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New wonders on UNESCO's World Heritage List

India's 1600-km long mountain chain of Western Ghats, which has forests older than the Himalaya mountains, has been added to the List of World Heritage Sites by the United Nations. Click on NEXT for...

Seize the new opportunities in India-China cooperation

We present the translation of the full speech given by Chiese Prime Minister Li Keqiang at the Indian Council of World Affairs in New Delhi on Tuesday. Namaste (Good day)! It is my great pleasure......

China's dams on Brahmaputra can be dangerous business

India should take up the issue of China building three dams on the Brahmaputra river in the strongest way with Beijing. But the solution is definitively not building more dams in Arunachal Pradesh,......

Exclusive: What provoked the India-China war?

Colonel Anil Athale (retd), the official historian of India's 1962 war with China, pin-points the reasons for the clash between the Asian giants 50 years ago and the series of blunders that led to......

Wishful thinking over China's military capabilities

If there is another military conflict between India and China, it is not going to be a replication of the 1962 war, warns B Raman Our national trait for wishful thinking often worries me. A......

Scary! Droughts, high temperatures await India!

India's key sectors like agriculture, water, forest and health will be affected in a major way due to the increase in net temperature by 1.7-2.2 degree Celsius in another 20 years in the four......

India, China, US: The intriguing triangle

Tata Consultancy Services's Asia head Girija Pande explains the intriguing India-China-US triangle. Girija Pande, chairman, Asia Pacific region, Tata Consultancy Services, lives in Singapore......

Are there more IPCC goof-ups on climate change?

Whether it is the blunder over the glaciers or the linking of natural disasters to global warming, the IPCC's credibility has been badly hit. If this encourages laxity over global warming, that......

India's 'pipe' dream

India, Pakistan and Iran will sign a deal this month to build a natural gas pipeline to help feed the subcontinent's desperate need for energy, a major blow to American sanctions against Tehran and......

The exponential power of 'Chindia'

If you are a strategist or a decision-maker in almost any enterprise anywhere in the world, you can't help but see the impact being made by India and China.\nIt is visible not only in the new waves......

Sonam's Italian job: Get sexy in minis!

Sonam Kapoor reinvents her look for Abbas Mustan's Italian Job remake. The flick now has an official title Players, which will go on the floors in November. It is learnt that the actress......

Johnny Depp in Kerala?

If director Ashvin Kumar has his way, Hollywood hunk Johnny Depp could soonserenade an Indian actress in the backwaters of Kerala. Fresh after the worldwideacclaim for the Oscar-nominatedLittle......

'Lagaan is Lagaan and Kisna is Kisna!'

Subhash Ghai has brought two doyens of Bollywood music A R Rahman and Ismail Darbar (Devdas) -- together in his forthcoming film, Kisna: The Warrior Poet.The cross-cultural, period film set in the......

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QNA

Q. what is meant by biodiversity?
Monicasai: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-meant-by-biodiversity/25182332/answers/

Q. Garhwali language , Where it is spoken?
Sudhakar Kuruvada: A. Biodiversity is the variety and differences among living organisms from all sources, including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/garhwali-language--where-it-is-spoken/25160650/answers/25182358

Q. Consider the following statements:1. Biodiversity hotspots are located only in tropical regions. 2. India has four biodiversity hotspots i.e., Eastern Himalayas, Western Himalayas, Western Ghats and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Sweet Swati: A. The Garhwali language is a Central Pahari language belonging to the Northern Zone of Indo-Aryan languages. It is primarily spoken by the Garhwali...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/consider-the-following-statements1.-biodiversity-hotspots-ar/23033276/answers/25160655

Q. what is the meaning of Shivling?
Jas Dsouza: A. (d) Neither 1 nor 2 more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-the-meaning-of-shivling/21853856/answers/23033282

Q. What type of animal is a markhor?
Tapan Sinha: A. Shivling is a sacred symbol of the God - Lord Shiva's Shiva Linga. It is the name of a mountain in the Gangotri Group of peaks in the western...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-type-of-animal-is-a-markhor/21436077/answers/21853891

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Weak La Nina condition could favour monsoon

Japanese scientists have clarified that differential impacts of a negative Indian Ocean Dipole are at play as a rampant monsoon pulse runs its... ...

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/agri-biz/weak-la-nina-condition-could-favour-monsoon/article4827399.ece

Wuthering heights

Desire is the cause of all misery." As we made our way towards the Spiti Valley, we found these famous words of the Buddha inscribed on a boulder.... ...

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Great Indian Journeys

12 classic trips from Outlook Traveller's first year (June 2001May 2002). Revisited, and reinterpreted, 12 years on Outlook Traveller... ...

http://travel.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?285817

Thousands of pilgrims trapped in Uttarakhand, HP rains, landslide; death toll 23, many missing

Uttarkashi/Dehradun, Jun 17: Thousands of pilgrims on the Chardham yatra have been trapped due to heavy rains and landslide in different parts of... ...

http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/thousands-of-pilgrims-trapped-in-uttarakhand-hp-rains-landslid-23858.html

Santhosh Padmanabhan gets high on running

He's not your average Bangalore techie. From a cushy job with a leading city microprocessor company, Santhosh Padmanabhan is now chasing his... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/santhosh-padmanabhan-gets-high-on-running/article4820773.ece

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