`ISRO satellites saved 10,000 lives'An Isro official told TOI on Wednesday that data from the two satellites--Insat 3DR and ScatSat-1--helped in predicting the cyclone's movem...
ISRO to launch two satellites in SeptemberThe launch of GSLV Mark II carrying the geostationary weather satellite INSAT-3DR was earlier postponed due to a technical issue found in a...
- Tiger habitat in Buxa has shrunk: foresters
Amid concerns that tigers may have disappeared from West Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve, foresters have claimed that the habitat of the big ca...
Tigers' scent spray may be better way to track themScientists have demonstrated a new technique to non-invasively survey tigers using their scent sprays that can be detected much more freque...
No sign of tiger in Buxa, says studyWII scientists, who have conducted the all-India exercise spanned over four years, said they didn't find any tiger sign in the North Bengal...
- Sariska encore? Scientists find 'no sign of tigers' in Buxa
Sounding an alarm, Wildlife Institute of India (WII) scientists, who have conducted the all-India exercise spanned over four years, said th...
- More big cats spotted in Maharashtra
The latest tiger census has revealed a marginal increase in the animal population in the state in the paste four years, a trend reflected a...
NASA's Earth-observing instrument installed on ISSISS-RapidScat, is collecting its first science data on ocean wind speeds and direction following its successful installation and activation...
NASA to make ISS a perfect Earth-observing platformBefore the end of the decade, six NASA Earth science instruments will be mounted atop the ISS to help scientists study our changing planet.
- Wildlife census for carnivorous animals conducted in Goa
The wildlife division of North and South Goa from April 21 to 23 conducted a wildlife census for carnivorous animals wherein pugmarks of ti...
Bandipur tiger recovering at Mysore ZooThe Bandipur tiger which was netted on Thursday has suffered severe starvation..
- Predator, prey base has increased at Dudhwa Tiger Reserve: WTI
Apprehensions about depletion of prey base in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, generated after reports of tigers hunting rhinos surfaced, were dis...
- Tiger census ends in Sunderbans
A tiger census in Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, ended during which data and scats for DNA samplings of the big cats were...
- Tiger census begins in Sunderbans
The much-awaited tiger census in the Sunderbans, where DNA sampling would be made for the first time to establish the number of big cats, b...
- DNA sampling for tiger census in Sunderbans
The West Bengal government for the first time will conduct tiger census through DNA sampling of the animal's scat in Sunderbans in January ...
- Tiger reserve in Jharkhand to adopt Sariska model
Faced with declining number of tigers, authorities at the Palamau Tiger Reserve will adopt the Sariska model of mating felines in enclosure...
- Climbdown: Govt to amend Competition Act
In a move to buy peace with the judiciary, the government is set to amend provisions of the Competition Act of '02. The Act will be amended...