Canberra, Experts have warned that Australia's devastating 2019-20 "Black Summer" bushfires were a "wake up call" to the extreme effects of climate change in the country.

In a study published on late Thursday, a team from the Australian National University (ANU) and the Australian Research

Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh), The death of a dolphin in the Sharda Sahayak canal in Pratapgarh district has turned into a major controversy.

The dolphin that strayed into the canal was reportedly beaten to death by the locals who mistook it for a 'deadly fish'.

The incident took place on Janua

Chandigarh, The Haryana government on Friday declared the area within the radius of one km from two poultry farms in Panchkula district where birds tested avian influenza (H5N8), as "infected zone" and announced culling of 166,128 birds, state Animal Husbandry Minister J.P. Dalal said.

The state has rest

Riyadh, Indian motorcycle racer CS Santosh has been put in a medically-induced coma after suffering a crash on Wednesday during the ongoing Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia. Santosh, 37, is currently receiving treatment at the Saudi German Hospital in Riyadh and has "no major physical injuries except for the dislocated right sho

New Delhi, Senior men 's 3-Positions (3P) rifle shooter and double Olympian Sanjeev Rajput showed good form, shooting competitively for the first time since the coronavirus-induced lockdown, to win the 50m Rifle 3P T1 trials at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range in the national capital.

Sanjeev, who will

New Delhi, The Indian junior women's hockey team will be touring Chile later this month where they will play six matches as they prepare for the Junior World Cup scheduled to be held later in the year.

The team will take on the junior Chile team on January 17 and 18. Thereafter, they will be up against the sen

London, English Premier League club Aston Villa has confirmed that the club has closed its training ground due to an outbreak of Covid-19.

"A large number of first-team players and staff returned positive tests after being routinely tested on Monday and immediately went into isolation," said the Eng

Tokyo, The exhibition of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics torches across the greater Tokyo area has been postponed due to the worsening situation of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced in a statement on Thursday that the decision has been taken to "reduce the flow of people an

Sydney, Despite returning with four wickets for 62, a haul that included the wicket of Marnus Labuschagne for 91, India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja termed the run out of Steve Smith his best performance in Australia's first innings of the ongoing third Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Smith, who got his 27th

Mumbai, Actor Aparshakti Khurana will star in a suspense thriller directed by Kookie Gulati. The actor posted the update with a picture on Instagram.

"Super thrilled to announce my first suspense thriller with@actormaddy @khushalikumar @darshankumaar #BhushanKumar@tseriesfilms @tseries.official to be directed