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Antarctica turning green 'dramatically', says study

Antarctica is turning green "dramatically", with the trend accelerated by more than 30 per cent in recent years, compared to the past three decades, a new study has found. IMAGE: A mountain stands......

Why Chase The Black Box?

Why not stream all the data in real time to multiple recipients?It would make the investigation of aviation incidents much easier and far more transparent, recommends Devangshu Datta. IMAGE:......

Nisar satellite launched, puts India-US space ties in orbit

India and the US on Wednesday marked their maiden space collaboration with the successful flight of a GSLV rocket that placed an earth observation satellite, jointly developed by the two space......

'The Boat Was Rocking Like A Washing Machine'

'It was pitch-dark when we rounded Cape Horn. The waves were coming in full force. It was like a washing machine -- both of us and our boat Tarini.' IMAGE: Lieutenant Commanders Dilna K, left and......

You're the only leader who can talk to...: Chile Prez praises Modi

Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font on Tuesday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's exceptional qualities, noting that Modi can talk to every leader in the world, adding that he is a "key......

Amazon jungles,Antarctica in Indians' travel plans

The Indian traveller is thinking out of the box this summer. From the jungles of Amazon to a cruise to Antarctica, there is a genre of tourists opting for the road less travelled and experimenting......

Eco-tourists to Antarctica add to global warming

Over 40,000 eco-tourists visiting Antarctica every year are adding to global warming that results in melting of the polar ice caps, a new research has found. Most of these tourists to the......

Nicholas Piramal develops drug leads from Antarcti

Indian drug major Nicholas Piramal India Ltd is likely to be among the first pharmaceutical companies worldwide to develop drugs isolated from the flora and fauna of Antarctica. It will shortly......

The world's 10 largest airlines

Airlines across the globe are on a shopping spree. Airliners are set to buy 30,900 aircraft valued at $3.6 trillion by 2029, according to a Boeing report. The Asia-Pacific region is expected to be......

Piramal Life may develop TB drug

Piramal Life Sciences, the demerged research arm of pharmaceutical major Nicholas Piramal India, may become the first company to successfully develop a tuberculosis drug whose leads are isolated......

Sushant Singh Rajput's unfulfilled dreams

Photograph: Kind courtesy Sushant Singh Rajput/Instagram 'He who has why to live can bear almost any how.' Sushant Singh Rajput quoted the late German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche on the......

Review: Happy Feet Two tries hard to be cute

Shaikh Ayaz feels that Happy Feet Two makes use of stale jokes all throughout.If anything, the dancing penguins don't seem to have two left feet but it does look like those steps must have taken......

The Cheetah Girls in India

For all they know, the next Cheetah Girls movie could be shot in the Antarctica. But right now, the platinum-selling recording artists and actors Adrienne Bailon, Sabrina Bryan and Kiely Williams......

Bachchan brings warmth to Penguins

An envious female fights another for the attention and love of her man. A father walks the extra mile for his only child. An excruciating and painful cry fills the cold atmosphere when love is......

Premlata Agrawal conquers summit of Mt Vinson in Antarctica

Premlata Agrawal, the oldest woman in India to have climbed Mt. Everest, has conquered Mt. Vinson in Antarctica in pursuit of the 'Mountaineering Challenge' of climbing the 'Seven Summits'.......

Now, Everest twins set to scale new heights... Mt Vinson in Antarctica!

'It took us three years to convince mom' 'At the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering boys would joke, 'Shatabdi and Rajdhani Express are here'. That gave us a lot of pride.' Rediff.com's Manu......

Ice Ice Baby! The Antarctic Ice Marathon...

IMAGE: A runner participates in the Antarctic Ice Marathon, in Union Glacier, on December 14, 2022. Photographs: Mark Conlon/Antarctic Ice Marathon/REUTERS Courageous runners braved snow and......

This woman conquered 7 marathons in 7 days over 7 continents

Briton Gill battles brutal conditions to claim World Marathon title IMAGE: Susannah Gill has won the women's title at the World Marathon Challenge. Photograph: World Marathon......

Beckham to play football in 7 continents... all for the love of the game

IMAGE: David Beckham with his wife Victoria Beckham. Photograph: Anthony Harvey/Getty Images Former soccer star David Beckham will star in the documentary film ‘David Beckham: For the Love......