'We Are Not Listening To The Alarms'

'What we are witnessing is not a freak incidence or a freak occurrence, but a new climate reality where warming oceans, monsoon variability and local geography are combining to produce extreme......

Lightning: India's Deadliest Hazard

Lightning claims more lives in India annually than any other extreme weather event.Between April and July this year alone, 1,621 people died due to lightning strikes. IMAGE: Lightning flashes over......

The Day That Turned The Tide of History

The Normandy landings on D-Day -- June 6, 1944 -- began the end to World War II. IMAGE: US troops move onto Utah Beach, Normandy, June 6, 1944. Photographs: Kind courtesy Wikimedia Commons The......

Forest rights activist Alok Shukla gets 'Green Nobel'

Forest and tribal rights activist Alok Shukla will on Friday receive the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize -- 2024 for successfully leading a community campaign that saved 4.45 lakh acres of......

Kannur airport project gets green clearance

Environment Ministry on Friday granted green clearance for an international airport in north Kerala's Kannur district. "Today, the Government of India gave Environmental clearance for the......

Want to flourish in business? Try these Vastu tips

Each business relevant to its working needs can be made Vastu compliant with innovative planning  in terms of usage, flexibility and values. Vastu Shastra or the science that deals with......

Cipla working on multiple therapies to fight spread of COVID

Cipla is among the three Indian companies that signed a non-exclusive licensing agreement with US-based Gilead Sciences to make and distribute the latter’s repurposed Ebola drug Remdesivir in......

Returning migrants: Boon or bane for states?

For states like West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, where migration is high, the return of workers could be as much an opportunity as a liability. All states have launched......

Why Shami will relish playing Ranji at Eden Gardens

'Shami's inclusion is good, let him play.' IMAGE: Bengal will be bolstered by the return of veteran pacer Mohammed Shami who has who has been out of India contention since the Champions Trophy.......

South Zone falter in first innings

North Zone medium pacers made most of the grassy wicket at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday, bundling out South Zone for a paltry 157 in the first innings of the Duleep Trophy......

'They resonated on every tongue during the World Cup'

IMAGE: A Morocco fan in tears after the World Cup semi-final match against France. Photograph: Silvio Castellanos/Reuters Moroccans slumped with disappointment on Wednesday evening after their......

Duleep Trophy: Sever-star Binny helps South march towards crushing innings win

Stuart Binny. Photograph: Clint Hughes/Getty Images All-rounder Stuart Binny tormented the East Zone batsmen with his controlled swing bowling as they lost as many as 14 wickets with South Zone......

Duleep Trophy final: Fearless Central ready for fiery South

Naman Ojha. Photograph: Matt Roberts/Getty Images A talented Central Zone, led by Piyush Chawla, is looking to fire on all cylinders when it clashes with an equally combative South Zone in the......