Cricket: Dogged India avoid follow-on as third Australia Test heads for drawDeep scored the crucial runs with an edge to the boundary just past the outstretched hand of Nathan McSweeney off Australian captain Pat Cu...
18 Dec, 2024, 12.06 AM IST
How Indian workers get trapped in modern slavery on Italian farmsA recent incident in Italy brought attention to the issue of modern slavery involving Indian agricultural workers, with reports of exploita...
17 Jul, 2024, 03.26 PM IST
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni pays homage to Indian farm worker Satnam Singh in parliamentary addressItalian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni recently honoured Satnam Singh, an Indian farm worker who tragically passed away after his employer a...
27 Jun, 2024, 12.02 PM IST
Indian farm labourers march to end 'slavery' after worker death shakes ItalyThousands of Indian farm laborers in Italy demand an end to "slavery" after the tragic death of Satnam Singh, who lost his arm in a work ac...
26 Jun, 2024, 10.42 AM IST
Travel Diaries: 36 Hours on Martha's Vineyard, MassachusettsDespite the stereotypes, the Vineyard's many cultures - African American, Brazilian, Jamaican and islanders that go back dozens of generati...
09 Jul, 2023, 03.15 PM IST
Six years a slave: Indian farm workers exploited in ItalyBalbir Singh's story is extreme, but it fits into a wider picture of brutal exploitation of migrant farm labourers in the Agro Pontino -- t...
11 Jul, 2021, 11.51 AM IST
Share market update: Suzlon Energy, Navkar Corporation among top gainers on BSEAmong the 50 components in the Nifty index, 40 shares were trading in the green, while 10 were in the red.
09 Aug, 2019, 09.31 AM IST
India close in on win as Australia reach 258/8 at stumpsPat Cummins was unbeaten on a well made 61 when the day's play ended with Nathan Lyon batting on six at the other end.
29 Dec, 2018, 02.02 PM IST
With over 400 species of birds, the Dudhwa National Park is a twitcher's delightYou can chance upon species like the drongos, silver-bill munia, baya weaver, cattle egret, cinnamon bittern, falcons, kites, owls and phea...
26 Apr, 2018, 05.19 AM IST
- Global methane emissions growing faster now: Study
New York, Dec 12 (IANS) While the growth of carbon dioxide emissions has flattened out in recent years, global concentrations of methane, a...
12 Dec, 2016, 11.20 AM IST
India's great drying outWater is a critical resource which will determine India's ability to achieve rapid economic growth, improve the quality of life of its peop...
21 Sep, 2016, 12.04 PM IST
Changes in the Child Labour law: Amendment further ensures that poor children continue to workA law that forbade children under 14 to be employed has now bent itself a little and allows them to work in family-run enterprises.
24 May, 2015, 05.11 AM IST
- Birds vanishing from Europe, finds new study
A study of 144 bird species across 25 European countries has shown that bird populations have declined sharply over the past 30 years.
03 Nov, 2014, 12.45 PM IST
Sunderbans mangrove trees losing capacity to absorb CO2: StudyThe vast mangrove forest in the Sunderbans is fast losing its capacity to absorb carbon dioxide, one of the main greenhouse gases, from the...
04 Aug, 2014, 10.48 AM IST
Rejected once, power plant proposal in West Bengal resubmitted with 'new research'TOI has access to both the reports that were prepared to discuss environmental clearance for a 2X660MW coal-based thermal power plant.
05 Oct, 2013, 06.05 PM IST
- Quick getaways: Kalote, Jhajjar and Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary
Kalote is a beautiful sleepy village in the district of Raigad in Maharashtra. It offers for a quiet peaceful weekend option for a number o...
23 May, 2013, 07.12 AM IST
- UK's wildlife at risk of disappearing
Some of the most precious wildlife in Britain are at risk of being lost forever, said a report, which shows that UK's biodiversity today is...
19 May, 2008, 04.52 PM IST