Washington: Earth's average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 as the fifth warmest year on record, according to an analysis by US space agency NASA, which termed the situation as "alarming". The global temperatures in 2022 were 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit (0.89 degrees Celsius) above...
Thiruvananthapuram: Even though Kerala has the highest literacy rate in the country, people of the state keep falling prey to fly-by-night operators. In the past five years, Keralites have lost over Rs 6,000 crore to fly-by-night firms. Praveen Rana, who was the star in the...
New Delhi: The climate change crisis may be a global problem, but for India there may also be a cost of living crisis emerging, according to a report released by the World Economic Forum titled "Global Risks Report 2023", earlier this week. Digital inequality and...
New York: Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna, who said he is weighing a Senate bid in California, may be looking for a potential presidential run in 2024, according to his Democrat allies. After six years in the US House, Khanna, 46, said he would not run...
York (London): Mountains are home to more than 85 per cent of the world's amphibian, bird and mammal species. Lowland slopes are rich in animal and plant species. And rugged, high-elevation environments, although lacking such biological diversity, play a key role in maintaining biodiversity in...
London/Budapest: The number and scale of projects using and making hydrogen, a gas that releases energy when burned without emitting carbon dioxide, is rapidly growing. If its construction goes to plan, a Euro 2.5 billion (GBP 2.18 billion) undersea pipeline will convey “green hydrogen” from...
Windsor (Canada): Food for thought: rising grocery prices affect food choices and nutrition, and ultimately health, and even the health-care system. As a result of inflation, the cost of food continues to soar, with data from Statistics Canada reporting the latest price changes of foods...
Washington: Researchers have created new molecules that can be sprayed into the nose to block the SARS-CoV-2 virus from entering the lungs and causing infection. The COVID-19 virus enters the body through the lungs when people breathe, resulting in illness. Engineers at the Johns Hopkins...
Kolkata: The Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, founded by Swami Vivekananda, whose 161st birth anniversary is being celebrated throughout the country Thursday, had spent Rs 943 crore on welfare works, both in India and overseas, during the 2021-22 financial year. The figures were announced recently...
India is tightening up its preventive steps against the impending Covid storm in light of the spike of corona cases in China, which is anticipated to have serious global repercussions. People with underlying medical illnesses including diabetes, heart problems, hypertension, respiratory diseases, kidney troubles, etc....
As the stalemate in the war between the US-Israel combine and Iran continues, good news has emerged following a social...
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s ongoing visit to India comes at a moment of unusual strain in India-US relations,...
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By Aakar Patel Assume for a moment that I am a big and strong fellow who lifts heavy weights easily...
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By Dilip Cherian Another year for Praveen Sood as CBI Director was hardly unexpected. In fact, the bigger surprise would...
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