Chandigarh,  The Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) has set up a Special investigation Team (SIT) to probe the attack on relatives of cricketer Suresh Raina on the orders of Chief Minister Amrinder Singh, who is personally monitoring the case.

Ashok Kumar, cricketer's uncle, died on the spot whi

New Delhi,  The volume of glacial lakes worldwide has increased by about 50 per cent since 1990 as glaciers melt and retreat due to climate change, show 30 years of NASA satellite data.

Lake Imja, a glacier lake near Mount Everest in the Himalaya has grown to three times its length since 1990, the resear

Mangaluru, A 30-year-old male elephant was electrocuted in Karnataka's Mangaluru forest circle early on Tuesday as it was trying to feed itself, a forest official said.

The incident occurred at Bilinele in Subramanya Range at around 4 a.m. when the jumbo was trying to uproot a tree, but this fell on the electr

Sydney, Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have developed electronic artificial skin that reacts to pain just like real skin, opening the way to better prosthetics, smarter robotics and non-invasive alternatives to skin grafts.

The prototype device developed by a team at RMIT University in Australia can

New Delhi, As a first step towards the "greening" of the Indian short term power market, Power Minister R.K. Singh on Tuesday launched the pan-India Green Term Ahead Market (GTAM) in electricity.

"The introduction of GTAM platform would lessen the burden on RE-rich states and incentivise them to dev

Chennai, Government buses resumed operations and temples reopened for the public after a gap of about 160 days, in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday.

However, wearing of masks and maintaining social distancing was mandatory.

Following the relaxation in the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, the government began in

New Delhi, Public health experts from three medical associations have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggesting that schools and other educational institutions should be reopened in a graded manner.

The statement issued by the Indian Public Health Association, the Indian Association of Preventive and Soci

New Delhi, On the first day of the National Nutrition Week, observed every year from September 1 to 7 in India, various public health experts said the focus should be on the issue of under-nutrition, over nutrition or micro-nutrient deficiencies in children and women.

The National Nutrition Week was launched by th

Bhubaneswar,  Forest officials in Odisha's Keonjhar district have seized 14 elephant tusks weighing around 19 kilogram. Three persons have been arrested, an official said on Tuesday.

The seizure was made late Monday from a car near Pitapiti village, a Harichandanpur police official said.

Ac

Guwahati/Agartala, The four month long monsoon has so far been erratic in the mountainous northeastern region. Four of the eight northeastern states, including Assam, have received excess rain while the remaining four reported a deficit.

According to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) scientis