi: New imperativesPrime Minister Manmohan appropriately declared the floods in Bihar to be a calamity of national proportion.
- Taming the Kosi: New imperativesPrime Minister Manmohan appropriately declared the floods in Bihar to be a “calamity of national proportion.”
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